Our Programs

ONGOING

• Food Despensas: For this project, a family can mean a single mom with children, an elderly person living alone, families with the usual complement of people and anyone in need.
  
  On the 15th of every month these families receive a despensa of food. The bag contains the following items: beans 900gms, rice 900gms, oil 500ml, sugar 900gms, cookies 500gms, detergent 500gms, powdered milk 2 liters, sopa (pasta) 400gms, salt 250gms.
  
  
• Hampers
  
  
• School Psychology Program: The school psychology program will begin the month of November. I have decided to bring on a 3rd school psychologist to work with the afternoon kids at Andres Quintana Roo . Funding is still an issue but will go ahead with the program anyhow.
  
  
• Kids Preschool Breakfast - Breakfast with Lauren: There is a high percentage of children living in Chicxulub that suffer from malnutrition. Did you know that if not treated by the age of two, the child never catches up? That is quite a statistic.
  
  PLAN: to offer a nutritious breakfast once a week to the children of the Food Bank families and a vitamin supplement. Each child will have a growth chart recording height and weight monthly. If the child attends kinder or nursery school they will not be eligible as they receive breakfast where they attend. Only children who do not attend school of any kind will participate.
  
  Moms and children will attend weekly to Rita’s for breakfast and moms will be given enough vitamin supplements for the week and will be replenished every week.
  
  Now who is Lauren?
  Lauren is a special young woman who lives in Winnipeg Canada and likes to visit Mexico whenever possible.
  
  Lauren is known for her beautiful smile and big heart. Taking care of others by sharing what she has is Lauren's special gift.
  
  Lauren especially likes children and will go out of her way to help them with ever is needed.
  
  Lauren is really happy to know that others are having a good breakfast and thinking of her.
  
  I am looking for an interested service club who wants to cover the cost of the vitamin supplements.
  
  Interested in supporting this program specifically is as easy as telling me.
  
  Help the young children of Chicxulub reach their potential!

FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES

Annual Big Breakfast

This is the major fundraising event for the Food Bank Program.

It is held in late January at Las Cazuelas.

Why “Big Breakfast”?

We wanted to invite men to join us so the draw of a “typical” Canadian breakfast with bacon and eggs, hot cakes, hash browns, fruit, juice and coffee was the avenue to get them there.

There is a “chinese auction” prize table (not politically correct term) with items donated by the community and raffled off with tickets purchased and deposited into the chosen bags. Winning tickets are drawn.

There is also a silent auction made possible by donations of lovely artwork by a local artist. The winners may have their photo in the paper with the artist’s name.

Door prizes are golf shirts and cap with the Chix Food Bank insignia.

If you would like to be involved in one of our fundraising events please contact us at info@chixfoodbank.com or call Sharon at 011-52-969-934-0558.