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School for Special Children reeling as burglars disrupt plans

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.

Number Four serves fundraising dishes on closing nights

Kim Everest, owner of Restaurant Number Four, has generously offered to co-create a fundraiser for the Music for All program of the local Instituto Internacional.  
The school’s aguaponic farm, Granja El Diferencia is donating and delivering their organically grown, fresh tilapia, herbs and vegetables ready for the Four kitchen to cook and serve as a special dish.

Lake Chapala Democrats begin voter registration drive

The Lake Chapala Chapter of Democrats Abroad Mexico will begin a seven week long voter registration drive for U.S. expats next week.

The first sessions will be Monday, September 1, at the Lake Chapala Society (LCS), and Wednesday, September 3, at Salvador’s Restaurant in Ajijic. Both sessions run from 10 a.m. to noon.