Expat Living

March 18, St. Andrew’s Anglican Church gave out funds garnered from their Regalorama yard sale event last December. Each year, charities present their requests to the St. Andrew’s Outreach Committee.

The Cruz Roja Chapala executive board has implemented a variety of innovative fund-raising strategies with the aim of meeting or surpassing the 200,000-peso goal set for the 2012 spring donation drive.

Eight Lakeside charities were the beneficiaries of the profits procured from the Ajijic Chili Cookoff held in February at the Tobolandia water park.

Under the guidance of new director Candido Cardenas Flores, the Escuela Preparatoria Regional de Chapala may soon open its doors to lakeside expats for language instruction and other cross-cultural activities.

When Tepehua Community Center volunteer Connie Smith met Susan Shanley, the New York artist had just completed a large mural in an impoverished area of Ecuador. She was looking around for a space for another mural, particularly in an impoverished area. Smith convinced Shanley that she knew just the place – the Tepehua Community Center located in the hills above the town of Chapala.

Chapala Red Cross volunteers will take to the streets as of this weekend to seek cash donations from passing motorists. The annual roadside fund-raising campaign is slated to continue through April 15, spanning the busy Easter holiday tourist season.