| "Their hopes and fears, their suffering and chance of happiness, all (are) intertwined with our lives, with what we think and say and do. We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other." | ||||||
| - Inspector Poole in An Inspector Calls | ||||||
| List of Local Volunteer/Charititable Organizations & Activities | ||||||
| Name | Location/Meeting Info | Function | Contact Info | Website | ||
| ACA (Associacion Comunitaria de Auto Suficiencia A.C.) |
Meets 1st Friday at ACA office at 12 noon. Tuesdays at LCS Patio 10-12 for vegetable sales. Juarez Ote. No. 316 (home/office), 45800 Jocotepec, Jalisco, Mexico | Market garden training program to encourage students and others to establish small, self-sufficient community farms throughout the lake area, together with a community-supported alliance to distribute the produce cooperatively. | For
information call (376) 3-1568. 52-376-3-15-68. Fax: 52-376-6-33-15. Email: ACA@EarthCorp.com |
http://www.peoplesguide.com/1pages/chapts/non-profit/aca/acaproject.html | ||
| American Legion Ajijic Post 9 | Meet 10am 3rd Tuesday monthly with lunch at El Mirador Restaurant (Carretera to San Nicholas #61) | Various charitable activities. | Al King 766-5032 | |||
| American Legion of Chapala Post 7 (Also have a Women’s Auxiliary) | Morelos #114, corner of Guerrrero, Chapala. General meetin 2nd Thursday each month. Other information by phone or visit | Active in raising monies for various charities, such as the Ninos Incapacitados, Red Cross, nurses scholarships, as well as sponsoring local soccer teams. | 765-2259 | |||
| Amigos de los Ancianos | Chapala | Friends of the elderly living in Casa de los Ancianos in Chapala. | Marlene Dunham 766-1067 | |||
| Amigos International, A.C. | Carretera #11, Ajijic | Helps
many local charities. Mission is to
quickly, efficiently and without political holdup, distribute moneys,
clothing and much needed food directly to those in need. |
Joan Forman after 6pm. 766-1627 | http://www.chapala.com/chapala/amigos.html | ||
| Animal Shelter | Hidalgo #212, Riberas del Pilar | Adopts over 300 spayed or neutered animals a year. | 765-5514 | http://www.chapala.com/chapala/activities/animal.htm | ||
| Anita's Animals | San Juan Cosala | Pick stray animals off the streets of Ajijic and Chapala and feed and care for them until adoption. No animals is put down unless the vet who donates his services insists on it. | Anita Strehlow, ADP. Postal #269, Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico 45900 761-0500 | http://www.anitasanimals.com/ | ||
| ARCOC, Artistas Contemporaneos de Cosala | San Juan Cosala | Facilitates artistic activities where children can become involved and better their lives and community. Activities include related to child-fueled lake cleanup drives as well as environmental educational projects. Locally sells child-created greeting cards for activity funding. | Agustin Vazquez 01-333-662-0626 | |||
| Centro de Formacion Jaltepec | 67 Km Chapala-Jocotepec Highway | Provides woman training in the administration of the home, as well as in aspects of the hospitality industry.Proceeds from various fund-raising dinners help students from impoverished families defray some of the cost of their tuition. | 763-1781
or 763-1673 or Linda Buckthorp at 766-1631 Email: info@jaltepec-ce.com |
http://www.jaltepec-ce.com/ | ||
| Chili Cook-Off | Annual area event | Provides financial support for various Lakeside charities, such as Niños de Chapala, Niños de San Antonio and the Niños de Ajijic; Centro de Desarrollo Jocotepec-Ajijic; Niños Incapacitados; the School for the Deaf; Niños y Jovenes de San Juan Cosala; Casa Ancianos, home for the elderly in Chapala; and the Red Cross. | Zoe Bunnell 766-2523 Email bunns@laguna.com.mx | |||
| ERIC, the Lakeside Education Fund (Educacion Para la Ribera de Chapala A.C.) | Works in partnership with the communities of Lake Chapala to support their efforts towards excellence in education. | Donna Carnall, 766-2520, Bobbie Chandler 766-2571, Michael Eager 766-1344 or 766-1444, Stewart McCowan 766-0800, Dan McTavish 766-3415 Email: educationfund@laguna.com.mx | ||||
| Golden Strings of Lake Chapala A.C. | Rehearsals at the Auditorio de la Floresta. Tuesday & Fridays, 3-6 p.m. | A music education program for children ages 5-15, devoted to reaching children through music. | Helaine Harthcock 01-376-35093 Email: kenzie@laguna.com.mx | http://www.goldenstringschapala.com/ | ||
| Guadalajara Shriners Club | Meets last Tuesday 1pm at Nueva Posada. | Local branch of international organization known for its provision and funding of medical care to children and the impoverished worldwide. | Peere Lund 765-4271 | |||
| HELP (Handicapped Equestrian Learning Program) | Meets every Friday at 10 a.m. in lower La Floresta (where the horses are). | Equestrian program for lakeside disabled children | Jim McCormack 766-3984 | |||
| Jocotepec School for the Deaf Volunteers | Home Tours last Thursday of every month. Meet at 10:15 am at La Nueva Posada, Ajijic. | Various activities help defray cost of meals, hearing aids, medical attention and room and board for children who come from long distances. | 766-2280 or 766-1109 to make reservations for Home Tours | http://www.chapala.com/chapala/activities/schooldeaf.htm | ||
| Lakeside Spay and Neuter Center | Helps curtail the over-population of animals. Service is provided free to needy pet owners. | Diane Hazen 766-0821, Gudrun Jones 766-3813 | ||||
