Baja Bound NYC

Baja Bound NY is a group of New York City high-school students who are committed to helping the working poor create permanent homes for their families. Every summer, our group travels to Mexico with Baja Bound Ministries to build homes for migrant workers who live with only tarp, cardboard, or wood planks over their heads.

Our year-long work involves recruiting volunteers, raising funds for construction materials and scholarships, and planning the one-week home-building trip in early summer.

Many expenses go into building homes for the families in need. Beyond construction materials, there are also extras that we provide to the families such as basic appliances, mattresses, and scholarships for their children. We raise funds year-round through a social event, bake sales, and personal solicitations.

Baja Bound student volunteers pay for their own travel expenses, room and board, and their families also make a contribution to the construction costs. This ensures all donations will go into helping the families in need.

Our fund-raising goal, which we hope to meet by May 2019, is $22,220 which breaks down as follow:

Cost to build  2 houses                          $14,600

Water tanks                                                 $240

Extra Trim                                                     $500

Extra window                                              $500

Interior Paint                                               $250

Refrigerators                                               $200

Cooking stoves                                           $120   

Mattresses                                                   $600

Electrical connections                            $600

Education Scholarships                         $4,610


Please consider making a donation today, we cannot do this work without your support. Important:  In the donation comments section, indicate which volunteer your donation is for. Here are our 2019 volunteers:

Riley Yuen - President
Gaetano Cremoux - President
Nina Theisen - Vice President
Rosalinda Adams - Vice President
Mabel Wagman
 Henna Samtani
 Adrian Melendez
 Gabriel Cremoux
 Brandon Luo
 Nina Theisen
 Eve Rudin
 Naomi Doron
 Julian Rivera-Williams
 Clifton Carragher
 Eugenia Lopez Gaffney
 Isabelle Bury
 Chiara Dorsi
Jeannie Yuen - Parent Chaperone
Catherine Golding-Cremoux - Parent Chaperone

For more information, visit the Baja Bound NY website
bajaboundny.org