Expat Living

Niños Incapacitados recently announced a new “Two-Hour Volunteer Campaign.” Realizing that most expats are overloaded with activities and volunteer positions, the organization is asking local residents to find just two hours to volunteer at an event to raise funds to help sick children of low-income Mexican families.

Going to a Halloween bash and want to bring your dog along? Stop into Monster House and get him a costume. Monster House is a Halloween mask company based in Cuernavaca that ships its products to the United States but also puts up four temporary stores in metro Guadalajara.

Representatives of the United  States Consulate General this week donated equipment valued around 15,000 dollars to a worthy charity hospital in Guadalajara.  The Hospital Materno Infantil “Esperanza López Mateos” received six fetal monitors and 16 wheelchairs, made available thanks to the USNORTHCOM Humanitarian Assistance Program.

While the rest of the country celebrates Dia de la Raza (Columbus Day) on Sunday, October 12, here in Guadalajara the Italian sailor who stumbled across a continent and its people 520 years ago gets trumped by Tapatios’ very own miracle worker.

Guadalajara’s month-long “State Fair,” the Fiestas de Octubre, kicks off Friday, October 3 but really gathers pace on Sunday, October 5 when the city center hosts the colorful annual parade.

Up with People (Viva la Gente) is looking for families willing to host one or more students when the troupe visits Guadalajara from October 6-13.  The 100-member cast comprises students between the ages of 17 and 29, representing 15 countries.