Sayulita Gives Back – El Sayulero

Feature Post Sayulita Life’s $5,000 Donation for August: Escuela Cooperativa

August 2, 2021 Sayulero 0Comment

Sayulita Life gives back to the community every month by donating $5,000 to a local cause or charity in need. Sayulita Life has chosen Escuela Cooperativa as the lucky recipient this month. Escuela Cooperativa was founded in 2017 with the mission to educate local 3-5-year-old preschool children free of cost. Located on a hilltop on the south side of Sayulita, with instruction delivered in Spanish, this tuition-free model operates fully on a donation and volunteer basis. Monday through Friday, the school offers an educational curriculum that includes basic literacy and numeracy skills. Currently serving 26 local children, Escuela Cooperativa is…

Feature Post Sayulita Life’s $5,000 Donation for July: The Agua Libre Foundation

July 28, 2021 Sayulero 0Comment

Each month Sayulita Life gives back to our community by donating to a local cause or charity in need. This month, Sayulita Life has chosen The Agua Libre Foundation as our donation recipient. The Agua Libre Foundation has a noble primary goal – to provide residents, students, and visitors of Sayulita with free, filtered, drinking water as well as provide education about water and sustainability to foster a healthier community and planet. The Agua Libre Foundation was founded by 14-year-old surfer, Enzo Ackermann – but don’t let his age distract you from all the progress he has made with this…

Sayulita Gives Back Sayulita Life’s $5,000 June Donation*: The Sayulita JR SUP Team

June 4, 2021 Aanya 0Comment

Each month Sayulita Life gives back to our community by donating to a local cause or charity in need. This month, Sayulita Life has chosen Sayulita’s JR Sup Team as our donation recipient. The Sayulita JR Sup Team is one of Sayulita’s original and longest lasting youth programs in our community. The team is comprised of over 50 local Sayulita children who participate and train year-round, and is an organization run entirely as a community and donation-based program, meaning they are in constant need of funding and support in order to operate. Sayulita Life’s donation to the team will help cover the costs of some much needed new equipment, including new team uniforms, paddles, and life preservers.

Sayulita Gives Back May’s Recipient of Sayulita Life’s $5,000 Donation*: Dia de Los Niños & SayuParke

April 26, 2021 Aanya 0Comment

Each month Sayulita Life gives back to our community. For the month of May 2021, Sayulita Life has chosen to donate to the Dia de Los Ninos Fundraiser for SayuParke. The donation will go toward helping to fund the event itself, and also to improve and maintain various materials and structures in the park.

Feature Post April’s Recipient of Sayulita Life’s $5,000 Donation*: Sayulita’s Jaibos Baseball Team

April 2, 2021 Aanya 0Comment

Each month Sayulita Life gives back to our community. For the month of April of 2021, Sayulita Life has chosen to donate to the Sayulita Jaibos Baseball team. The Jaibos Baseball team has officially been participating in the Nayarit Baseball League for the last six years, but has a long tradition of playing in Sayulita. Ran entirely through contributions and volunteers, the team is always in need of extra community help and support. Eduardo Castillon Guerra, President of the team and President of the Administration of the Manuel Rodríguez Sanchez Stadium (Sayulita’s Baseball Stadium), explains that the donation from Sayulita Life will help to purchase expensive and much needed equipment for the team.

Feature Post March’s Recipient of Sayulita Life’s $5,000 Donation*: Trashion Fashion

March 2, 2021 Aanya 0Comment

Each month Sayulita Life gives back to our community. For March, 2021, Sayulita has chosen the Trashion Fashion fundraiser as our donation recipient. Trashion Fashion began just a couple years ago as a means to raise funds for Sayulita’s recycling program, and to get the community involved in recycling and to spread awareness about its importance. The concept quickly became a hit, as volunteer participants worked together to create fashionable looks out of trash or recycled items to be shown off in a fun runway fashion show for the community. Lina Weissman, creative director, tells us more about the event and how Sayulita Life’s donation will help the recycling program in Sayulita.

Feature Post February’s Recipient of Sayulita Life’s $5,000 Donation*: Wet Noses Animal Rescue in Sayulita

January 25, 2021 Aanya 0Comment

Sayulita Life has chosen local animal rescue organization Wet Nose to receive the $5,000 peso donation for the month of February. Wet Nose Animal Rescue is an animal rescue aimed toward rehabilitation, placing animals in loving homes, and spreading awareness about animal neglect and how to prevent it. The rescue has recently applied to be an official non-profit organization here in Sayulita. The founder of Wet Nose Rescue, Kristi, talks more about Wet Nose’s mission and how others can help their cause.

Feature Post January’s Recipient of Sayulita Life’s $5,000 Donation*: Casa Clu

December 28, 2020 Aanya 0Comment

For the month of January, Sayulita Life has selected Casa Clu in San Ignacio, Sayulita’s neighboring town, to receive our monthly donation. Casa Clu civil association (CA), is a recreation and learning center where the children from San Ignacio, Nayarit can gather and feel free to express their feelings. It is a place to play, create, teach, learn, share, laugh and grow. Casa Clu’s team of psychologists, teachers, artists, athletes, professionals and volunteers has built a program of art, sports classes, workshops, field trips, and games, to create new opportunities and a better future for the kids of this community. Sayulita Life’s donation went toward helping to purchase Christmas gifts for the children of Casa Clu. Patty Rozos, leader of external communication at Casa Clu, describes more about Casa Clu and its mission.

Feature Post December’s Recipient of Sayulita Life’s $5,000 Donation*: Celebrando el Ritmo, Creatividad y Arte en Movimiento

December 13, 2020 Aanya 0Comment

This month Sayulita Life has decided to donate to a Sayulita Creative Arts Program called Celebrando el Ritmo, Creatividad y Arte en Movimiento. Sayulita Life’s donation will print T-shirts for all kids enrolled in the program. Artistic director Colleen Macomber discusses what the program is about, and how they are providing safe teaching and learning experiences to students during times of Covid. “Celebrando el Ritmo is celebrating its 13th year in Riviera Nayarit. Although the 2020-2021 season is like no other, we are excited to still be offering classes to the students of Sayulita. During these difficult times of COVID-19,…

Sayulita Gives Back November’s Recipient of Sayulita Life’s $5,000 Donation*: The Sayulita Catholic Church

November 1, 2020 Aanya 0Comment

This month Sayulita Life has decided to give back and donate to the Sayulita Church. Father Donato from our local church said they could use the donation money to buy a big loud-speaker, so that they could place it outside of the church for this year’s Dia de Los Muertos holiday, so that people can still hear mass while avoiding being crowded in the church or in an unsafe large gathering for mass on Monday, November 2nd, 2020. As many already know, this year’s Dia de Los Muertos Festival was canceled in order to keep the health and safety of…