The Consulate of Belize in Los Angeles honored the Gill-Longobardi Foundation, Inc, at their celebration ceremony on September 8, 2017. The recognition was for the Foundation;s continous efforts to provide education supplies, medical supplies, clothing and diapers and other basicnecessities to the underprivileged in Belize. Foundation President Janice B. Longobard accepted the plaque with gratitude. The Consulate ceremony corresponded with September celebrations commemorating Belize's victory over Spain on September 10, 1798, and Belize's independence on September 21, 1981. There was food and marching over the course of the evening.