| Lakeside Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Project | Cooperates with federal environmental protection agency SEMARNAT to help feed animal's under government care at its Guadalajara wildlife center. | Vern & Lori Geiger 765-4203 | ||||
| MAMA (Movement to Support Abandoned Minors) | Monte Negro #1786, Guadalajara | Goal is to defend, protect and empower the lives of homeless, abandoned and abused children. | Rogelio Padilla or Alfredo Castellanos 0136252576 Email: mama@avantel.net | |||
| Masonic Lodge, Ajijic Lodge #36 | Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday at Chula Vista Country Club 5:30pm. Festive Board following meeting. | Various charitable activities, including the annual "Toys for Tots" program, providing gifts for over 2,000 Lakeside children. | Denny Strole 766-0485 | http://www.mexconnect.com/amex/afam/lodge31.html | ||
| Needle Pushers | Tuesdays 10am | Sewing and knitting for the needy. | 766-0724 or Kay Childers (766-0786), June Donahue (766-4599), Snooky Heim (765-5909) | http://www.ccchapala.com/other_links/needle_pushers.htm | ||
| Niños del Lago | Various programs including Niños del Rio for providing basic housing and related needs and Club Niños, an after-school program for children to be cleaned up, fed, play games and work on homework or other problems they are having. The children are taught manners, how to eat properly, to pick up after themselves, and keep their person clean. | Dr. Marta Nussgen Email: alfla@prodigy.net.mx | http://www.mexicoetc.com/nussgen.html | |||
| Niños Jovenes Caravan | Caravan to deliver food and clothing to orphanage in San Juan Cosala | Bob North 766-1922 | http://www.chapala.com/chapala/activities/ninosyjovenes.htm | |||
| Niños y Jovenes Children's Home /Orphanage | San Juan Cosala | Provides housing, education, care for approximately 150 Mexican children. | ||||
| Opera Buffs | Meets 2nd Friday every month. Meetings open to music lovers. | Support young Mexican opera students | Claudette Beauregard 766-0353 or Marilyn Thielking 763-5450 | |||
| Operation Feed | Food and clothing collected and delivered to needy recipients in San Juan Cosala | Jim Scott (376) 765-4952, Earl Smithburg (387) 761-0117, Julie Ray, volunteer coordinator, at (376) 766-2795 | http://www.standrewsparish.org/Oprnfeed.html | |||
| Programa de los Niños Incapacitados | Meets 1st Thursday every month at Nueva Posada. | Supports various programs to raise money to help handicapped children in the area. | Gene Beck 766-1735, Judy Beaumont, 766-0095 | http://www.go2mex.com/ninos/ | ||
| Red Cross Volunteers | Club Nautico, La Floresta. Meet 1st and 3rd Wed. every month. | Conducts fund-raising activities which provide over 15% of the annual operating funds for the local Red Cross. | Megan 765-2646 or 766-0155 | |||
| Rotary Club Jocotepec-Chapala | Meets every Tuesday 2pm at Los Telares Restaurant, Morelos #6, Ajijic | Provides school supplies for needy children | 765-2120 | |||
| San Antonio Biblioteca | San Antonio Tlayacapan | Teaches English in schools, etc…. | ||||
| Sociedad de Amigos del Lago de Chapala, A.C. |
Meet every 3 months and have activities every weekend. | Restore and protect Lake Chapala and its rivers and basin, achieve sustainable development and economic growth, propagate the importance of environmental protection, and preserve the area’s cultural heritage. | Bob 766-1430, Laura 765-5755 info@amigosdelago.org | http://www.amigosdelago.org/volunteer-e.html | ||
| Student Aid Fund | Administered through the Lake Chapala Society | Provides financial assistance to area students. Aid is awarded on the basis of scholastic achievement, academic potential and financial need. | Coralie White 766-0716 | |||
| UVA (Scholarship Program) | Provides finaincial assistance to Lakeside students pursuing a college or technical degree. Also, provides English-language instruction. | Sue Torres 766-0705 or Lynn Hanson 766-2660 | ||||
| Villa Infantil de Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe y San José A.C.(Villa Infantil Orphanage) | Jocotepec | Offers orphaned children material and spiritual attention in an atmosphere in which they can develop healthy bodies and minds so that they can be useful to themselves and society. | Srita. Rosa M. Zuñiga at Juan de Dios Robledo 815, Jardines Alcalde, Guadalajara, Jal. Tel. 823 50 42 | http://sistemadif.jalisco.gob.mx/Trabajo%20Social/VInf.htm | ||
| Volunteer Health Resource Group | Meets 10am the last Saturday of each month in the Sala of the Lake Chapala Society. | Hospice-type program | Annette Evans at 776-2130 or Valerie Rhoda at 776-1976. | http://www.chapala.com/chapala/ojo2002/volunteerhealth.htm | ||
| Wilkes Education Center | Administered through LCS with facilities in Ajijic and San Nicholas | Teaching of English, computer, art and other disciplines to local students and adults. | 766-0573 | http://www.lakechapalasociety.org/lcs_EC_main.htm | ||
| Women's Centers (El Centro de Desarrollo para Mujeres) | Ajijic & Jocotepec | The women's centers provide psychological and physical health services, and no one is turned away for lack of money. Both the Jocotepec and Ajijic centers rely on donations to keep the doors open as federal funding was pulled a couple of years ago. | Silvia Flores Gonzalez or call 766-2571for information about annual "Women for Women" fund-raising luncheon. | http://www.mexconnect.com/amex/chaprev/cprv01011.html | ||