Michele Kinnon 
Seaside Rotary’s 1st ‘Yappy Hour’ Pet Parade a Huge Hit! 31 October 2022 – The Rotary Club of Playa del Carmen Seaside held its 1st Annual “Yappy Hour” Dog Parade and Costume Contest on Sunday, October 30 and the results from the judges are in. The event was a rousing success with dozens of people … Read more
This week at our regular Tuesday lunch meeting at Boston’s Pizza, guest speaker Fred Devos from Friends of Puerto Aventuras (FOPA) received a grant in the amount of 25,000 pesos from the Rotary Club of Playa del Carmen Seaside. From almost the beginning of his life in Puerto Aventuras, he became a liaison between the … Read more
May 8, 2020 Today, we made a secondary despensa delivery to a group of Puerto Aventuras fishermen and marine workers currently without any income or support. These food baskets are filled with essential items such as rice, beans, cooking, oil, sugar, pasta and other basic shelf-stable items. We are doing everything we can to make … Read more
The 2020 edition of Seaside Rotary’s Riviera Maya Chili Cook-Off is in the books and it was by far the best year yet! The amount of effort, enthusiasm and talent our 2020 Chefs exhibited was unprecedented! In the end, Team “Gringo Down” (Sonia and Tim DeLong) came home with the WIN for the 3rd year … Read more
A special meal plus a fun piñata party provided a festive day for kids and families that benefit all year from the Seaside Rotary-sponsored feeding program at El Hongo Restaurant and Community Center. For the past few years, the Rotary Club of Playa del Carmen Seaside has supported the afterschool enrichment program at El Hongo … Read more
This week, the Rotary Club of Playa del Carmen Seaside and the Rotary Club of Tulum will be teaming up to support the Hepatitis Zero World Eradication Project taking place all across Mexico and the Americas. The tests will be carried out by state and municipal health officials with the support of Rotary volunteers beginning … Read more
July 4, 2019 A group of Canadian doctors and their families took time out of their relaxing vacation schedule to visit with a group of families living in the ejido in Playa del Carmen. They distributed new shoes for everyone and performed some physical evaluations for children who were in need of medical attention. This … Read more
Over the past 2 weeks, in a collaborative effort, the Rotary Clubs of Tulum, Playa del Carmen Seaside and Playa del Carmen Empresarial joined forces with local volunteers and community advocates to send relief to the victims of the flooding that recently devastated parts of the Mayan zone.
June 24, 2018 Last week our club had the pleasure of visiting the community school ‘Contando Con Un Amigo’ in the small colonia of Torres de la Paz. This is the school where we have piloted our feeding program initiative where we provide healthy meals to 80-90 students. Last week, we visited the school, helped … Read more
Today, our club had the great pleasure of introducing our good friend (“Padrino” of Seaside Rotary) and District Governor Julio Perez Tovar to Martha Honorina Herrera and her wonderful students and teachers at the community school in the colonia of Torres de la Paz. At this school, we have installed solar panels and equipped a … Read more
