© Copyright 2011 The Michael & Elaine Butter Foundation
Teaching a Culture of Giving.
The Butter Foundation's 2011 Casa de Campo Pro-Am Tournament was a success! Click here to read more.
The 155 students that attend The Butter Foundation's school celebrated the upcoming Christmas break with fun food and gifts at their annual Christmas lunch. Click here to see photos.
We are seeking sponsors for 2012 Casa de Campo Pro-Am tennis tournament and in need of sponsors. Click Here for more info.
The educational director Mrs. Elaine Butter visits the school in La Romana.
Three days a week tennis professionals of La Romana volunteer their time and teach child and adult tennis clinics at the city’s public courts.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. ~ Ancient Chinese Proverb
The mission of The Michael & Elaine Butter Foundation is to help raise the standard of living of the impoverished citizens of La Romana by offering financial, educational, medical and social support. Our immediate goal is to finish building the school on the land we have just purchased. Our long term goal is to create a strong sense of community among the residents and teach economic sustainability within the community. Funds raised by the foundation are allocated to several of our own charitable initiatives by our board of directors, a rotating group of responsible community members. As a result of this unique structure, former recipients of charity can become benefactors themselves, setting into motion a perpetuation of our charitable efforts.
Michael & Elaine Butter began traveling to Casa de Campo in La Romana, Dominican Republic over a decade ago. An avid tennis player, Mr. Butter soon knew many of the tennis staff personally and became concerned with their living conditions and health care. After several years of helping individual cases, Mr. Butter and Mrs. Butter believed their assistance would be better utilized as a formal charity and The Michael & Elaine Butter Foundation was officially founded on December 13th, 2009.
Here is a list of our our upcoming and past events.
This years tournament was a success and all the players and spectators had a great time. . The tournament was able to raise $5,000 for The Butter Foundation’s local efforts. We had participants from the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Italy and Venezuela. Michael Butter along with committee member Antonio Esteban present trophies to the Gold [...]
Continue reading We are rapidly coming up on this years Casa de Campo Pro-Am tennis tournament and in need of sponsors. We offer multiple ways to participate in the tournaments sponsorship program. Please see the details below. All sponsorships can be corporate or personal. Sponsor Type Amount Details 3 Year Prime Sponsor $25,000 The tournament will be [...]
Continue reading
The 155 students that attend The Butter Foundation’s school celebrated the upcoming Christmas break with fun food and gifts at their annual Christmas lunch.
Continue readingA brief listing on way that we help the local community.
Our prime goal is to build a new school for the 140 students who now use a broken down building as their school. The student population is a mix of Dominican and Haitian refugee children from age 3 to 14. Their current facility is so small that some children sit and stand outside the window areas to listen in since there is no room inside. The school receives no government funding and is solely run by the charity of our Foundation members and The Foundation itself. We have procured an 800 square meter lot that will serve as the location of the new school. We are in need of donations to help finish the construction of the school. The current construction fundraising goal is $150,00.
Please take some time to view the pictures below that illustrate the conditions of the current school.
Husband and wife, Santos and Zeneida De Salas had the vision of helping teach some children who are not assigned to regular public or private school. The only school in their neighborhood is so run down and dangerous that teachers will not work there. The many (50%-60%) Haitian students will not go to a public school since they have no legal documents and parents fear deportation.
Every year under the direction of Elaine Butter, the Michael Butter foundation buys school supplies such as: notebooks, pencils, pencil sharpeners, erasers, educational posters and books for teachers who are volunteers. This year The Foundation bought chairs because students were sitting on wood, metal cans and concrete blocks. We also hired another teacher to assist Mrs. De Salas who had been teaching all 155 children by herself.
Three days a week tennis professionals of La Romana volunteer their time and teach child and adult tennis clinics at the city’s public courts. Nets, racquets, balls, tennis clothing and sneakers have been donated to the clinic and its participants through The Butter Foundation.
Below are some photos that were taken during some classes at the foundation’s tennis academy.
Some of the most needy members of the La Romana community, including elderly people, the disabled and impoverished children receive a monthly grocery delivery, tailored to their specific needs. Additionally, a larger group of people and families receive food baskets delivered by volunteers during the Christmas holidays to ensure that they have something to celebrate as well.
Below are some pictures taken during the Christmas food basket program
This charity Pro-Am Tennis Tournament takes place at La Terraza Tennis Center Casa de Campo in January. Along with the tennis professionals that donate their time, we are also in search of businesses and organizations as sponsors to help raise funds for our community programs.
We are seeking sponsors for this years tennis tournament. We offer multiple ways to participate in the tournaments sponsorship program. Please see the details below.
