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 Vallarta Living | Community Services
Make a Wish Come True on May 11th
 PVNN
Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation has enriched the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions. To celebrate the foundation's 26th anniversary, Daiquiri Dick's is hosting a special three-course dinner with wine on May 11th.more »»»
Third Annual International Altruism Festival
 PVNN
The International Altruism Festival, one of the most popular charitable events in Puerto Vallarta, is scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 21, from 6-9 pm at the Marriott CasaMagna Hotel.more »»»
3rd American School Golf Scramble at El Tigre And Hollywood Auction Night
 Bob Cohen
On Saturday, May 27th the El Tigre Golf Club in Nuevo Vallarta will be hosting the American School Golf Scramble Tournament. El Tigre Golf Director and good friend Jesus Carmona invited me out to El Tigre for breakfast and to meet Ileana Truqui, the president of the American School PTA.more »»»
Seven Checks for Seven Charities
 Peter Gray
The Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Classic and Champions Tour, which was held at the Vista Vallarta Golf Club earlier this month, donated $525,000 pesos to seven local charities at the Marina Golf Club.more »»»
Fresh Air Foundation Spring Camp Held in Puerto Vallarta
 Bob Cohen
While over 200,000 visitors filled the streets of Puerto Vallarta during the two week Semana Santa and Pascua spring break, 70 local kids had the opportunity to attend a multi-cultural spring camp presented by the non-profit Fresh Air Foundation.more »»»
Local Kids Soccer Teams Score Big
 PVNN
This was a special week for many of the young soccer players in Puerto Vallarta. Banderas News video journalist, Laura Gelezunas, shows us how area teams scored big, thanks to the generosity of some soccer fanatics from California. more »»»
Soccer Uniforms Donated to Puerto Vallarta Kids
 Bob Cohen
Coach Leigh Kirmsee of the Mount Diablo Soccer Association in Concord and Steve Price, the owner of Soccer Magic in Walnut Creek, donated more than $50,000 pesos worth of new soccer uniforms, balls and other equipment to some of our local youth soccer teams here in Puerto Vallarta.more »»»
Audiologists Devote Time, Money to Helping Poor Hear
 Sheryl Tucker
Dr. Amanda Silberer and Angi Martin-Prudent spent this year’s Valentine’s Day in Mexico, but it was hardly a vacation. They traveled to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to distribute the hearing aids and batteries and train the patients on care and maintenance.more »»»
RISE in Puerto Vallarta
 Keith Amo
The Refugio Infantil Santa Esperanza, a non-profit shelter in Puerto Vallarta for babies and children under the age of 14, is currently providing for 50 children. If you are able to help even in a very small way, the kids who live in this wonderful place can continue to “bloom and grow” through the spring, summer, and fall months.more »»»
Lenny & Jorge Benefit Concert at Daiquiri Dick's
 PVNN
Daiquiri Dick's invites you to enjoy an unforgettable evening of fine dining, great music and good will at the Second Annual Jorge & Lenny Benefit Concert on Friday, March 31st from 7-10 pm.more »»»
A Modest March for the Huicholes
 Peter Gray
This is not my usual kind of 'press release' for Becas or the Navy League or Toys for Tots. It is a more personal article about the visit to PV this March of a large group of Huicholes, who created a month long Festival here. Perhaps I may be over-reacting, but I felt there was a rather sad lack of interest and support by those in our our community who could have best given it.more »»»
Join the Pirates For Pupils Spinnaker Sail March 28th
 Sue Fornoff
Tuesday, March 28th is the date for this year's Pirates For Pupils Spinnaker Sail. Everyone is invited to join in this fun day on the water. The event begins at Vallarta Yacht Club at Paradise Village Marina at 9.00 a.m. Jalisco time. For the small donation of 150 pesos a person you will be directed to the big Cat "Humu Humu."more »»»
Charity Golf Tournament Volunteers Needed!
