History of Amigos de Honduras
Amigos de Honduras
History (From October 2013 Newsletter by Alan Waugh)
Amigos de Honduras began in 1990. Joan Larimore, San Francisco del Valle, Ocotepeque 1986-88 ~ Enumclaw, Washington; Phyllis Bloch Shelton, San Juan Puebla, Atlántida 1986-88 ~ Portland, Oregon; and Marilyn Watts, Yoro, Yoro 1985-87 ~ Ocean Park, Washington, who had known each other as PCVs in Honduras, realized at the 1990 National Peace Corps Association conference in Eugene, Oregon, that in a sea of tables with signs such as “Friends of India” and “Friends of Peru,” there was no sign, no table for Honduras RPVCs. The three friends committed to organize an RPCV Friends of Honduras group. In 1995, with two of the group’s leaders facing personal challenges, Amigos de Honduras fell dormant.
Hurricane Mitch trashed Honduras in the fall of 1998 prompting a number of Honduras RPCVs to e-mail, what can we do? Joan Larimore was catalyst once again, e-mailing a request for volunteers to revive Amigos. 135 RPCVs responded and several volunteered to take on specific tasks for the group. Peter Cooey, Orocuina, Choluteca 1966-68 ~ Sacramento, agreed to publish the newsletter, and Alan Waugh, San Pedro Sula, Cortés 1973-75 ~ Seattle, agreed to manage the database of Honduras RPCVs. Peter published a quick post-Mitch issue in December 1998 and then one more issue before being diagnosed with cancer. He died in 2003. Alan volunteered to take over editing & publishing the newsletter, and with the contributions of dozens of writers, sent issues to members’ mailboxes for 12 years.
The objectives for Amigos de Honduras are. . .
• To keep in touch with each other as RPCVs, and others who have an interest in Honduras;
• To keep up to date on what is happening in Honduras and with the Peace Corps; and last but not least,
• To explore ways to support development efforts in Honduras.
In 1999, Amigos de Honduras incorporated as a non-profit corporation in Washington State. In 2001, Amigos’ members voted to become an affiliate of the National Peace Corps Association. Today there are more than 220 dues-paying members of Amigos.
Joan Larimore has done yeoman’s work over the years, as a founder of the organization, and ever since as master communicator with members; as treasurer: paying bills and accounting for our funds; and as printer: getting the newsletter reproduced and mailed.
Alan Waugh assumed many roles: chair, newsletter editor and publisher, communicator with the National Peace Corps Association, organizer of dinners, database manager, liaison with the Amigos Grants committee, writer of annual reports.
Newsletter
Beginning in 1990, Amigos de Honduras has published 60 editions of its newsletter. Marilyn Watts, Yoro, Yoro 1985-87 ~ Ocean Park, Washington, published the new organization’s newsletter for five years from 1990 to 1995, publishing 18 issues. Peter Cooey, Orocuina, Choluteca 1966-68 ~ Sacramento, published two editions of the newsletter in 1998 and 1999. Alan Waugh, San Pedro Sula, Cortés 1973-75 ~ Seattle, published 37 issues over 12 years from 1999 to 2012. Joan Larimore published three editions in 2013. Loren Hintz, Olanchito, Yoro 1980-82 ~ Chapel Hill, North Carolina, will assume editorship in 2014.
We owe deep appreciation to all the Amigos’ members who’ve written for the newsletter over the years – someday someone should compile all the first-person stories into a book, a pdf file or an e-book. We are particularly indebted to Maggie McQuaid, Pespire, Choluteca 1976-78 ~ Bisbee, Arizona, for all the articles she has written over the years: book reviews, movie reviews, musical references, first-person stories. Thank you to the chair of Amigos’ Grants Committee, Roxanne duBois Cull, San Pedro Sula, Cortés & Tela, Atlántida 1973-75 ~ University Place, Washington, for writing about the fun and rewarding parts of awarding grants to current Volunteers’ projects, and for some of the travails. We are all indebted to the multiple contributions in recent years from Mary Nowel Quijano, Santa Rose de Copán, Copán, 1974-78 ~ San Antonio, Texas; John Kotula, Sonaguera, Colón 2005-07 ~ Peace Dale, Rhode Island; and Barbara Kaare-Lopez, Olanchito, Tocoa, & Trujillo 1978-80 ~ Denver – ¡muchas gracias a todos!