All sponsorships can be corporate or personal.
| Sponsor Type | Amount | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Year Prime Sponsor | $25,000 | The tournament will be in your company name for 3 years, plus all advertising and correspondence will feature your company name. |
| 1 Year Prime Sponsor | $10,000 | All t-shirts, banners and publications will feature your company name. |
| 1 Year Major Sponsor | $5,000 |
Your company name will be on the tournament shirts, correspondence and advertising.
|
| 1 Year Gold Sponsor | $2,000 | Your company name will be on the tournament shirts, correspondence and advertising. |
| 1 Year Silver Sponsor | $1,000 | Your logo or name will be on the tournament banner. |
| 1 Year Silver Sponsor | $500 | Your logo or name will be on the The Butter Foundation website. |
Please use the contact page or email admin@thebutterfoundation.org for more info.
If you would like to learn more about Casa de Campo, please visit www.casadecampo.com.do for more information.
Below are a few images from past Pro-Am Tournaments.
This program provides games and food for over 100 children. The wives and children of the board of directors participate by wrapping presents and making snacks. Most importantly they get to experience the joy of giving to children during this festive event.
Below are some photos taken during past Eater programs.
The Foundation has provided full health coverage through Humano Insurance for all of the Casa de Campo tennis staff and their family members, in total, nearly 60 people. This would not have been possible without several generous donations. This year alone we have raised over $8000 for community health insurance.
There are many ways to donate to the The Michael Butter Foundation. You can make a direct payment to the addresses below, sign up for one of our tennis tournaments or donate any one of the number of goods on our Wish List.
La Terraza Tennis, Casa de Campo
La Romana, Dominican Republic
P.O. Box 140
Phone 809-523-5940
Fax 809-523-8948
Cell Phone 809-284-7321
Email: contact@michaelbutterfoundation.org
*Pablo can be contacted directly for wire transfer information.
6 Gap Head Rd.
Rockport, MA 01966
Phone 978-282-4800
Fax 978-282-7300
Cell Phone 978-764-7958
Email: michael.butter@acmeapparel.com
• Clothing & Footwear
• Diapers
• Canned goods
• Baby formula
• Powdered Milk
• All types of school supplies
• Personal hygiene products
• Toys & games (ages 3-14)
• Books
• First aid materials
• Computers
• Calculators
• Construction materials for the new school
• Volunteers to teach activities and classes to the school children
La Terraza Tennis, Casa de Campo
La Romana, Dominican Republic
P.O. Box 140
Phone 809-523-5940
Fax 809-523-8948
Cell Phone 809-284-7321
Email: contact@michaelbutterfoundation.org
46 Blackburn Center
Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone 978-282-4800
Fax 978-282-7300
Cell Phone 978-764-7958
Email: michael.butter@acmeapparel.com
2011
 |
Founder: Michael Butter |
 |
Founder: Elaine Butter |
 |
Secretary/Treasurer: Pablo A. Green |
 |
Chairman: Santos De Salas |
 |
Vice Chairman: Adonis Berroa |
 |
Sports Programs: David Ramirez |
 |
Educational Director: Position Open |
 |
Food Distributon: Frank De Los Santos |
|
Medical Assistance: Position Open |
La Romana
La Romana, Dominican Republic is the capital city of the province of La Romana. The population has been rapidly expanding in this area in the past twenty years due to industry and tourism.[1] Many families from originally agricultural backgrounds have emigrated to La Romana. Although there are jobs to be had in the free trade zone and the tourism industry, many people are underemployed and are unable to properly feed, cloth, educate and provide health care for themselves and their families.
Even though the Dominican Republic offers free heath care to many of the people, the problem is that most do not know how to access the information. Many are illiterate and therefore the applications for health care are impossible.
Education in the Dominican Republic is officially free and compulsory between the ages of 5 and 14, but in many cases school fees and other costs such as uniforms, books and meals make education prohibitively expensive for the nation’s poor. Additionally, many schools in rural areas do not have proper materials and furnishings and can be too far away for much of the population to be able to attend.[2]
The Butter Family
Ned Kaplin
Roberto Jimenez
Philippe Laffont
Chris & Vicky Wensel
The Saslow Family
Alberto Jimenez
Rick McDaniel
The Ceppi Family
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
Feel free to use the contact form below if you have any questions or comments.
Fundraiser Director Pablo A. Green
La Terraza Tennis, Casa de Campo
La Romana, Dominican Republic
P.O. Box 140
Phone 809-523-5940
Fax 809-523-8948
Cell Phone 809-284-7321
Email: contact@thebutterfoundation.org
Please take a moment to “Like” us on Facebook.