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, 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, Uncategorized, tagged Charity, Fundraising, Life in Mexico, Peanut Pet Shelter, street dogs on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
People, you are amazing. We are now just 40 usd away from sponsoring a third kennel!! We are up to 1,460 usd!!
We need one last little push to make it to 3 kennels! Andy posted about the material estimates he’s getting, and your support could not come at a better time.
As soon as [...]
Posted in Charity, Life in Mexico, Uncategorized, tagged Fundraising, Life in Mexico, Peanut Pet Shelter on July 17, 2008 | 10 Comments »
OMG, with the donations already sent and promised, we are up to 1,000 usd!! That means we have already sponsored two kennels!! My friend Sara of Playa Maya News is convinced that we can raise enough to sponsor ANOTHER one!!
Can you help us make it to 3 kennels?! Andy just posted about the [...]
Posted in Life in Mexico, Uncategorized, tagged Fundraising, Life in Mexico, Peanut Pet Shelter on July 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
WOW, with the donations already sent and promised, we are up to 650 usd!! That means we have already sponsored one kennel and are only 350 usd away from being able to sponsor another!! You are all amazing, this is so exciting.
Can you help us make it to 2 kennels?!
Here is an update [...]
Posted in Charity, Humor, Insanity, Life in Mexico, Things I love, friends, tagged Charity, Firemen, Fundraising, Riviera Maya Bomberos, Three Legged Race on March 25, 2008 | 16 Comments »
This past Saturday, my BF Sara and I teamed up to race in the Third Annual Three Legged Race/Bar Crawl to benefit the Riviera Maya Bomberos (Firemen). This year was the biggest event yet, and donation totals broke all previous records.
This year Sara and I raised 3,200 usd from generous contributions from visitors to [...]
