FINAL MEETING IMPORTANT INFO RECAP

The most important info from last night's meeting is this:

 

There will be bus transportation taking our group directly to Logan Airport from Frontier.  The bus will be in front of the school at 1:15am on Tuesday June 25 BUT REMEMBER ALSO THAT THIS IS REALLY, REALLY LATE ON MONDAY NIGHT!!

A bus will also take our group from Logan Airport to Frontier when we return.  It will most likely arrive at Frontier at around 2:00am on July 4 even though our return flight will arrive late on July 3.  We will be in contact about arrival times later.

This transportation will require an additional cost of $50 per traveller ($25 for each one-way trip). If you only plan on using this transportation for one way, or not at all, that is fine, just please let us know.  I will need to collect one last payment for this service.  Please make checks out to Amped for Education.

We will be flying American Airlines. The flights are:

June 25: leaving Boston on AA flight 801 at 6:40a arriving in Miami at 10:00a
Leaving Miami on AA flight 971 at 1:00p arriving in Managua 1:35p (time change)

July 3: leaving Managua on AA flight 970 at 12:25p arriving in Miami 5:05p (time change)
Leaving Miami on AA flight 1284 at 7:35p arriving in Boston 10:50p

Other information from the meeting:

Our project will be building the foundation and walls for a new classroom at the primary school (about 50 yards from the high school). This classroom will help to accommodate the overloaded population of students at the primary school, providing space to prepare younger students for the rigor of the high school.

Our group will be lucky enough to be filmed as part of a 45 second "commercial" clip and a longer 5 minute "infomercial" to help promote Amped for Education.  I will have waivers to be signed which will serve as your consent to be filmed while we work on our project. You are not required to sign this waiver if you would rather not be a part of it. Come by my classroom early next week and I will have them available. If you have any questions please ask.

As far as bringing cash with you on the trip, it seems like it may be challenging to spend as much as $200. There will be banks and ATMs available while we are there which will allow withdrawals of US currency and cordobas, Nicaraguan currency.  The exchange rate is about 23 to 1 depending on where and how you exchange.  Most business is conducted in cash and while US dollars are accepted in most places, cordobas are preferred. Whether you bring US dollars with you and exchange in Nicaragua or plan on using an ATM for a marginal fee, plan on handling money.  Either way, don't forget to notify your bank that you will be traveling abroad.
It would be ideal to plan and pack to have just one carry on bag.  However, if you must check a bag, the first checked bag will be free.  Any other checked bags after that will be an additional charge.  Please contact us if you are planning on having additional checked bags OR if you are planning on NOT checking a bag at all.  We can use that space to check a bag for you to bring down supplies and thereby avoid costly shipping fees.

Be in touch for more questions!
Joe Costello
Joe.costello2@gmail.com
508 944 7917

Jeff Pluta 
Work email: Jeff@ampedforeducation.org

Personal email: jeffpluta@gmail.com

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