San
Diego To Manzanillo - Charity Luncheon
March 7
If you left Las Hadas before Saturday afternoon,
you missed a special event. Saturday afternoon,
SDYC along with the Colima and Manzanillo Boards
of Turismo hosted a Charity Luncheon to benefit
several of the Manzanillo and Colima Orphanages.
Donations of clothes, toys and school supplies
were collected for the months prior to the race.
22 large boxes of materials were generously donated
by people across Southern California. Wonderful
support from Alaska Airlines enabled the donations
to be transported to Manzanillo and to be distributed
at the luncheon.
The
day started with a small boat parade and boat
rides for some of the orphanage children. In addition
to the material donations, proceeds from the price
of the luncheon along with several generous cash
donations and pledges from the cities of Manzanillo
and Colima will be distributed to the orphanages
as well.
The
government of Colima and especially the people
of Manzanillo and Las Hadas Resort worked very
hard to fufill their promises to support our regatta.
In return, supporting these communities and those
that need assistance was a special favor we were
proud to provide.
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