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Rotary Club’s Annual World’s Greatest Meal serves up success!

3rd Annual “World’s Greatest Meal” by Rotary Club Mar de Peñasco is a great success! By Eduardo Vallejo – JoinUs In promoting the over 30-year-old initiative of Rotary International in working towards the eradication of polio across the globe, in recent years activities surrounding “The World’s Greatest Meal” (wgmeal.com) have become successful fundraising events for […]

Puerto Peñasco Rotary Club installs new Board

By José Antonio Pérez On the evening of July 17th, Shandra Keesecker was sworn in as incoming President of the Puerto Peñasco Rotary Club (CR Mar de Peñasco, A.C.) following the club’s successful year under the leadership of María Dolores Monteverde Sesma. Accompanied by local authorities, friends, family, and fellow Rotarians, including from the Caborca […]

Seafood Fest “Fish Bowl” Tidbits!

This year marks the 1st Festival de Mariscos “Fish Bowl” Seafood Fest of the local Rotary Club, in partnership with the artisans of the Mermaid’s Market! ….it’s going to be a blast, and tasty at that!  In celebrating our seaside community, the Seafood Fest seeks to highlight a number of yummy dishes from ceviche to […]

Rotary Club collaborates to help those affected by Tropical Storm Lidia

By José Antonio Pérez, Shandra Keesecker-Rivero Though the recent passing of tropical storm Lidia only brought bouts of wind and rain to Puerto Peñasco, its impact on municipalities in Baja California was much stronger. To assist those affected by the storm in Baja California Sur, particularly in areas of Los Cabos and La Paz, the […]

Rotarians at work over Spring Break

By José Antonio Perez In a joint effort between the local Rotary Club (CR Mar de Peñasco, AC), Tooele Valley Rotary Club of Utah, and José Velasco of the Midvale Rotary Club in Utah, members came together to carry out social work over the spring vacation, and principally at area schools. Julio César Valenzuela, 2016-2017 […]

Local Rotary Club teams up with VistAmerica for annual vision clinic

By José Antonio Perez  * Photos: CR Mar de Peñasco, AC * Seeking to directly benefit elementary school students from across the community, this past week the local Rotary Club (CR Mar de Peñasco, A.C.) teamed up once again with VistAmerica for a vision clinic that will provide over 100 free sets of glasses. The […]

Puerto Peñasco Rotary Club raises funds for Polio Plus

By José Antonio Perez Under the larger framework of Rotary International’s  “The World’s Greatest Meal” initiative in working to eradicate polio worldwide, the Rotary Club of Puerto Peñasco announced they raised just over 52,000 pesos (or rather, $2764 USD) during the Oct. 24th dinner event held at Mare Blu, after selling 251 tickets – along […]

Sonora Dinamita to headline Rotary dance ball!

The Puerto Peñasco Mar de Cortez Rotary Club, begun officially in mid-July, is ready to launch fundraising activities with a Grand Night of Dancing on September 27th to the tunes of internationally renowned cumbia sensation Sonora Dinamita, along with Los Venturas from Caborca. Funds raised from the evening are to go to help with equipping […]