The National Peace Corps Association honored Amigos de Honduras with an award in 2002 for the content of its newsletter.
Directory
Amigos de Honduras published four hard copy, paper membership directories over the years: 1995 (?), 1999, 2001 and 2003.
The Master List
High kudos to Fred Corvi, Choluteca, Choluteca 1978-80 ~ San Jose, California for recognizing the importance of identifying all Honduras PCVs and staff over the last 50 years, and working during 2013 to find them and communicate with them in advance of the 2013 Colorado reunion.
Kudos also to the volunteers who searched for and communicated with ‘missing’ RPCVs in multiple ways:
Jim Couzzourt, Tegucigalpa 1965-67 ~ Canyon, Texas
Jean Tiffany Cox, Choluteca, Choluteca 1978-81 ~ Alburquerque, New Mexico
Mary Eastman Sanchez, Morazan, Yoro 1986-88 ~ Milford, New Hampshire
Rodia Flores Joslyn, Tegucigalpa ~ Austin, Texas
Dick Fuetz, Campamento, Olancho 1967-69 ~ Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin
Dean Geiss, San Jose De Colinas, Choluteca 1965-67 ~ Marietta, Georgia
Deborah Gish, Sabanagrande, FM 1976-78 ~ Panajachel, Sololá, Guatemala
Joan Larimore, San Francisco del Valle, Ocotepeque 1986-88
~ Enumclaw, Washington
Lesbia Matute Dodd, Tegucigalpa 1977-96 ~ Victorville California
Mark Reilly, Concepcion De Maria 1966-69 ~ Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Nancy Smith Tsurumaki, Choluteca & Tegucigalpa 1978-81 ~ Tokyo, Japan
Grants Committee
Thank you to the chair of Amigos’ grants making committee, Roxanne duBois Cull, San Pedro Sula, Cortés & Tela, Atlántida 1973-75 ~ University Place, Washington, for shepherding the awarding of eight grants over the years to current PCVs’ projects in Honduras plus four other small grants in support of development in Honduras between 2002 and 2013. She communicated with the recipient Volunteers, Peace Corps Partnership Program staff in Washington, D.C., Peace Corps staff in Tegucigalpa, and Grants Committee members, and wrote about all of it for the newsletter.
Amigos de Honduras members have made 311 donations from December 2001 thru October 2013 totaling $15,820.50.
The Amigos Grants Committee has awarded 12 grants, totaling $15,667.50 ($14,527.74 from donations, and $1,140.00 from excess dues).
Members of the Grants Committee have included . . .
