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Sponsors and Volunteers Needed
for the Presidential Ceremony on
May 8
Want to make history in Costa
Rica and be part of the "traspaso
de poderes" - transfer of powers
- on May 8? Well, this may be
your chance. Read on.
The organizing committee
recognizes that the ¢100.000.000
colones (us$200.00) will not be
enough to prepare the Estadio
Nacional (National Stadium) for
the event that will receive
Costa Ricans and invited guests
and dignitaries from over 100
countries. The State fund just
isn't enough to go around.
So, organizers are literally
"passing the hat", looking for
sponsors that will allow them to
make the Estadio presentable.
Paint and painters are needed
and especially those willing to
volunteer manual labour to fix
up the stadium. Lighting and
sound systems are also needed,
said Alfredo Ortuño, treasurer
for the Partido Liberación
Nacional (PLN).
Ortuño also said that he had
talks with "important" donors,
but are still in need of a lot
of volunteers and sponsors.
The government budget is ¢100
million colones, but, that is
not nearly enough to fix up the
stadium and put up (in hotels)
guests and diplomats, as well as
transporting them and erecting a
stage for the event.
The wish of president-elect
Oscar Arias is for all Costa
Ricans to be able to participate
in the event and in living
colour.
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President-elect Oscar Arias at the
presidential parade at the Estadio Nacional in 1986. Accompanied
then by his wife and children, Arias, today, alone, wants all Costa
Ricans to participate in the event in living colour. |
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