 PVNN
So, you enjoy golf... But what if we told you that volunteering for the Vallarta Blue Agave Golf Classic would not only give you the opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the greatest names in golf - but would also give you the chance to give something back to the community that gives us all so much?more »»»
Rotary Club Assists Las Varas Medical Clinic
 Christine Stanley
In April, a group of volunteers from the Rotary Club of Truckee and the Rotary Club of Tahoe City will venture down to Las Varas, Mexico, a town about 60 miles north of Puerto Vallarta, to construct a vision center at a privately run medical and educational clinic.more »»»
Salma Hayek Hands over Cheques to Mexican Groups Fighting Domestic Violence
 Canadian Press
Salma Hayek has made donations to groups aiding battered women in her native Mexico, calling domestic violence a problem that touches every corner of the globe.more »»»
R.I.S.E. for Hope Fundraiser Update
 Sue Fornoff
Scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 18th from 5-9 pm at the Marina Vallarta Club de Golf, the annual R.I.S.E. for Hope Fundraiser to benefit the Refugio Infantil Santa Esperanza children's shelter in Puerto Vallarta, is fast approaching.more »»»
White Ball Scheduled for February 26th
 PVNN
On February 26th from 2–8 pm the beautiful Le Bistro restaurant on the Isla Rio Cuale will host the annual Puerto Vallarta White Ball, an important fund-raising event benefiting the Vallarta Against AIDS Organization.more »»»
Nearly 43 Percent of Mexican Children Live in Poverty
 Dominican Today
Mexican Organizations for the protection of children informed that 42.6 percent of Mexican children live in poverty. This situation was presented by the organizations before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the results presented to the press.more »»»
Gettin' Busy with the Navy League!
 Peter Gray
The last few days have been unusually busy for our local Navy League volunteers who work with U.S. Naval and Coast Guard ships visiting Vallarta. While ships normally visit at one or two month intervals, 2006 kicked off with three ships scheduled to dock within days of each other.more »»»
Love Can Build a Bridge... Vancouver to Vallarta
 PVNN
A line in a Christmas letter that Banderas News reporter and local freelance writer Kathy Taylor wrote to friends in British Columbia has sparked a bridge of love from North Vancouver in British Columbia to the Children of the Dump program in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.more »»»
First Call For The Becas Ball
 Peter Gray
Mark your calendars for the 2006 Becas Ball - the closest thing Puerto Vallarta has to a formal "High Society" event. This year's affair will be held on Saturday, March 4th from 7 pm-12:30 am at the Westin Regina Resort and Spa in Marina Vallarta.more »»»
Vallarta's Ultimate Cocktail Party
 PVNN
Enjoy fabulous food, cocktails and a lively crowd of "do-gooders" while making a difference in a child's life at the 6th Annual Make-a-Wish Mexico Benefit Cocktail Party on February 10th from 6:30-9:30 pm.more »»»
An International Effort
 Sue Fornoff
The International Friendship Club (Club Internaciónal de la Amistad) and the Asociación Femenil Vallartense A/C have joined forces for the first time, bringing together the efforts of community-minded Mexicans, Americans and Canadians.more »»»
Manos de Amor por Bahía
 Sue Fornoff
On Friday, January 13th, a cocktail party/fund raiser was held to benefit Manos de Amor por Bahía, a non-profit organization committed to building an orphanage/shelter for the children of the Bahía de Banderas.more »»»
Three Kings Day Toy Delivery
 PVNN
Toys for Tots, in its 7th year of reaching out to less fortunate children in Puerto Vallarta and the Banderas Bay area, delivered their gifts on January 6th - and Banderas News video journalist, Laura Gelezunas, went along for the ride.more »»»
R.I.S.E. for Hope on February 18th
 PVNN
Mark your calendars for Saturday, February 18th, the date set for this year's R.I.S.E. for Hope annual fund raiser. This year's charity benefit, scheduled to take place from 5-9 pm at the Marina Vallarta Club de Golf, promises to be a lively and very entertaining event.more »»»
Toys For Tots - Mission Accomplished!
