Support Team Tobati 2026
Please help support the 2026 team's drive to support the Macchi School. During our March service trip, the team will work and fund all these projects during our time in Paraguay. Spread this information to your family, friends, and also to busniesses who might be interested in supporting our community service trip. Our goal is to raise $32,000 to strengthen the Macchi School in Tobati, Paraguay.
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In Tobati, Paraguay, where poverty significantly limits opportunities, the Macchi School is transforming lives by providing free, high-quality education to 7th-12th graders from disadvantaged backgrounds. Team Tobatí 2026 is working to strengthen and back the mission of the Macchi School by funding dozens of projects and initiatives (listed below). 100% of all donations will go directly towards funding of this great school. Team Tobatí is a tax-exempt charity as described in IRS section 501(c)(3). A letter of receipt will be sent to all donors. If you are donating in response to the efforts of a specific student traveling with Team Tobati 2026, please let us know under the check memo or Venmo/Zelle notes. We'd love to add a plaque or a small acknowledgment of your support at the school.
Team Tobati 2026 Support of the Macchi School
Send your tax-deductible contributions to:
Team Tobatí
9 Rogers Place
New Britain, CT 06051
Checks should be made out to Team Tobatí.
Donate using venmo or zelle below. Please contact Ronald Garcia at [email protected] if you have any questions. Thanks for your generous support.
Team Tobati 2026 Support of the Macchi School
- General Support of the Macchi School - $25
- General Support of the Macchi School - $50
- Lunch for Every Student at the Macchi School for a Day - $167
- Food Costs for House Visits and Shared Meals during March Trip & Cooking classes $377
- Cameras for the School - $500
- Macchi School Gardens - the addition a brick foundation around the garden to anchor the wire fence and prevent animals breaking in the garden. Also fertilizing, planting new veggies for the school year, and replacing drop irrigation hoses. $453
- Painting of classrooms of the Macchi School - $1,000
- Fencing: Replacing the wire fence in front of the school and painting the rest of the stone foundation supporting the fence. $1,000
- 50 new chairs for the Macchi School auditorium space - $1,132
- Twenty desks and chairs for the 8th grade class - $1,692
- Breakfast for Every Student at the Macchi School for a Month - $2,200
- 2 Air Conditioners for the Macchi School auditorium space - $3,000
- Lunch for Every Student at the Macchi School for a Month - $5,000
- School Supplies for Every Student for the School Year - $7,500
- Monthly Salary for Faculty at the Macchi School - $10,750
Send your tax-deductible contributions to:
Team Tobatí
9 Rogers Place
New Britain, CT 06051
Checks should be made out to Team Tobatí.
Donate using venmo or zelle below. Please contact Ronald Garcia at [email protected] if you have any questions. Thanks for your generous support.
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We are also looking to bring the following items for the Macchi School. Used warm weather clothes, used caps, and used sneakers are great things to bring as donated items. Below is a letter from Ariel Gonzalez (vice director at the Macchi School) highlighting some other potential items to bring in your donation bag.
Seeds for the garden: We have almost 100 kids eating lunch at school, and they love fresh veggies and fruits. Please help us grow our own organic goods.
COPA weight limit is 50 pounds per bag. We can each check in one bag for free along with our carry on item. This bag can be filled with our own items along with some donated items or you can check in a second bag with donated items but this would cost you $100.
- Used clothes (warm weather)
- Used shoes (sneakers)
- Paint brushes
- All colors of paint
- Colored paper
- Regular pencils and colored pencils
- Markers for fabric
- Highlighters or sharpies
- Sticky Notes (all shapes, sizes, and colors are welcome)
Seeds for the garden: We have almost 100 kids eating lunch at school, and they love fresh veggies and fruits. Please help us grow our own organic goods.
- Tomatoes: we usually grow Plum tomatoes, Roma, Beefsteak, or Brandywine because of fruit size and we need them mostly for sandwiches and salads.
- Peppers: more suitable for our school garden are bell pepper, Anaheim, and sweet banana pepper. Just go easy on the spicy varieties, students don´t eat a lot of spicy food here.
- Onions: any green onion and red, sweet, or yellow root onion.
- Lettuces: we mostly grow and consume big green leafy lettuces, romaine and iceberg are very suitable. If possible, we would also love to grow some purple ones.
- Carrots: Nantes, Danvers, Imperator, sounds like big roots.
- Green or yellow summer squash, and eggplants also go to the menu once in a while.
- Watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe. They are very tasty and refreshing, especially during the summer heat.
COPA weight limit is 50 pounds per bag. We can each check in one bag for free along with our carry on item. This bag can be filled with our own items along with some donated items or you can check in a second bag with donated items but this would cost you $100.