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Who helps us

The Chix Food Bank relies on individual, corporate and foundation support to fund our hunger-relief efforts.

Chix Food Bank partners help us:

• Raise funds
• Secure and distribute food to hungry people in the region
• Raise awareness of the problem of hunger in Chicxulub and surrounding area.

We’d like to thank our partners for their financial support, food donations and outreach to help us end hunger in these small fishing villages.

Major sponsors for the Food Bank:

• Merida Mens Club ~ Email Roger Bowie for more info.
  We are a multi-national English speaking group living in or near Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Our meetings are held at a restaurant in Merida on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Tuesday of every month from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m., when we meet for coffee/breakfast and friendly conversation. Speakers are invited to address the group on subjects of interest. For more information call Roger Bowie at 999-924-6792, or email ibfrosty03@yahoo.com or Dan Ninburg at 999-928-2878.
• International Womens Club ~ WWW.IWCMERIDA.ORG and http://www.iwcmerida.blogspot.com/
• Rotary Club Fort Garry Winnipeg
• Snowbird community

Visitors to Puerto Progresso:

Who would have thought cruise ship passengers would be interested in helping the less fortunate when cruising the area? Well I have discovered many of the passengers on the Carnival ships coming to Puerto Progreso have shown that interest. The first family arrived for their visit October 2007 from Kentucky. The report they wrote on the cruise ship critic opened the flood gates. To date there have been a total of 33 folks from all over the States who have donated school supplies to the two schools in Chicxulub Puerto.

If interested I send out a list of requested supplies and the folks bring them on their cruise. They are met at the Casa de Cultura and we take the local bus to the school, about 10 minutes away. At the school they meet the teachers, students and have a better understanding of school life here. Then if they wish we do a walking tour of the village so they can see how the folks here live. This is often accompanied by discussions about housing and fresh water supply, things that we all take for granted. The group is then returned back to the Progreso area to continue their day’s visit.