programs - Blogs - Tripatini2024-03-28T10:04:40Zhttps://tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/programsJoin us at the 53rd Annual Petroushka Ball to benefit the Russian Children’s Welfare Society (RCWS) chartable programs at The Plaza Hotel, NYC on February 9, 2018!https://tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/join-us-at-the-53rd-annual-petroushka-ball-to-benefit-the-russian2018-01-12T03:57:42.000Z2018-01-12T03:57:42.000ZDebbie Rodriguezhttps://tripatini.com/members/DebbieRodriguez<div><p><strong>Friday, February 9, 2018</strong></p><p><strong>53rd Petroushka Ball / The Plaza Hotel, NYC</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9009225863,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="500" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9009225863,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="9009225863?profile=original" /></a></p><p><strong>Join us on February 9 for the 53rd Annual Petroushka Ball to benefit the Russian Children’s Welfare Society (RCWS) chartable programs. The Plaza Hotel, Grand Ballroom & Terrace Room.</strong></p><p><br /> <strong>Reception 8pm; Dinner & Performance 9pm; Dancing10pm-2am. Dress Code: Strictly White or Black Tie, Long Ball Gowns.</strong></p><p><br /> <span><strong>We are thrilled to announce that the 53rd Petroushka Ball will feature a performance by Ildar Abdrazakov, bass and Lyubov Petrova, soprano, appearing by kind permission of the Metropolitan Opera. Also, Music by The Lester Lanin Orchestra; Barynya Balalaika Orchestra.</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span><strong>Tickets: on-line at <a href="http://www.rcws.org/events/53rd-petroushka-ball">http://www.rcws.org/events/53rd-petroushka-ball</a> ; or mail a check to the RCWS office; or make payment by wire transfer (contact main@rcws.org for instructions); and make your reservation by phone at 212-473-6263.</strong><br /> <br /> Since its inception in 1965, the Petroushka Ball has been one of New York's most elegant charitable events, attended by over 700 guests representing business, artistic and diplomatic spheres. Past Petroushka Ball events have featured leading soloists of the Metropolitan Opera, the American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Bolshoi Theater, and other prominent companies.<br /> <br /> Founded in 1926, the Russian Children’s Welfare Society (RCWS) is focused on improving the lives of children at risk in Russia. All net proceeds from the 53rd Petroushka Ball will be directed towards RCWS’ charitable programs. You can support these programs and be a part of the Petroushka Ball by purchasing tickets to the Ball, placing advertisements in Petroushka Ball program, donating prizes, making a contribution, supplying products for the gift bags. All contributions are tax-deductible.<br /> <br /> For sponsorships and other contributions, please contact us at 212-473-6263 or main@rcws.org. To learn more about the 53rd Petroushka Ball visit <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rcws.org%2Fevents%2F53rd-petroushka-ball&h=ATMDpKdKAQrehUA85UE4AOTvFhCjRNbxKm93Nq__GK86YoksV7FVqhtXTyTVWaHZSmpKctpD4eQIz_zunsbpKj2360hCNekzS6W4YfcnrXM44uPVhl2sNKP-rT_DRkLumvgQa4TZJr4-XBV9Mt58095wJ7pKOF08HzbudrM2c__8i5OkCxa0">http://www.rcws.org/events/53rd-petroushka-ball</a> . Please email us at main@rcws.org to join our mailing list. </span></p><p><span><br /> Follow us on Instagram @PetroushkaBall</span></p></div>Educational Tourism on Costa Rica’s Northern Caribbean Coasthttps://tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/educational-tourism-on-costa-rica-s-northern-caribbean-coast2015-02-17T23:47:13.000Z2015-02-17T23:47:13.000ZShannon Farleyhttps://tripatini.com/members/ShannonFarley<div><p><b>Educational tourism</b> is one of the <b>fastest growing areas of travel and tourism</b>. Not just for students, educational travel is about learning and being involved in community action projects while traveling and relaxing on vacation.</p><p> </p><p><b><a href="http://www.liriolodge.com/index.php/en/about-us-en" target="_blank">Costa Rica</a> offers a wide variety of educational travel and volunteer opportunities</b> for people of all ages. An excellent destination for educational tourism and volunteer groups is <b><a href="http://www.liriolodge.com/index.php/en/" target="_blank">Lirio Lodge</a> by Tortuguero in Costa Rica</b>.</p><p> </p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008893072,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="550" class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008893072,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9008893072?profile=original" /></a><br />The <a href="http://www.liriolodge.com/index.php/en/home/our-history" target="_blank">Costa Rica eco-lodge</a> is located in an area of the <b>northern Caribbean Coast</b>, between the port city of <b>Limon</b> and the <b>Tortuguero National Park</b>, where the <b>famous whitewater rafting river, the Pacuare</b>, meets the <b>Caribbean Sea</b>.</p><p> </p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008893298,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="550" class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008893298,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9008893298?profile=original" /></a><br />“<b>It is like Tortuguero 20 years ago</b> before it was developed, with the same wetlands and lowland rainforest, lagoons, beaches and turtles that come to nest,” noted Lirio Lodge operations manager Helberth Chavarria Madrigal.</p><p> </p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008893655,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="400" class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008893655,original{{/staticFileLink}}" height="347" alt="9008893655?profile=original" /></a><br />The closest <b>community of Pacuare Sur</b> (South Pacuare) is tiny with maybe 100 persons in residence. The area is surrounded by water between the ocean, the Pacuare River and the immense Mother of God Lagoon (named after the “Madre de Dios” river that forms it).</p><p> </p><p>“<b>The community here is very poor. There is no electricity</b>. There is only one classroom with one professor for 10 students, each in different grades. And this one professor must give classes to all of them. He has to travel 25 kilometers each way every day to teach; one hour by bus and 15 minutes by boat each way,” Chavarria explained.</p><p> </p><p><b>Resources</b> in the community are <b>precious and meager</b>, he said. For this reason, <b>Lirio Lodge focuses on educational tourism</b> to bring student groups to the Costa Rica jungle lodge both <b>to experience and learn about the amazing nature of the area</b>, and to <b>contribute to the community</b> with betterment projects.</p><p> </p><p>“When groups ask us for volunteer projects, we try to help the community and the school as much as we can,” said Chavarria.</p><p> </p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008894070,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="500" class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008894070,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9008894070?profile=original" /></a><br />Lirio Lodge primarily receives <b>groups of university students</b> who are <b>in Costa Rica on language study programs</b> for several months. The students <b>come to the lodge on weekends to do community work</b>. Among the <b>community improvements</b> educational tourism students have made are: building a dining room for the school, constructing dry pathways above the swamp mud to the school entrance, creating gardens, cleaning up trash, building a new bathroom for the school, and improving the school’s water storage and usage.</p><p> </p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9008894660,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="500" class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9008894660,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="9008894660?profile=original" /></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lirio-Lodge/288140017889829?fref=ts" target="_blank">Lirio Lodge</a> offers <a href="http://www.liriolodge.com/index.php/en/tours-and-packages/detox-tortuguero-canals-one-day-tour" target="_blank">one-day tours</a>, and a <a href="http://www.liriolodge.com/index.php/en/tours-and-packages/lodging-in-lirio-lodge" target="_blank">two-day-one-night package</a> with boat and hiking tours, lodging, all meals and roundtrip transport from San Jose.</p><p> </p><p><b>Article by <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ShannonFarley/posts" target="_blank">Shannon Farley</a><br /></b></p></div>