The Belizean Kriol proverb, “wan, wan, okra full baskit,” roughly translates to “step by step, we will reach our goal.” In this spirit, Full Basket Belize was founded in 2005 to support those working for positive change at the grass roots of Belize. Student by student and project by project, Full Basket Belize helps improve the education, health, environment, and economic development of Belizean communities.
The FBB Scholars Program partners with secondary schools across Belize to provide students with scholarships. We are supporting 46 high-achieving, deserving students in 2024-25 — all made possible by your fabulous support!
Visit our Scholars Program webpage for complete information.
FBB’s Community Grants Program has supported dozens of Belizean communities to improve their education, health and environment since 2005.
Visit our Community Grants webpage for more information.
There are many ways to donate to Full Basket Belize and support our programs. Visit our How to Help webpage for a complete list of easy ways to give. Clicking on the Donate button at right takes you directly to our PayPal page. Please subscribe to our mailing list (sign up below), or contact us today to learn how you can help Full Basket Belize continue to support students and communities in Belize.
We’re Looking for Potential Board Members
As we prepare to enter our 20th year of helping Belizeans via our grants and scholarship programs, we at Full Basket Belize are searching for a few good people to join our Board of Directors. We hope that you might consider joining us as we continue to grow our organization and continue our assistance to Belizean folks.
Wondering what is involved in being a Full Basket Belize board member? Here is a brief list of items you should know about:
1. We are an official 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
2. The board meets only four times a year. As we live in diverse parts of the world, our business meetings are held via Zoom and are scheduled to last no more than 60 minutes each. There is an optional “social time” for 15 minutes prior to the start of the business meeting. This enables us to honor everyone’s time by keeping the business meetings short.
3. Each board member has a function for which he/she is responsible. We have the usual officers (president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer). We have the scholarship and the grants committees chairs and co-chairs. We have publicity who handle our newsletter and website as well as members-at-large with no specific assignments but who pitch in on established and ad-hoc committees.
If you have not already done so, we encourage you to continue exploring our website www.fullbasketbelize.org for more information.
If you think you might consider joining our group, we’d love to have you chat with us. If you have more questions, please feel free to contact me at jolink@fullbasketbelize.org. Also, if you know of anyone who might be interested in being a FBB board member, please let us know or have them get in touch.
Thank you very much for your consideration, and we look forward to hearing back from you.
Here’s How to Donate to Full Basket Belize
To continue to support small project grants (and our scholars), we accept donations year-round. There are many ways to donate — it’s easy! See options below.
- **Highest Impact**: Mail a paper check to Full Basket Belize, 6016 NE Birch St, Hillsboro OR 97124 (This option saves us the cost of processing fees.)
- Make a secure donation at PayPal using your credit or debit card or your own PayPal account.
- Become a sustaining donor and give any amount monthly, starting at $5/month. It’s easy to set this up at PayPal.
- Facebook Donation. Navigate to Facebook.com/FullBasketBelize and look for the blue Donate button on the far right side of the page. Click on the button and follow the prompts to donate.
- Honor someone with a Facebook Fundraiser. In the Search Facebook area at the upper lefthand side of any Facebook page, enter the word Fundraiser. Then follow the directions on how to create a fundraiser benefitting Full Basket Belize.
- Corporate Match. Check with your employer to see if it will match or double your donation. We are registered with Benevity, Your Cause, and Amgen Foundation Matching Gifts Program. We will register with other organizations as requested – just contact us.
- Make a Qualified Charitable Donation (QCD) to FBB. Visit www.fullbasketbelize.org/how-to-help for more information.
updated 10/28/2024 jl