Escuela del Mundo Fundraiser

School Director Julie greets guests at the door.

For the second year our school, Escuela del Mundo, had it's annual fund raising event at Mar Plata in San Pancho.  This year's theme, "Belly Dance", followed previous year's dance themes of Tango and Flamingo.  The purpose of the evening is to bring members of the local pueblos together for food, drink and entertainment and at the same time build recognition for the school in the areas communities.

Parents, staff and teachers unite to pull this event off each year and it really takes a whole school to pull this event on.  Every year I am impressed by the quality of event our little school puts on.  This year I worried a little since I thought a "Belly Dance" theme might be a bit of a stretch.  In addition it had been raining most of the day.  My concerns evaporated when upon arriving the wait staff who was made up of parents were decorated with eye make up, and other theme complimenting accessories.  Ashley looked like something out of a National Geographic photo.  She just has a look that fits in pretty much anywhere.  Of course when "y'all" comes out of her mouth, the truth to her true identity is exposed.

Ashley in her fund raising garb.

Belly Dance first set

The Belly Dance group was fantastic.  Well choreographed, enchanting music, great outfits, beautiful dancers and the performance certainly rose the temperature in the restaurant more than a few degrees.  After the first performance of the night the live auction started.  Ashley was out of the gate fast bidding on a spa day but had some fierce competition from a friend of ours for the couple hours of pampering.  Ashley came out on top and before I knew it she was considering bidding on another item.  A work of art produced by some of the kids at school.  The piece was won by a volunteer from school but when we found out that Alex was one of the contributing artists we asked her to sell it to us and it now sits in our living room here in Sayulita.

Our new living room "kid created" work of art.

The night concluded with more great dancing and a musical performance that was fantastic as well.  I have been to a number of fund raisers this year for a variety of organizations and I really do think our little school puts on the best quality event and has the three years we been there.  Next year will be the school's 10 year anniversary and is already in the planning stages to really be sure the local communities know more about our school and hopefully gain additional support for it's plans for the future.  If you have an interest in learning more about Escuela del Mundo or finding out how you can help out a growing school in San Pancho, contact us and we will put you in touch with the right people.