Amey Adams, Maraita, El Paraíso 1985-88 ~ Germantown, Maryland
Brenda August, San Pedro Sula, Cortés 1962-64 ~ Bowie, Maryland
Jane Buckley, Tegucigalpa 1973-75 ~ Billerica, Massachusetts
Mary Cowdrey, Juticalpa, Olancho 1981-83 ~ Marshalltown, Iowa
Jim Criste, Tegucigalpa 1973-77 ~ Tegucigalpa
Susana Dinkins Limon, Balfate, Colón & Dulce Nombre de Culmí, Olancho 1988-90 ~ Hyattsville, Maryland
Steve Dylinski, Choluteca & Tegucigalpa 1971-73 ~ Furlong, Pennsylvania
Suzanne Eldred, Tegucigalpa 1978-80 ~ Alburquerque, New Mexico
Colleen Gross, San Luis, Santa Bárbara 2002-04 ~ Cambridge, Massachusetts
Patricia Hammes, San Pedro Sula, Cortés 1986-87 ~ New York, New York
Will King, Tegucigalpa 1979-81 ~ Gulfport, Florida
Ron Reafs, Tegucigalpa 1966-68 ~ Sacramento, California
Ben Unger, Choluteca, Choluteca 1996-98 ~ St. Louis, Missouri
Alan Waugh, San Pedro Sula, Cortés 1973-75 ~ Seattle, Washington
Judith Whitney-Terry, Choluteca & Tegucigalpa 1987-88 ~ Orleans, Massachusetts
Amigos de Honduras Grants Awarded
Fall 2002 - Ojojona, F.M. - public library - $1,400 ($800 from donors, $600 from dues) - Chris Moore, Edina, Minnesota
June 2004 - Jesus de Alto, Valle - potable water system - $2,000 ($1,460 from donors, $540 from dues) - Chrissie Fowler, Los Altos, California & Tim Hopkins, Ojai, California
Jan 2006 - Hoya Grande, El Paraíso - organic coffee coop water system - $2,500 - Brian Camblin, San Diego, California
Nov 2007 - pccatrachos.com website - $150 - Kyle Rattray, Sunnyside, Washington
Sept 2008 - East Bay Met School, Rhode Island - students of RPCV John Kotula travel to Honduras - $1,000
Jan 2009 - Camasca, Intibucá - school furniture - $2,214 - Susan Lorbecki, Kansas City, Missouri
Feb 2010 - Belen Gualcho, Ocotopeque - neighborhood pilas - $2,666.90 - Casey Tyler, Gloucester, Virginia
Feb 2010 - Aldea Catulaca, Gracias, Lempira - school environmental club - $10 - Vanessa Porter
Apr 2010 - shipping engineering tripods to PC/H - $773.38
Nov 2010 - Santa Rita de Oriente, Santa Bárbara - community latrines - $498.96 - Alexandra Wilson, Charlevoix, Michigan
Nov 2010 - small coffee farms - $1,954.50
May 2013 - in support of the new NPCA mentoring program - $500
Get-togethers
National Peace Corps Association Conference, Washington, D.C, June 2002
Honduras Organizing Committee:
Amey Adams, Maraita, Paraiso 1985-88 ~ Germantown, Maryland
Sarah Hall Goodwin, Tegucigalpa 1977-82 ~ Alexandria, Virginia
Craig Kullman, La Paz, La Paz 1999-2001 ~ Silver Spring, Maryland
Donnell Ocker, Tela, Atlántida 1993-95 ~ Austin, Texas
Terri Salus, Tegucigalpa 1978-80 ~ Chevy Chase, Maryland
Alan Waugh, San Pedro Sula, Cortes 1973-75 ~ Seattle
Peace Corps Honduras Reunion - Las Vegas 2002
organized by Dave Lombardo, La Union, Olancho, Tegucigalpa 1975-77 ~ Dubois, Pennsylvania
Peace Corps Honduras dinner, Phoenix, March 8, 2003
organized by Alan Waugh, San Pedro Sula, Cortes 1973-75 ~ Seattle
National Peace Corps Association Conference, Chicago 2004
Honduras Organizing Committee:
FranSchoenfeld Alcantara, Tegucigalpa 1973-75 ~ Riverside, Illinois
Alan Waugh, San Pedro Sula, Cortes 1973-75 ~ Seattle
