Fourth Anniversary Fiesta

On Saturday, June 14th Umbrella celebrated its birthday with about 120 of its good friends in the Montgomery County area. Thank you to Bim Bam Bum Fiesta, Sentimiento Peruano, and all the volunteers. The goal for the event was three-fold; celebrate four years of work and service, have an event that would provide a fun and interactive time for both […]

You Shop, Children benefit…

Umbrella Initiatives is partnering with amazon.com so that every time you purchase an item through Amazon Smile, 0.5% of your purchase is donated to Umbrella.  This partnership will hopefully support several more backpacks to students striving to achieve academically in Peru. The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible AmazonSmile purchases. The purchase price is […]

6 Months to 2,000

Our goal this year for the Backpack Project is to reach 2,000 children with a week of fun and creative academic reinforcement along with a backpack with all the necessary materials and items need.  All of this is only $25.00 per child. As of June 5, 2014 we have raised funds for just over 250 children; so there is still […]