EVENTS

El Gran Bazar a Huge Success

When almost five hundred people were waiting for the gates to open at El Gran Bazar held by the Education Committee of Los Amigos de La Peņita on Saturday, December 5, we knew we had a big hit on our hands.

The event raised roughly 13,000 pesos, which will go directly into projects designed to help improve schools in La Peņita.

After the bazar, almost two hundred people stayed around, despite the rain, for the entertainment, which featured our Junior Charros, Ballet Iztacihuatl from Las Varas, Marion and Jeff Rogers, Duane Flatmo, and Most Wanted.

The Education Committee would like to thank everyone who made the event such a huge success:

• the businesses who made donations to the event- La Casita Restaurant, Charly's Restaurant in Los Ayala, the Fitness Pad, La Palapa de Guty, Piņa Colada, Soleys Restaurant, Tonitas III, Xaltemba Restaurant, Coca-cola and Pepsi;
• Ken and Mary Alice Snyder, who donated a dinner for four with cocktails and wine in their home;
• Jaltemba Bay Folk and Jaltemba Sol, who help to publicize the event;
• the entertainers who gave so freely of their time;
• the people who generously donated items to the Bazar; and
• the many volunteers who did everything from picking up and transporting items, pricing and selling them and setting up and cleaning up the venue.