Peace Corps Honduras dinner, Atlanta, March 18, 2006
organized by Alan Waugh, San Pedro Sula, Cortes 1973-75 ~ Seattle
Peace Corps Honduras Reunion - Nashville, May 26-29, 2006
organized by Brant Miller, Campamento & Jutiapa, Olancho 1975-77 ~ Antioch, Tennessee
Peace Corps Honduras dinner, Seattle, July 28, 2007
organized by Alan Waugh, San Pedro Sula, Cortes 1973-75 ~ Seattle
Peace Corps Honduras Reunion - Tucson, November 7-10, 2008
organized by Maggie McQuaid, Pespire, Choluteca 1976-78 ~ Bisbee, Arizona
Peace Corps 50th anniversary celebration, Washington, D.C. 2011
Honduras Organizing Committee:
Terri Salus, Tegucigalpa 1978-80 ~ Chevy Chase, Maryland, chief coordinator
Becky Boyd, Juticalpa, Olancho & Tegucigalpa 1979-81 ~ Sacramento
Maggie McQuaid, Pespire, Choluteca 1976-78 ~ Bisbee, Arizona
Brant Miller, Campamento & Jutiapa, Olancho 1975-77 ~ Antioch, Tennessee
George Moore, Tegucigalpa 1973-75 ~ Arlington, Virginia
Steve Phelan, Tegucigalpa 1973-74 ~ Holmes, New York
Madlyn Wohlman, Teupasenti, El Paraîso 1980-82 ~ Chevy Chase, Maryland
Peace Corps Honduras Reunion - Denver & Estes Park October 11-13, 2013
organized by
Jon Lind, Tegucigalpa 1980-82 ~ Louisville, Colorado:
Sue Spalding Golding, Puerto Cortes, Cortés & Nuevo Ocotepeque, Ocotepeque 1975-78 ~ Denver
Leslie Hughes-Lind, Marcala, Intibucá 1978-80 ~ Louisville, Colorado
Jim Barborak, Tegucigalpa 1977-79 ~ Fort Collins
Steve Phelan, Tegucigalpa, 1973-74 ~ Holmes, New York
Recipients of La Orden de Salva Vida
to recognize & honor particular accomplishments & service in support of Peace Corps/Honduras, American-Honduran relations, and Amigos de Honduras
awarded October 2008 - Tucson
Frank Almaguer - PCV Belize, 1967-69; PC/Honduras Country Director, 1975-79; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1999-02 and Antoinette Almaguer - PCV Belize, 1968-69 ~ Vienna, Virginia
Jack Binns - U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1980-81 and Martha Binns ~ Tucson
Mari Luci Jaramillo - U.S. Ambassador to Honduras 1977-80 ~ Albuquerque
Dexter Katzman – PCV Honduras 1973-75; PC/H Training 1976; PC HQ/Central America Desk Officer, 1977-83 ~ El Paso
Peter Lara - PC/Honduras Country Director, 1979-84 and Mimi Lara ~ Chevy Chase, Maryland
Maggie McQuaid - PCV Pespire, Choluteca 1976-78, 2008 reunion organizer ~ Bisbee, Arizona
Abe Peña - PC/Honduras Country Director, 1972-74; PC/Costa Rica Country Director, 1974-76 ~ Grants, New Mexico
John Salazar - PC/Honduras Country Training Officer, 1980-84 ~ Spicewood, Texas
Jack Vaughn - Director of Peace Corps/Latin America, 1961-64 and Director of the Peace Corps, 1966-69 and Leftie Vaughn - PCV Chad ~ Tucson
Alan Waugh - PCV, San Pedro Sula, Cortés 1973-75, chair of Amigos and editor of the Amigos newsletter 1999-2012 ~ Seattle
awarded September 2011 - Washington, D.C.
Profesora Ana Rosa de Ortiz Andino, head of the education sector of Peace Corps/Honduras for many, many years
Tom Camero - Rio Patuka; Tegucigalpa & San Marcos de Colón, 1978-80 ~ Hood River, Oregon
Ambassador Jorge Ramon Hernández-Alcerro and Señora Mariza Veiga Hernández-Alcerro, Ambassador of the Republic of Honduras to the U.S.
