FUNDRAISING....
The next Jazz concert in the series will be held on Friday, 3rd April at The Garden of Dreams... more info to follow
Recent events: We held our very 1st Golf Tournament!
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:
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Isabel Garcia Maiel, Dr. Hector Briseño, Dr. Ignacio Valladares and Dr. Manuel Gonzales
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Second place Tournament winners:
Peter Wakeman, Jonathan Osman, Tom Laanep, and (missing from photo Elva Johnson)
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Third place Tournament winners:
Dan and Tracy Bowen, Anita and Doug Colbert
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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
Hole Sponsors
Some of the prizes for the tournament winners
​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.
Chapala Lakeside News is hosting a series of jazz concerts - the Ciclo Internacional de Jazz with Italy as the guest country. The Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico City has invited musicians for six concerts as part of Eurojazz (International Jazz Festival in Mexico City).
These renowned musicians are coming to Ajijic to participate in the concerts organized by Rezzonante, and the first concert was held on March 12th. 2026 at 5:00 pm at The Garden of Dreams Hotel.
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The 2nd concert will be held on Friday, 3 April 2026 - again at The Garden of Dreams Hotel. More details to follow.
Part of the ticket price from all these events will benefit the children's programs at Poco a Poco's Community Center in San Pedro Itzicán.
The 6 concerts will be the preview for the International Jazz Festival in Ajijic that will be announced by the end of the year.
Tickets can be purchased at The Garden of Dreams Hotel in Ajijic every day from 9 am to 2 pm and vía Stripe with this link:
https://buy.stripe.com/eVq9ASdlj293dc9aQu9k402
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Tickets will also be for sale at Kinda Bazar.. Kinda Not in Riberas. (Open Tuesday to Saturdays 10:00 am onwards.)
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This event will be announced on various social media
platforms and in the Semanario Laguna. They are also looking for more sponsors for this project if you would like to support this series of events.
For more information, please contact Gaby - at 33 1530 4847.
On Saturday, July 26th, 2025 we held a very successful 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.
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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!
On Saturday, January 4 2025 from 4 pm to 5 pm, 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. We were very happy to raise 24,276 pesos from this event which was used to pay for supplies and storage needs for the program.
Our grateful thanks to Andrea and her team from Kinda Bazaar, Kinda Not, for organizing the clothing bazaar on 30 November 2024.
We sold lots of clothing!
The Dragformations event held on 7th November 2024 at the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) in Ajijic, organized by the Rainbow Alliance, was great fun.
Our portion of the funds raised was 50,630 pesos! (Thanks to Craig and KL for all their help). Our grateful thanks to Mark Skrivanek and Steve Cross for all their help in supporting us.
