Expat Living

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.

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.

The untimely August 5 death of John Thomas Faloon has left Ajijic with an irreparable void and deep sense of loss among the many people who cherished one the community’s most prominent and endearing long-time foreign residents.  

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.