Steve Phelen - Tegucigalpa 1973-74, 2011 reunion organizer ~ Holmes, New York,
Terri Salus - Tegucigalpa 1978-80, 2011 reunion organizer ~ Chevy Chase, Maryland
History (From October 2013 Newsletter by Alan Waugh)
Amigos de Honduras began in 1990. Joan Larimore, San Francisco del Valle, Ocotepeque 1986-88 ~ Enumclaw, Washington; Phyllis Bloch Shelton, San Juan Puebla, Atlántida 1986-88 ~ Portland, Oregon; and Marilyn Watts, Yoro, Yoro 1985-87 ~ Ocean Park, Washington, who had known each other as PCVs in Honduras, realized at the 1990 National Peace Corps Association conference in Eugene, Oregon, that in a sea of tables with signs such as “Friends of India” and “Friends of Peru,” there was no sign, no table for Honduras RPVCs. The three friends committed to organize an RPCV Friends of Honduras group. In 1995, with two of the group’s leaders facing personal challenges, Amigos de Honduras fell dormant.
Hurricane Mitch trashed Honduras in the fall of 1998 prompting a number of Honduras RPCVs to e-mail, what can we do? Joan Larimore was catalyst once again, e-mailing a request for volunteers to revive Amigos. 135 RPCVs responded and several volunteered to take on specific tasks for the group. Peter Cooey, Orocuina, Choluteca 1966-68 ~ Sacramento, agreed to publish the newsletter, and Alan Waugh, San Pedro Sula, Cortés 1973-75 ~ Seattle, agreed to manage the database of Honduras RPCVs. Peter published a quick post-Mitch issue in December 1998 and then one more issue before being diagnosed with cancer. He died in 2003. Alan volunteered to take over editing & publishing the newsletter, and with the contributions of dozens of writers, sent issues to members’ mailboxes for 12 years.
The objectives for Amigos de Honduras are. . .
• To keep in touch with each other as RPCVs, and others who have an interest in Honduras;
• To keep up to date on what is happening in Honduras and with the Peace Corps; and last but not least,
• To explore ways to support development efforts in Honduras.
In 1999, Amigos de Honduras incorporated as a non-profit corporation in Washington State. In 2001, Amigos’ members voted to become an affiliate of the National Peace Corps Association. Today there are more than 220 dues-paying members of Amigos.
Joan Larimore has done yeoman’s work over the years, as a founder of the organization, and ever since as master communicator with members; as treasurer: paying bills and accounting for our funds; and as printer: getting the newsletter reproduced and mailed.
Alan Waugh assumed many roles: chair, newsletter editor and publisher, communicator with the National Peace Corps Association, organizer of dinners, database manager, liaison with the Amigos Grants committee, writer of annual reports.
Newsletter
Beginning in 1990, Amigos de Honduras has published 60 editions of its newsletter. Marilyn Watts, Yoro, Yoro 1985-87 ~ Ocean Park, Washington, published the new organization’s newsletter for five years from 1990 to 1995, publishing 18 issues. Peter Cooey, Orocuina, Choluteca 1966-68 ~ Sacramento, published two editions of the newsletter in 1998 and 1999. Alan Waugh, San Pedro Sula, Cortés 1973-75 ~ Seattle, published 37 issues over 12 years from 1999 to 2012. Joan Larimore published three editions in 2013. Loren Hintz, Olanchito, Yoro 1980-82 ~ Chapel Hill, North Carolina, will assume editorship in 2014.
We owe deep appreciation to all the Amigos’ members who’ve written for the newsletter over the years – someday someone should compile all the first-person stories into a book, a pdf file or an e-book. We are particularly indebted to Maggie McQuaid, Pespire, Choluteca 1976-78 ~ Bisbee, Arizona, for all the articles she has written over the years: book reviews, movie reviews, musical references, first-person stories. Thank you to the chair of Amigos’ Grants Committee, Roxanne duBois Cull, San Pedro Sula, Cortés & Tela, Atlántida 1973-75 ~ University Place, Washington, for writing about the fun and rewarding parts of awarding grants to current Volunteers’ projects, and for some of the travails. We are all indebted to the multiple contributions in recent years from Mary Nowel Quijano, Santa Rose de Copán, Copán, 1974-78 ~ San Antonio, Texas; John Kotula, Sonaguera, Colón 2005-07 ~ Peace Dale, Rhode Island; and Barbara Kaare-Lopez, Olanchito, Tocoa, & Trujillo 1978-80 ~ Denver – ¡muchas gracias a todos!
