FUNDRAISING....
Upcoming event - Saturday, 7th November from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.
Do you like plants or gardening? We have a solution for you! The Growers Group of Ajijic is organizing a sale to support us. It's being held at Laura's Garden Center in Riberas (Hidalgo 352-B) on 7th November, so do come by and find that special plant you have been looking for!
Other upcoming events:
Our 2nd Golf Tournament will be held on Thursday, 14 January 2027. So golfers, take note! If you want to play at this tournament, we can put your name on file and contact you with more details. Click here.
Recent events
And then on Saturday, February 13, 2027, we are also be beneficiaries of the 5th Paella Festival. And event not to be missed! This will be held at the Garden of Dreams in Ajijic. More info to follow! Our team members will have tickets available in January but you can click here to already reserve your tickets.
Our 2nd Annual Summer Sizzle Gourmet BBQ was a great success!
Our 2nd Annual Summer Sizzle Gourmet BBQ Fundraiser was held on Saturday, August 15, 2026 with a sell out crowd! Thank you everyone who attended, and to the chef, Gary Jenanyan with his team of Men Can Cook Group and hostess Loma Alexander. Thank you again to the Lakeside Cooking Club for providing the delicious desserts.
We are thrilled to raise over 120,000 pesos from this event - with special thanks to the wonderful people who bid on the live auction dinner!
How the funds are being used
Food to feed the children at our community center. We are feeding over 180 children five days a week, plus the breakfast for 45 kindergarten children whose school in La Peña was damaged and closed, leaving them with nowhere else to go for their classes.
The funds will also help 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.
Jazz concerts
We are very grateful to have benefited from five jazz concerts, in March, April, May, June and September 2026. Some have involved Italian artists who are visiting Mexico this year as part of the International Jazz Festival. So it's been great fun for jazz enthusiasts!
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.