2005 Teletón A Success
Surrounded by music and dance, hundreds worked all day to make this year's "Teletón" (telethon) a success.

The event was held at the Palacio de los Deportes in San José and ran well past the scheduled time to almost midnight, making sure that the ¢250 million colones (us$500.000) goal was reached. The final amount raised was ¢259.675.653 colones.

The money raised will go to the "Torre de Cuidados Críticos" (Critical Care centre) at the Hospital de las Sonrisas which is part of the Hospital Naciónal de los Niños (Chidlren's hospital).

International artists took part in the telethon, including Charlie Zaa, La Factoría, Carolina Tejera, joining national aritsts like, Pimienta Negra and Marfil.

The telethon began Friday night, Saturday morning early the Palacio was full of people, all joined to make event memorable.

Donations are still being accepted at the following banks:

Bank:                           Account number:
Banco Nacional        123452030-2
Banca Promérica      2030
Banco de San José  900457177
Banco Uno                 18366-1
Bancrédito                  102030-4
Coocique                    902650
Coopeande                211408-0
Coopemep                 168878-7
Banex                          3333
Cuscatlán                  113-002-001216-6
Mucap                          1-2030

You can also make a donation online by visiting: http://www.ayudemos.com/donacion.php

Sorry, the website is only in Spanish. Clicking on "donar aqui" will take you to a secure server page, where you are asked to provide your name, email, amount of donation and credit card information.