The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Lake Chapala Duplicate Bridge Club selected the University Vocational Assistance program (UVA) to be the beneficiary of 7,000 pesos the bridge players raised during their April “charity month.”
Members of the Rotary Club of Ajijic gathered at Yves’ Restaurant in Ajijic for an unusual ceremony during the last meeting of the season.
Lakeside area expats are celebrating the national birthdays of Canada and the United States at a series of parties going on throughout this week.
Given the overall modern façade of the area, it’s easy for expats who stay in the commercialized areas of the larger lakeside villages to believe that everyone here is fairly well off and that the country’s “poor” must live in other regions.
After a career of helping handicapped children, it was only natural that Kathie Byers would be attracted to the pathetic misshapen dog she spotted in the corner of a local veterinarian’s kennel.
Many of the activities of the Lake Chapala Duplicate Bridge Club are built around giving back to the community. Recently the club dispersed the money raised from December through April to three local charities: Operation Compassion, La Ola and Have Hammers Will Travel.
A new art genre is booming at Lakeside.
