FUNDRAISING....
Our next fundraising event - our 2nd Annual Summer Sizzle Gourmet BBQ!
Our 2nd Annual Summer Sizzle Gourmet BBQ Fundraiser is here, and we'd love you to join us!
📅 Saturday, August 15, 2026
🕓 4:00 – 7:00 PM at a private home in Chula Vista, Ajijic.
🎟️ $1,200 MXN per person — includes gourmet BBQ, sides, appetizers, and desserts, plus a cash bar.
Last year's Summer Sizzle was full of good food, good company, and a lot of heart — and this year we're bringing it back even bigger.
Why it matters
Every ticket helps Poco a Poco feed 180 to 250 children, five days a week. (For the last few months we helped by adding breakfast for 72 preschoolers whose school was damaged and closed, leaving them with nowhere else to go for their classes.) But this obviously impacted our budget for the year and we need to raise funds to cover the cost of food.
Your support also helps us provide much-needed educational supplies, so the kids that come regularly to our community center for a safe place to be, also have what they need to learn and thrive.
Get Your Tickets:
Tables seat 8 — so gather your friends and grab your seats! A limited number of tickets are available from:
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It's Kinda Bazaar…And Kinda Not
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Fenix Realty
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Or you can pay on-line with Stripe at this link: https://buy.stripe.com/aFafZhccXadAdko1rI2kw03
Questions? Email us at pocoapocosanpedro@gmail.com or call 333-820-4927.
We can't wait to sizzle with you again this summer!
With gratitude,
Poco a Poco San Pedro Itzicán A.C.
Upcoming events: Our 2nd Golf Tournament will be held on Thursday, 14 January 2027! So golfers, take note!
Jazz concerts
We have benefited from four jazz concerts, in March, April, May and June 2026. Some have involved Italian artists who are visiting Mexico this year as part of the International Jazz Festival. So great fun for jazz enthusiasts!
Recent events
We held our very first fundraising golf tournament on Thursday, 29th January 2026, at the Chapala Golf & Country Club, in San Nicolas de Ibarra, just east of Chapala. It was a great success! Thanks to our sponsors, the golf club board members and wonderful staff, and to the players who seemed to have a good time. And of course thanks to the volunteers who made it happen.
The Pro - Ramiro - with Don - did an amazing job organizing the games. And Sami and his team in the kitchen provided a delicious meal. We were so grateful for their guidance and support throughout the planning process.
Our thanks to the Guadalajara Reporter for their article about the event - which you can read here.
The Tournament winners:
Isabel Garcia Maiel, Dr. Hector Briseño, Dr. Ignacio Valladares and Dr. Manuel Gonzales
Second place Tournament winners:
Peter Wakeman, Jonathan Osman, Tom Laanep, and (missing from photo Elva Johnson)
Third place Tournament winners:
Dan and Tracy Bowen, Anita and Doug Colbert
Other winners were:
Longest drive men - Alfonso Hernandez
Longest drive woman: Tracey Bowen
Closest to the line men: Dr. Ignacio Valladares
Closest to the line women: Sue Campbell
Closest to the hole men: Dr. Jamie Francico Castello
Closest to the hole women: Dianne Matteson
And the Putting contest was won by Anita Colbert
Our most grateful thanks to the sponsors and donors of the event
Eagle Sponsors
Birdie Sponsors
Par Sponsors
The beautiful prizes for the tournament winners were donated by:
Hole Sponsors
The tournament was “Scramble Format” with four players per team. The cart, green fees, light breakfast, snacks and dinner were included in the tournament tickets.
On Saturday, July 26th, 2025 we held our first special BBQ event with Gourmet food, and Chef Jenanyan in charge of the grill.
We are so grateful to the Lakeside Cooking Club for providing the delicious desserts.
The event was held to raise funds to enroll children into school (in August 2025), and help us to continue providing professional tutoring to help the children succeed in school.
Thank you everyone who has bought tickets, donated and attended!
In January 2025, opera singer Victor Valdés provided a concert to help our fundraising efforts at Ajijic Nameste Village in Ajijic, to raise funds for our programs for children with different needs in Mezcala and San Pedro Itzicán.
