Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - The 2015 Becas Ball is less than a week away and Becas members are hard at work to make this the best one ever.

A great number of Puerto Vallarta restaurants, artists and businesses, as well as individuals with exotic getaways from Patzcuaro, Guanajuato, Manzanillo and Punta de Mita, are all donating prizes and opening their hearts and pocketbooks for the fabulous Silent Auction!

At 6:00 pm the handsome wait staff from the Four Seasons Punta Mita will begin serving alluring drinks such as French 75, Margarita, Moscow Mule, Old Fashioned and Mexican Martini, and of course non-alcoholic drinks too. These specialty drinks from the Four Seasons tempt you to try them all, but that is definitely not advised.

While enjoying your cocktails you can peruse the myriad of gifts in the Silent Auction. The Silent Auction will close at 9:00 pm and treasures may be picked up and paid for from 9:30. Here is just a partial list of our generous donors:

• Archie's Wok • 4 Seasons Punta Mita • Alma del Sol, Guanajuato • Benitto's Restaurant • Vallarta Botanical Gardens • Bravos Restaurant Bar • Café des Artistes • Casa Isabel • Casa Isabel Restaurant • Casa Magna Marriott • Cassandra Shaw Jewelry • Charlotte Main Original Weaving Collage • Coco's Kitchen • Contempo Galeria • Daiquiri Dick's • Galleria Dante • El Arrayán • Florart - Maripepa Flores • Flowers To Go • Hacienda San Angel • Hotel Encantada, Patzcuaro, Michoacán • Kaiser Maximilian • June Rosen Lopez Jewelry • Lans Department Store • Lalo Morales • La Palapa Restaurant • Lucy's Cúcu Cabaña • Nacho Daddy • Polo's Restaurant • Porto Bello Restaurant • River Café • Sandrinas Restaurant • Sonora Grill • Spanish School Vallarta • Teresa Massages • Toya's Salon • Trio • Two Guatemala Pillow Covers • Vista Grill Restaurant • Vitea • Xocodiva Artisan Chocolates

At around 7:00 pm, university scholarship students will escort you to your tables, where you will be served a gourmet meal authored by Chef Ejecutivo Philippe Piel of the Four Seasons and Chef Thierry Blouet of Café des Artistes, with wine compliments of Trio.

The tuneful band, Enlace, will provide music for your listening pleasure as well as for dancing on the two dance floors. There will be surprise entertainment, introduction of the scholarship students who will tell you some of their experiences, and the evening will end with an extravagant display of fireworks to celebrate Becas Vallarta being able to fund more scholarships for bright, deserving students of limited means. A night worthwhile for everyone!

Limited tickets are available from any member of Becas or by calling or emailing Polly Vicars at (322) 223-1371 or phvicars(at)gmail.com. But they are going fast, so get yours NOW!