The National Peace Corps Association honored Amigos de Honduras with an award in 2002 for the content of its newsletter.
Directory
Amigos de Honduras published four hard copy, paper membership directories over the years: 1995 (?), 1999, 2001 and 2003.
The Master List
High kudos to Fred Corvi, Choluteca, Choluteca 1978-80 ~ San Jose, California for recognizing the importance of identifying all Honduras PCVs and staff over the last 50 years, and working during 2013 to find them and communicate with them in advance of the 2013 Colorado reunion.
Kudos also to the volunteers who searched for and communicated with ‘missing’ RPCVs in multiple ways:
Jim Couzzourt, Tegucigalpa 1965-67 ~ Canyon, Texas
Jean Tiffany Cox, Choluteca, Choluteca 1978-81 ~ Alburquerque, New Mexico
Mary Eastman Sanchez, Morazan, Yoro 1986-88 ~ Milford, New Hampshire
Rodia Flores Joslyn, Tegucigalpa ~ Austin, Texas
Dick Fuetz, Campamento, Olancho 1967-69 ~ Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin
Dean Geiss, San Jose De Colinas, Choluteca 1965-67 ~ Marietta, Georgia
Deborah Gish, Sabanagrande, FM 1976-78 ~ Panajachel, Sololá, Guatemala
Joan Larimore, San Francisco del Valle, Ocotepeque 1986-88
~ Enumclaw, Washington
Lesbia Matute Dodd, Tegucigalpa 1977-96 ~ Victorville California
Mark Reilly, Concepcion De Maria 1966-69 ~ Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Nancy Smith Tsurumaki, Choluteca & Tegucigalpa 1978-81 ~ Tokyo, Japan
Grants Committee
Thank you to the chair of Amigos’ grants making committee, Roxanne duBois Cull, San Pedro Sula, Cortés & Tela, Atlántida 1973-75 ~ University Place, Washington, for shepherding the awarding of eight grants over the years to current PCVs’ projects in Honduras plus four other small grants in support of development in Honduras between 2002 and 2013. She communicated with the recipient Volunteers, Peace Corps Partnership Program staff in Washington, D.C., Peace Corps staff in Tegucigalpa, and Grants Committee members, and wrote about all of it for the newsletter.
Amigos de Honduras members have made 311 donations from December 2001 thru October 2013 totaling $15,820.50.
The Amigos Grants Committee has awarded 12 grants, totaling $15,667.50 ($14,527.74 from donations, and $1,140.00 from excess dues).
Members of the Grants Committee have included . . .