 Peter Gray
"Seeing this is giving me goosebumps" the young teacher standing next to me said. In front of us one hundred and one tiny tots aged four to six were lined up to receive a Three Kings' Day present.more »»»
A Bucerias Christmas Present
 PVNN
Once upon a time, there were two kind-hearted people named Tackett, who traveled from a very cold place, called Alaska, south to a warm place, called Bucerias, at Christmas time. They missed their home so much on Christmas Eve that they bought some candy, played Christmas music and went to one of the poorest parts of town.more »»»
Toys for Tots Has Another Record Year
 Peter Gray
Toys for Tots, in its 7th year locally of reaching out to some of the less-advantaged kids in the region, raised enough funds at their golf outing and gala dinner-dance to acquire more than 8,000 toys this year.more »»»
The Real Santa
 PVNN
In an exclusive interview with BanderasNews reporter Kathy Taylor this week, Santa Claus said that his visit to the Children of the Dump in Puerto Vallarta was "one of the happiest days of my life."more »»»
Teeing Off for Toys for Tots
 PVNN
Join Banderas News Video Journalist, Laura Gelezunas, as she hits the links at the Vista Vallarta Tom Weiskopf Course to check out the Christmas spirit that is par for the course at the annual Toys for Tots Golf Tournament Vallarta.more »»»
USGC Cutter Breaks A Record
 Peter Gray
The USGC Active was in Vallarta this weekend, and literally half the ship's crew turned out on Saturday to work at the Refugio Infantil Santa Esperanza, known as the RISE Orphanage. This was the fourth time the Navy League has organized a work party at this orphanage.more »»»
The ABC's of the Bucerias Children's Library
 Harold Sokolove
Since 1997, the Association Bahia de Banderas Cultural, A.C. (ABC, A.C.), has been working to open a library in Bucerias. Right now it's just a non-descript concrete building on the edge of Bucerias - but if Rita Kollock and her optimistic group of volunteers have their way, it will soon be the new home of the Bucerias Children's Library.more »»»
Lucky Thirteen at Toys for Tots Dinner
 Peter Gray
When you pass by little children in the poorest neighborhoods around Vallarta, don't you some times want to reach out and hug them, maybe do something to show them the world has a little room in its heart even for them? Well here's the deal that makes it easy for you.more »»»
More Than a Journey
 Elaine Pennington
The gift of mobility is well worth the trip to Vallarta every year for Rotary Club of Camrose members. It started out with a chance meeting between Camrosians Don and Chris Rebus, and Ivan Applegate Curiel in 1999 and it has turned into a major international project.more »»»
Making a Difference, and Jewelry
 Debra Carr-Elsing
With a life that reads like a "Casablanca" script, Rebecca Peragine is using her myriad connections to help a grass-roots women's group - Mujeres Con La Tierra - sell baskets made from recycled newspapers by women in the Bahia de Banderas area in Mexico.more »»»
It's All About Love
 Kathy Taylor
Holding their plates as they move in a polite line in front of the big pans of food, 170 of Puerto Vallarta's most needy citizens get a hot meal today. Every Monday, a handful of restaurants in this tropical paradise take their specialties to the local dump, to feed the kids in a loosely organized effort called 'Children of the Dump.'more »»»
T. Fuller Gallery Makes Wishes Come True
 PVNN
From December 2nd-13th, T. Fuller Fine Arts Gallery at Corona #169 in downtown Puerto Vallarta will be presenting "The Guadalupe Show and Benefit Auction" with all proceed going to the Make A Wish Foundation of Mexico.more »»»
Making a List & Checking it Twice...
