The Guadalajara Reporter
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Recognizing that our marvelously benign year-round climate makes the Chapala area an ideal place to cultivate edible garden goodies, Ajijic resident John McWilliams came up with the idea of getting interested folks together to share ideas and experiences in cultivating home-grown vegetables.
The UVA (University Vocational Assistance) family — scholarship students, sponsors and friends of the program — recently gathered at the home of Sue Torres in Ajijic to celebrate the season and the efforts of this lakeside charity.
Want to generate some holiday cheer for impoverished kids? Chapala’s San Francisco parish curate Enrique Monteon Curiel and the church’s Salesian lay missioners welcome your generous contributions to the annual Jugueton toy collection marathon to be held this weekend at the central plaza.
On Friday, November 29, nine members of the Lake Chapala Kayaking Club set forth from the parking lot of La Tasca in Ajijic to paddle their way across the lake to San Luis Soyatlan.
Man’s best friend will have a chance to lap up a day of sporting fun on Sunday, December 1 at the Dog Agility Match to be hosted by the Free Spirit Playpark, Ramon Corona 166, San Antonio Tlayacapan.
End Polio Now!
The Rotary Club of Ajijic thanks everyone who contributed to the November 8 fundraising dinner and wants them to know that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has not only doubled the final 22,000 pesos raised, but tripled it. A total of 66,000 pesos has been sent to Rotary International’s End Polio Now! program, club officers report.
Twenty-four teams competed in the 10th Cruz Roja Chapala Golf Classic held November 7 at the Chapala Country Club in Vista del Lago.