Amey Adams, Maraita, El Paraíso 1985-88 ~ Germantown, Maryland
Brenda August, San Pedro Sula, Cortés 1962-64 ~ Bowie, Maryland
Jane Buckley, Tegucigalpa 1973-75 ~ Billerica, Massachusetts
Mary Cowdrey, Juticalpa, Olancho 1981-83 ~ Marshalltown, Iowa
Jim Criste, Tegucigalpa 1973-77 ~ Tegucigalpa
Susana Dinkins Limon, Balfate, Colón & Dulce Nombre de Culmí, Olancho 1988-90 ~ Hyattsville, Maryland
Steve Dylinski, Choluteca & Tegucigalpa 1971-73 ~ Furlong, Pennsylvania
Suzanne Eldred, Tegucigalpa 1978-80 ~ Alburquerque, New Mexico
Colleen Gross, San Luis, Santa Bárbara 2002-04 ~ Cambridge, Massachusetts
Patricia Hammes, San Pedro Sula, Cortés 1986-87 ~ New York, New York
Will King, Tegucigalpa 1979-81 ~ Gulfport, Florida
Ron Reafs, Tegucigalpa 1966-68 ~ Sacramento, California
Ben Unger, Choluteca, Choluteca 1996-98 ~ St. Louis, Missouri
Alan Waugh, San Pedro Sula, Cortés 1973-75 ~ Seattle, Washington
Judith Whitney-Terry, Choluteca & Tegucigalpa 1987-88 ~ Orleans, Massachusetts
Amigos de Honduras Grants Awarded
Fall 2002 - Ojojona, F.M. - public library - $1,400 ($800 from donors, $600 from dues) - Chris Moore, Edina, Minnesota
June 2004 - Jesus de Alto, Valle - potable water system - $2,000 ($1,460 from donors, $540 from dues) - Chrissie Fowler, Los Altos, California & Tim Hopkins, Ojai, California
Jan 2006 - Hoya Grande, El Paraíso - organic coffee coop water system - $2,500 - Brian Camblin, San Diego, California
Nov 2007 - pccatrachos.com website - $150 - Kyle Rattray, Sunnyside, Washington
Sept 2008 - East Bay Met School, Rhode Island - students of RPCV John Kotula travel to Honduras - $1,000
Jan 2009 - Camasca, Intibucá - school furniture - $2,214 - Susan Lorbecki, Kansas City, Missouri
Feb 2010 - Belen Gualcho, Ocotopeque - neighborhood pilas - $2,666.90 - Casey Tyler, Gloucester, Virginia
Feb 2010 - Aldea Catulaca, Gracias, Lempira - school environmental club - $10 - Vanessa Porter
Apr 2010 - shipping engineering tripods to PC/H - $773.38
Nov 2010 - Santa Rita de Oriente, Santa Bárbara - community latrines - $498.96 - Alexandra Wilson, Charlevoix, Michigan
Nov 2010 - small coffee farms - $1,954.50
May 2013 - in support of the new NPCA mentoring program - $500
Get-togethers
National Peace Corps Association Conference, Washington, D.C, June 2002
Honduras Organizing Committee:
Amey Adams, Maraita, Paraiso 1985-88 ~ Germantown, Maryland
Sarah Hall Goodwin, Tegucigalpa 1977-82 ~ Alexandria, Virginia
Craig Kullman, La Paz, La Paz 1999-2001 ~ Silver Spring, Maryland
Donnell Ocker, Tela, Atlántida 1993-95 ~ Austin, Texas
Terri Salus, Tegucigalpa 1978-80 ~ Chevy Chase, Maryland
Alan Waugh, San Pedro Sula, Cortes 1973-75 ~ Seattle
Peace Corps Honduras Reunion - Las Vegas 2002
organized by Dave Lombardo, La Union, Olancho, Tegucigalpa 1975-77 ~ Dubois, Pennsylvania
Peace Corps Honduras dinner, Phoenix, March 8, 2003
organized by Alan Waugh, San Pedro Sula, Cortes 1973-75 ~ Seattle
National Peace Corps Association Conference, Chicago 2004
Honduras Organizing Committee:
FranSchoenfeld Alcantara, Tegucigalpa 1973-75 ~ Riverside, Illinois
Alan Waugh, San Pedro Sula, Cortes 1973-75 ~ Seattle
Peace Corps Honduras dinner, Atlanta, March 18, 2006
organized by Alan Waugh, San Pedro Sula, Cortes 1973-75 ~ Seattle
