The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Ajijic CARES is a local volunteer committee that started work in March to coordinate events for a commemoration of World AIDS Day. This will be the first local recognition of the annual December 1 event founded in 1988.
Tom Thompson, head honcho for development of the International Garden located at the west end of the Ajijic Malecón, is seeking an expert in landscape architecture to draw up a definitive layout plan for monuments, trees and plantings to embellish and shade the area.
Cruz Roja Chapala (CRC) has had the good fortune of adding a new vehicle to its fleet, with the donation of a fully equipped second-hand ambulance offered by Alfredo Rodriguez Quintana, medical director of Hospital Ajijic.
American Legion Post 7 put a new twist on this year’s Labor Day celebration, turning the September 1 event into a fund-raising bash for the Lake Chapala Shrine Club (LCSC).
Canada’s Firemen Without Borders (FWB) is joining forces with a broad spectrum of lakeside service organizations for an ambitious initiative to supply the Chapala fire department and other Jalisco firefighters with desperately needed equipment and safety gear.
Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club received its official charter as Club Number 86070 of Rotary International at a formal ceremony and luncheon celebration held Saturday, August 30 at the Hotel Montecarlo.
The School for Special Children (aka School for the Deaf) and five other Jocotepec schools suffered significant losses last week. The day after parents paid the enrollment fees, robberies occurred at all of the schools. The thieves snatched 23,000 pesos at the School for Special Children, along with a camera and cellphone. School officials report that these funds were earmarked for the payment of insurance on the school’s new van, the monthly phone bills, small repairs and special events.