 Denise Derameé
With Christmas just around the corner, last night's Holiday Boutique Benefit for Biblioteca Higuera was a big hit, offering savvy shoppers a jump-start on their Christmas shopping lists.more »»»
Puerto Vallarta Navy League News
 PVNN
The Navy League of Vallarta is a non-profit organization whose main activity is to arrange for gifts of medical and educational supplies to be brought here via the US Navy and Coast Guard services, working in conjunction with the Mexican Armada to support activities and events for the benefit of Vallarta’s less privileged children.more »»»
Toys for Tots Vallarta 2005
 PVNN
For the seventh consecutive year, the now traditional and popular Toys for Tots Golf Tournament Vallarta will raise funds to purchase toys that will bring a smile to the faces of children who would otherwise not receive a Christmas gift.more »»»
Bubba and the Bottom Feeders Return for the Season
 Sue Fornoff
Bubba and the Bottom Feeders will have their season debut at 4 pm (PV time) on Sunday December 4th at El Pescador Restaurant in Bucerias. Their music is guaranteed to get your toes tapping, while they play to raise funds to help the less fortunate in local communities in the Bahia de Banderas area again this year.more »»»
International Friendship Club Welcomes Back Members
 Harold Sokolove
The International Friendship Club of Puerto Vallarta welcomed back members old and new on Tuesday night, November 9th. The club is a volunteer organization set up to promote social and cultural activities among the membership and to sponsor events that generate funds which are used for humanitarian purposes in the Vallarta area.more »»»
Rotary Club Festival of Brotherhood
 Harold Sokolove
Twenty-nine members of Rotary Clubs in California District 5130, were in Puerto Vallarta on Saturday for the annual Festival of Brotherhood. The Festival, held with Puerto Vallarta Rotary Clubs in District 4150, took place at the Fiesta Americana Hotel.more »»»
Local Charity Benefits Big at La Escondida Sports Bar
 Bob Cohen
In Puerto Vallarta's pickings for sports bars, a small popular one for locals and many multi-time visitors, La Escondida hosted its annual fundraising Sunday football event this past weekendmore »»»
Local Charities Benefit at the Culinary Jam Session
 Bob Cohen
Three local charities were given 54,000 pesos each, proceeds from the Culinary Jam Sunday at the CasaMagna Marriott. The 250-300 people in attendance enjoyed the finest of foods from Puerto Vallarta's best chefs and restaurants, but the real winners were the charities which received all the proceeds form the event.more »»»
Help Make Ulysses' Wish Come True
 PVNN
Since 2000, the Vallarta chapter of MAW Mexico has been granting wishes to terminally ill children, bestowing everything from trips to Disneyland or the beach - but all Ulysses, a 14 year old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, wants is to become famous by getting into the Guinness Book Of World Records.more »»»
Young Volunteers with Corazon Help the Poorest of Mexico's Poor
 Stuart Kellogg
As volunteers with Corazon Inc., young people from the Tri Community are helping the poor of Mexico help themselves. Founded in 1978 by Mike Echolds, Mark Vanni and Jennie Castillion, Corazon ("heart" in Spanish) is not a handout charity.more »»»
Puerto Vallarta Businesses Make a Wish Come True
 PVNN
The joy of bringing a smile to a dying child's face and a twinkle to their eyes in the midst of suffering is Make a Wish's goal, and here in Puerto Vallarta local residents and businesses alike have taken the Make a Wish Foundation to heart.more »»»
Kaiser Maximilian Serves Up Fine Dining for a Cause
 PVNN
From August 22-27 Kaiser Maximilian Restaurant in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico will join hundreds of top restaurants in North America that are participating in an all-new initiative to help fight childhood hunger.more »»»
Dolphin Therapy in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico
 PVNN
For years, people suffering from serious illnesses have reported dramatic changes in their physical and emotional state after swimming with dolphins, and now Dolphin Adventures in Nuevo Vallarta Mexico is offering Dolphin Therapy programs.more »»»
Local School Kids Need Your Help
 Harold Sokolove
School starts on August 22nd in Bucerias Mexico, but school bells may not be ringing for 6 local school age children whose families can't afford school uniforms and basic school supplies.more »»»
Children with Cancer Vacation in Vallarta
 PVNN
Casa CANICA (Centro de Apoyo a Niños con Cáncer A.C.), a charitable organization based in Guadalajara, is bringing children who are victims of cancer and their families to Vallarta for a beach vacation.more »»»
