By José Antonio Pérez World Kidney Day (March 14th)in Puerto Peñasco was celebrated with an awareness walk, which started at Plaza la Madre with close to one hundred participants, along Benito Juarez Blvd. with a police escort as they made their way to the local Dialysis Unit. Men, women, and children participated in the event, […]
The Puerto Peñasco Rotary Club celebrated its 2nd Annual Seafood Fest fundraiser, with proceeds to go toward community projects.
By José Antonio Pérez AIM Peñasco, AC (Comprehensive Assistance for Minors in Puerto Peñasco) recently celebrated the opening of their fourth Homework Club with a mini-Olympiad for 35 prospective students. With inauguration of this fourth homework club, AIM now provides support for nearly 250 students in helping to strengthen their academic foundation. These clubs are […]
By José Antonio Pérez Puerto Peñasco is once again attracting those affectionately known as “snow birds”, or rather visitors who travel south to escape cold northern winters. This generates a positive boost on tourism in Puerto Peñasco during winter months, which are usually considered to be low season. Héctor Vázquez del Mercado, president of the […]
By José Antonio Pérez The bi-national civil association Clínicas Médicas de Puerto Peñasco, founded by Doctor George Stavros and his wife, Susie, will turn 20 in 2019. The association supports health and other needs of people across the city by providing over 20 diverse campaigns yearly. Along with health clinics, the organization – whose site […]
By José Antonio Pérez This Fall’s free cancer prevention campaign, carried out by the Beatriz Beltrones Foundation, saw a noticeable advancement in cancer prevention awareness. Local Foundation liaison Oscar Palacio Soto detailed in the campaign’s first 5 days, the mobile unit performed 180 cervical cancer tests and 182 mammograms, noting many of the women choose […]
Listos comercios locales para promocionarse en la campaña “Si en Peñasco compramos todos Ganamos” el próximo 21 de noviembre Por séptima edición este programa ha reunido a decenas de negocios y empresas locales que se instalarán frente a las oficinas de CANACO éste 21 de noviembre a partir de la 1:00 p.m. El propósito, dio […]
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 […]
On September 15th, Saúl “Canelo”Alvarez, Mexico’s favorite middleweight boxer, will have a rematch with Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin of Kazakhstan. Yet, for Puerto Peñasco, boxing fans are proud to call super flyweight Juan Francisco “El Gallo” Estrada our own. So with another weekend of boxing on the plate, in lead up to Mexican Independence Day no […]
By José Antonio Pérez As the first week of classes wrapped up at local Technical Secondary #21, members of the Puerto Peñasco Rotary Club (CR Mar de Peñasco, AC) took part in delivering over 200 packets of school supplies along with nearly 60 backpacks to students. The packets of school supplies were part of a […]
By José Antonio Pérez The civil association “Asistencia Integral para Menores de Peñasco” (Comprehensive Care for Minors) AIM Peñasco has opened its third homework club in support of education, looking to help at least 200 students strengthen their academic formation. The new “Drop-In” homework club is located in the area of Col. Nuevo Peñasco. Nueva […]
By José Antonio Pérez August 22nd is Firefighters Day! Jorge Arturo Ramos Valenciana has proudly shared countless challenges, tragedies, and joyful experiences after 39 years of service to Puerto Peñasco’s fire department. Before he was a firefighter, Ramos explains he was “one of those that criticized firefighters without really knowing them.” However, ever since the […]
By José Antonio Pérez The second annual sand castle contest meant to raise funds for the José Dávalos Valdivia Casa Hogar home for the elderly, successfully met its goal on Saturday, August 18th in a family friendly environment on Playa Hermosa. Santiago Ruiz Hurtado, President of the Casa Hogar board, detailed this year’s event included […]
The 1st “Limpieza Mar y Tierra” Sea & Sand clean-up scheduled for September 22nd aims to bring scuba divers, ocean lovers, and beach combers together in an effort to further contribute to keeping our beaches clean. With the sole purpose of furthering efforts to keep Puerto Peñasco’s sea and beaches clean, Rocky Point Scuba Divers […]
A finales de junio, y como el protocolo lo indica, se llevó a cabo el cambio de directiva de la asociación altruista Club de Leones de Puerto Peñasco, quedando al frente como presidenta Rosy Carrillo, Jesús Balderrama como tesorero y Cesar Ortega como secretario. En la toma de protesta se hizo un reconocimiento al trabajo […]