Peace Corps Honduras Reunion - Nashville, May 26-29, 2006
organized by Brant Miller, Campamento & Jutiapa, Olancho 1975-77 ~ Antioch, Tennessee
Peace Corps Honduras dinner, Seattle, July 28, 2007
organized by Alan Waugh, San Pedro Sula, Cortes 1973-75 ~ Seattle
Peace Corps Honduras Reunion - Tucson, November 7-10, 2008
organized by Maggie McQuaid, Pespire, Choluteca 1976-78 ~ Bisbee, Arizona
Peace Corps 50th anniversary celebration, Washington, D.C. 2011
Honduras Organizing Committee:
Terri Salus, Tegucigalpa 1978-80 ~ Chevy Chase, Maryland, chief coordinator
Becky Boyd, Juticalpa, Olancho & Tegucigalpa 1979-81 ~ Sacramento
Maggie McQuaid, Pespire, Choluteca 1976-78 ~ Bisbee, Arizona
Brant Miller, Campamento & Jutiapa, Olancho 1975-77 ~ Antioch, Tennessee
George Moore, Tegucigalpa 1973-75 ~ Arlington, Virginia
Steve Phelan, Tegucigalpa 1973-74 ~ Holmes, New York
Madlyn Wohlman, Teupasenti, El Paraîso 1980-82 ~ Chevy Chase, Maryland
Peace Corps Honduras Reunion - Denver & Estes Park October 11-13, 2013
organized by
Jon Lind, Tegucigalpa 1980-82 ~ Louisville, Colorado:
Sue Spalding Golding, Puerto Cortes, Cortés & Nuevo Ocotepeque, Ocotepeque 1975-78 ~ Denver
Leslie Hughes-Lind, Marcala, Intibucá 1978-80 ~ Louisville, Colorado
Jim Barborak, Tegucigalpa 1977-79 ~ Fort Collins
Steve Phelan, Tegucigalpa, 1973-74 ~ Holmes, New York
Recipients of La Orden de Salva Vida
to recognize & honor particular accomplishments & service in support of Peace Corps/Honduras, American-Honduran relations, and Amigos de Honduras
awarded October 2008 - Tucson
Frank Almaguer - PCV Belize, 1967-69; PC/Honduras Country Director, 1975-79; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1999-02 and Antoinette Almaguer - PCV Belize, 1968-69 ~ Vienna, Virginia
Jack Binns - U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1980-81 and Martha Binns ~ Tucson
Mari Luci Jaramillo - U.S. Ambassador to Honduras 1977-80 ~ Albuquerque
Dexter Katzman – PCV Honduras 1973-75; PC/H Training 1976; PC HQ/Central America Desk Officer, 1977-83 ~ El Paso
Peter Lara - PC/Honduras Country Director, 1979-84 and Mimi Lara ~ Chevy Chase, Maryland
Maggie McQuaid - PCV Pespire, Choluteca 1976-78, 2008 reunion organizer ~ Bisbee, Arizona
Abe Peña - PC/Honduras Country Director, 1972-74; PC/Costa Rica Country Director, 1974-76 ~ Grants, New Mexico
John Salazar - PC/Honduras Country Training Officer, 1980-84 ~ Spicewood, Texas
Jack Vaughn - Director of Peace Corps/Latin America, 1961-64 and Director of the Peace Corps, 1966-69 and Leftie Vaughn - PCV Chad ~ Tucson
Alan Waugh - PCV, San Pedro Sula, Cortés 1973-75, chair of Amigos and editor of the Amigos newsletter 1999-2012 ~ Seattle
awarded September 2011 - Washington, D.C.
Profesora Ana Rosa de Ortiz Andino, head of the education sector of Peace Corps/Honduras for many, many years
Tom Camero - Rio Patuka; Tegucigalpa & San Marcos de Colón, 1978-80 ~ Hood River, Oregon
Ambassador Jorge Ramon Hernández-Alcerro and Señora Mariza Veiga Hernández-Alcerro, Ambassador of the Republic of Honduras to the U.S.
Steve Phelen - Tegucigalpa 1973-74, 2011 reunion organizer ~ Holmes, New York,
Terri Salus - Tegucigalpa 1978-80, 2011 reunion organizer ~ Chevy Chase, Maryland