Bubba & The Bottom Feeders are Rockin' in '05
 BottomFeedersMexico.com
Bubba & The Bottom Feeders emerged on the music scene several years ago - primarily playing in the north bay area of Banderas Bay, Mexico. Like many music groups, it has evolved over the years, but the one thing that hasn’t changed is the support the group provides locally to those experiencing economic hardship.more »»»
Exhibit Shows Children's Perspective of Migration
 Alyssa Giachino
A new exhibit opened in Coyoacan featuring photographs and paintings by migrant children who express the experience of migration in search of work through their images. UNICEF and the National Council on Culture and Arts hosted an inaugural event for the show entitled "La migración desde la mirada de los niños."more »»»
Family Donates $25,000 USD to R.I.S.E
 Sue Fornoff
The Refugio Infantil Santa Esperanza, (R.I.S.E) or the Children's Shelter of Hope, a non-profit shelter for babies and children under the age of 14, recently received a generous $25,000 donation from an Illinois family that also owns a home in Puerto Vallarta.more »»»
Program Pairs Mexican Teachers with Newly Arrived Students
 Luz Peña
In 1996, the Binational Program was designed to match up Mexican teachers with students in the United States who are learning English as a second language. Because the teachers know the language and the culture, they are able to teach according to the students' needs.more »»»
Helping Poor Mexicans Inspires Sisters
 Shlee Daye
For young Summerland, Canada sisters Chanel and Emily Chartrand, a recent visit to the city dump in Puerto Vallarta was an eye-opening and "inspiring" opportunity to help children and families less fortunate than themselves.more »»»
Making the MOST of Life
 Jim Fitzpatrick
Since early 1988, San Diegans have taken their skills to Mexico and delivered dramatic changes in the lives of more than 9,000 young patients, thanks to the Mercy Outreach Surgical Team (MOST) program.more »»»
Special Olympics A Testament To Will And Determination
 Rhona Statland de López
Established in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, the Special Olympics has grown to encompass 160 countries, including Mexico. Children starting from the age of 8, teenagers and adults all with a variety of physical and mental disabilities are given the opportunity to compete in summer and winter sports.more »»»
Social Programs Give Invaluable Lessons
 Rhona Statland de López
Many private high school students in Mexico live privileged lives. Their daily existence revolves around their friends and family and rarely do they leave this comfortable circle. Some schools are trying to change that by giving 11th and 12th graders a chance to help people who do not have the advantages that they take for granted.more »»»
Priests Make Efforts To Help Rural Poor
 Reed Johnson
As the sound of a church bell drifts over the tin-roofed shanties and bonedry hills, summoning the faithful, Padre Humberto Coronel scans the horizon, hoping to spot at least one parishioner. Several minutes pass, and not a single person approaches the humble concrete chapel where Coronel comes every two weeks to celebrate Mass.more »»»
Artist’s Work To Help Orphans
 Bruce Campbell
Deborah and Ken Harrison are like a lot of families - they head for Mexico for a little relaxation. However, during their trips since 1989 they include mission work. On their most recent trip to Vallarta, the Harrisons and four of their five children visited Casa Hogar orphanage.more »»»
2nd Annual International Altruism Festival
 PVNN
The International Altruism Festival, which took place in Vallarta for the first time last year, is scheduled to be held on May 15, 2005 from 6-9 pm at the Hotel Marriott Casamagna.more »»»
Becas Ball is a Big Success
 PVNN
This year's Becas Ball was a huge success with 359 tickets and close to five thousand raffle tickets sold, plus a $40,000 peso check presented by International Friendship Club Treasurer, Al Badner.more »»»
Children of the Dump
 PVNN
Saúl Gonzalez, pastor of Perdon y Amistad Church (forgiveness and friendship) has not always been a minister. In 1990, after meeting Jesus, he quit his civil-engineering job to found his church.more »»»
Make a Wish Foundation
 PVNN
The joy of bringing a smile to a child's face and a twinkle to their eyes in the midst of suffering was the desire of the Make a Wish Foundation that formed in Puerto Vallarta in November 2000.more »»»
American-Mexican Foundation
 PVNN
The AMF was founded some 35 years ago to raise funds so that capable students without financial resources can go to a university, is a forerunner of the organizations that make life here better for everyone.more »»»
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