San Pancho Life Newsletter

San Pancho Magico A.C.
(Community Association) 

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BACK FROM THE BRINK

Scholarship Students are Back to School in San Pancho

August and September are tough months for families in San Pancho.  The heat is high, the rains are frequent and there is almost no tourism and no construction to boost the local economy.  These are also the months when families have big expenses to get their kids ready for the school year.

For the last 4 years, entreAmigos has done our best to help families keep their kids in school by offering scholarships for uniforms, school supplies and transportation costs.  This year 180 applications were completed by parents requesting assistance for their children!!   

Of these applicants, 60 children were chosen to received Full Scholarships from entreAmigos.  These scholarships mean that kids will receive backpacks, uniforms, shoes and school supplies throughout the year, free access to entreAmigos special classes such as english or summer workshops and in the case of high school or college kids, assistance with transportation costs and other fees.

100 other children received a backpack filled with school supplies to help jumpstart their new school year and a reminder that all services at entreamigos are free of charge... the library, the computers, after school classes and tutoring.

Many of these 100 kids met all the requirements for the scholarship program (grades higher than a B average, financial need, community participation), but we could not provide full scholarship support due to the realities of our budget.  

If you would like to support a scholarship child,  NOW IS THE TIME!

Full Scholarship Support  $600/year  
You will support a specific child and receive updates and  information about their journey

Student Support $150/year 
You will provide general support to the students in need at entreAmigos.  This support helps us provide emergency aid for special situations, school supplies for students and teachers and free tutoring for all!

As always, we are tremendously grateful for the many, many people who have chosen to support a scholarship child.  We look forward to sharing their successes in the coming year!   

TO SUPPORT A SCHOLARSHIP CHILD PLEASE VISIT THE ENTREAMIGOS WEBSITE AT  www.entreamigos.org.mx
or click on http://www.entreamigos.org.mx/get-involved/make-a-donation/

Partners in Flight (PIF for short) is a non-profit which as a Tri-National Vision for Landbird Conservation in North America. As their statement says: "Our three nations of Canada, Mexico, and the continental United States are home to more than 1,150 species of birds, including 882 native landbird species. Conserving our shared birds will require a continental, and ultimately hemispheric, perspective and a commitment to international cooperation."   

As part of their goal, PIF`s brain-tank has realized that implementing effective bird conservation strategies in México is crucial for the ultimate success of conservation programs in the US and Canada. At this initial stage of program and project implementation they have recurred to Mexico`s Birding Association, CIPAMEX.

This year CIPAMEX is dedicating their bi-annual meeting mainly to establishing links between conservation groups and programs in Western México, US and Canada considering it is a common route for migratory birds. The conference will be in Mazatlán in early October and there will be a pre-conference gathering with all the organizations, groups, institutions and individuals that already have a project running or at least a work-proposal.

This meeting will also be crucial for the destiny of birdwatching (education, science, tourism and conservation) in San Pancho. Birding San Pancho and the San Pancho Birding Club (a group of birders and non-birders who have believed in the importance of birdwatching as a resource for education, conservation and economic development) represented by the writer of this article will be presenting the proposal of a Bird Observatory in San Pancho. A station where people from other parts of the continent can come to do research, education and create the basis for a conservation strategy based on the diversity of birds and the habitats they interact with.

If you want to learn more about this initiative or the coming conference please contact birdingsanpancho@gmail.com and if you want to donate for this cause you can do it via paypal to the same email address specifying " SOS Western Mexico" Thanks for your support and your best wishes for bird-conservation in San Pancho!

Luis Morales 

is a Marine Biologist, Director and Founder of the San Pancho Birding Club, and Owner of Birding San Pancho. Luis has vast experience on leading nature tours both in land and aquatic habitats.  He has lived in San Pancho for 3 years and has become not only a frequent and avid observer of the local birds and nature but also an educational resource for our community and an environmental activist to help in preserving and restoring natural habitats.

Notes from the Ranch   

Uff...I am full of guayaba. I think guayaba is the zucchini of San Pancho. I have frozen it, made aqua fresca every day, marmelade, sangria, guayaba salsa (FAIL, bleah), and the

Guyabano

darned tree keeps producing! Karstan has tried guayaba and tequila and says that it is good. Hmmm.

I don't want any of it to go to waste so I am going to continue freezing it for agua fresca for the winter when it will be a treat. But for now, no mas, por favor!

I'm also freezing passionfruit pulp. There are so many things I

Passion Fruit

can do with it: agua fresca, sherbet, salsa

Guyaba

Yaka

guyabano, papaya, nanchi, jaka and platanos. A side note aboutnanchis: am I the only one that thinks that nanchis taste like plums with a whiff of blue cheese? I can't tell if I like them or not.

I've become a fan of tamarindo, too. It has a very soft taste that is good for agua fresca and I am looking for a dehydrator to make paste and fruit leather.

Tamarindo

Who would of thought the farm girl from Yakima, WA would be eating so exotically?!? Rancho del Rio, in the mountains, has peaches but they are hard little things. Not the half pound beauties that my Grandpa Tarz used to grow.

Things are slow here at Rancho Milagro. The hens are happy and Telly Savalas' harem keeps growing. We are now up to 12! I don't think I have the heart to slaughter them. Did I just accept 12 more pets?!? The goats are a pain in the butt, but they keep eating and the garden no longer looks like a jungle. They will go back to our neighbor in Villa Morelos in a month or so fat on grass. Sounds like birria to me! Yum.

I keep trying to plan a trip out of San Pancho but life takes up all of my time. Maybe just an overnighter somewhere without the 85% humidity. Like Alaska...

With the sun in the past few day all of the laundry is done and DRY. Finally. I am hoping for a couple more days of sun so that I can recharge my Vitamin D. I realize how much the sun means to my mental well-being. I would not make it in Seattle.
Karstan is in University and loving it. Enrique is so busy in his auto shop that I see him in the morning for breakfast and late at night after the sun goes down for dinner, a quick shower and as soon as his head hits the pillow, good night, Irene. Thank God for being busy this time of year!

So life goes on, no drama, no trama. It is nice...I can breathe, no fires to put out.

Jason is coming home for a visit! I can't wait for our morning coffees, well, me, herbal tea, and lots of action in Sazón.

Things I am thankful for: 11 days (today) with no caffeine, busy men and the gym.

Blessings, Tamara 

Tamara Bode has been living in San Pancho for 15 years. She is the owner of Harmonia Holistica. She is a Massage Therapist, and also specializes in nutrition counseling and lifestyle coaching.  Contact

Tamara