Supporting our Olympic Athletes - July, 2007

Hotel Presidente is the proud sponsor of two athletes for the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games.

The Games will be held in Shanghai, China, October 2-11, 2007.

Olympians Starling Álvarez (15) from Cartago and María Guadalupe Zúñiga (10) from San Ramón will represent Costa Rica on the track.

The sponsorship includes airfare, lodging and meals in Italy on their way to China, equipment and uniforms.

Hotel Presidente Helping to Forge the Children's Future Program - 2006, 2007... 

Last year, Hotel Presidente initiated a campaign to aid children, named "Hotel Presidente Helping to Forge the Children's Future." The program, presented entirely on hotel property, consisted of inviting children from institutions such as the San Jose Orphanage and the homes of the National Foundation for Childhood (PANI) to visit the Hotel, and providing them with breakfast and lunch, while they enjoyed an educational presentation, for example regarding energy conservation, presented by the National Power and Light Company (CNFL).

This activity takes place on Thursday of every week. As of end of May of this year, we have received 71 children. We receive groups of no more than 10 children, ranging in age from two to 17 years.

The objective of this project is to give these children an opportunity to learn, be entertained and to provide them with adequate meals, while raising awareness amongst hotel supporters about the responsibilities we all have for children at risk. We achieve this by inviting our supporters to participate actively in the event and continually providing information about our activities.

Due to the project's success in its first phase, and the recognition it has engendered among private entities who value the Hotel Presidente's seriousness and commitment to social responsibility, non-governmental organizations that have been asked to give the children other educational alternatives have not hesitated to help. These institutions include the Children's Museum, Gold Museum, Form and Sound Museum, and again, the CNFL. An agreement has been reached for these organizations to grant the children access to their buildings free of charge.

In its second phase, the activity consists in providing breakfast at the hotel, and then taking them to visit one of the above mentioned organizations, and returning to the hotel for lunch.

In order for the children who visit the hotel to have a souvenir of the day, we have created small cardboard boxes, where we provide their lunch. The box also contains games, a coloring area, the Hotel's name and the campaign's logo.

On February 2^nd, Children and representatives from the Child Welfare Office (Patronato Nacional de la Infancia PANI), Aldeas S.O.S Orphanage, and the San José Orphans Hospice visited the Hotel where they were presented with supplies for 203 children, and shared breakfast with members of the Hotel Staff.

Music on the Street - Dec 21^st, 2006

As a Christmas present to our beloved City, Hotel Presidente and News Café organized a life concert on Central Avenue Blvd featuring the popular local band Grupo Jácamo y Puntos Suspensivos.

Celebration of "Día del Niño" - September 23^rd, 2006

This event was part of an ongoing program created within the Hotel's organization, with the objective of reaching out to children in social risk.

Every week of the year, a group of children is invited to the Hotel, where they share with members of the staff a hearty breakfast, along with games, and educational activities.  

By working together with institutions and shelters that assist and accommodate these minors like PANI (Child Welfare Office), Aldeas S.O.S, and San José's Orphans Hospice, the program has become a complete success.

Every year on September 9^th, Costa Ricans celebrate "El Día del Niño" (Costa Rican Children's Day). This year, the Hotel gathered 120 children that visited the Hotel during the year in Costa Rica's National Amusement Park to celebrate it.

Members of the Hotel Staff shared an outing with the children, visiting the rides, games and playing with the Park's characters. They all enjoyed a hamburger lunch, and, after ice cream and cake, goodies and presents were exchanged.

Supporting the Arts (Theater) - Oct, 2006

During the months of October and November, 2006, the National Theater and the Costa Rican Ministry of Culture, Youth and Spots (Ministerio de Cultura Juventud y Deportes) presented Maria Silva's Award Winning Play "Soledad, ¿Quién te Acompaña?" in the Vargas Calvo Theater.  Hotel Presidente was the sole sponsor of the presentation of this production.