Posted in Charity, Life in Mexico, Playa del Carmen, friends, tagged Bomberos, Charity, Life in Mexico, playa del carme, Three Legged Race on March 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ok, I can see that this year, with the economy in the shitter, I’m going to have to incentivize y’all’s sponsorship of our Bomberos Three Legged Race team for the fundraising bar crawl on March 20.
Sara and I, two of the finest and most obnoxious chicks in Playa, will take the highest individual donor out [...]
Posted in Charity, Life in Mexico, Playa del Carmen, friends on March 3, 2009 | 7 Comments »
What, it’s that time of the year ALREADY?! Many of you may recall that I am a willing participant each year in the Three Legged Bar Crawl that benefits Playa del Carmen and the Riviera Maya’s Bomberos (Firefighters)…and each year, generous sponsors, including the fine forum members and readers of Playa.info and Playa Maya News [...]
Posted in Charity, Life in Mexico, tagged American Express, American Express Members Project 2008, Charity, Fundraising, Life in Mexico, Peanut Pet Shelter, Playa del Carmen on August 20, 2008 | 15 Comments »
My friend Susie submitted our beloved Peanut Pet Shelter for consideration in the American Express Member’s Project 2008 competition. She was thrilled to find out her entry was approved, and now the shelter has a chance to win some of the 2.5 million usd American Express will be giving to winning projects.
Now, the 80+ [...]
Posted in Charity, Life in Mexico, tagged Bomberos, Catamaya, Playa del Carmen on August 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m sad to report that the Bomberos Cruise scheduled for August 24 has been cancelled due to low ticket sales. This low season has been tough all around, but I commend Catamaya’s owner, Fabio, for his generosity and the organizers of this event for their efforts to help the Riviera Maya Bomberos.
This doesn’t mean [...]
Posted in Charity, Life in Mexico, Uncategorized, tagged Bomberos, Catamaran, Catamaya, Fundraising, Playa del Carmen on August 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
As many of you already know from past blogs (like the Three Legged Bar Crawl for Bomberos), the Riviera Maya Bomberos (firemen) are one of my favorite organizations. A strong, trained, and well-equipped fire team is vitally important to not only Playenses, but also tourists. Sooner or later, we all have a fireman [...]
Posted in Charity, Life in Mexico, friends, tagged Animal Shelter, Fundraiser, Life in Mexico, Peanut Pet Shelter, Playa del Carmen, Stray dogs on July 30, 2008 | 12 Comments »
The lovely and talented Jan really outdid herself! She made three separate logos, one for each of the kennels we sponsored for the Peanut Pet Shelter, and included every donor’s first name on one of the three logos. These will be made into plaques and affixed to “our” three kennels.
Get a load of [...]
Posted in Charity, Life in Mexico, tagged Animal Shelter, Charity, dogs, Peanut Pet Shelter, Playa del Carmen, Stray dogs on July 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I wanted to share some recent photos from Andy and Jen. These are the faces of the animals you have helped rescue.
Patch, who was rescued from the city’s dog pound, where all animals are executed after three days. They have no funds to feed the animals, so they go to their deaths scared [...]
