Huatulco

Silversard · Posts: 21 Location: Midwest USA

Luis Alfredo Estavillo, proprietor of Los Portales Grill and Onix Restaurant in La Crucecita, has an idea to help out the children of the San Felipe Lachillo community in Santiago Xanica. He has been training 3 hours daily since October of last year in order to prepare for an open water swim of all nine bays of Huatulco in a single day.

Take a look, please, at some photos from a recent practice session --

Luis starting in Santa Cruz bay with a chase boat.

Luis and his dog heading to Conejos bay from Santa Cruz bay.

Recently, during a practice session, he AND his dog were joined in their swim by dolphins! . . . a wonderful sign Wink

They made it to the beach.

This month Luis will test his intensive training and attempt to swim 22 km from San Augustin bay to Conejos bay to raise support for San Felipe Lachillo community. He has a plan to assist many of the 200+ children of the community that live in extreme poverty. He has a motto, “Each arm stroke, . . . . . . . . . , “ to help him as he swims each bay in succession. He will share with you the entire motto in the weeks ahead as the day approaches.

Please mark your calendars and follow this event on either Saturday, August 18th, or Sunday, August 19th, depending upon weather conditions.

Admin · Site Admin Posts: 66

Thanks Silversard for your excellent post

How can people actually help/contribute? Is it a collection?

Admin

Silversard · Posts: 21 Location: Midwest USA

While there much more to say about this wonderful event . . . kind of "dots" that need to be connected together . . . .this is how you can sponsor Luis . . . . thanks for the interest Wink

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The Huatulco Tri Sports Club Civil Association is asking for sponsorship in order to achieve our goal in providing school breakfast in San Felipe Lachillo. We have three sponsorship options:

SPONSORSHIP PER BAY: Pledge $10, $15, $20 for every bay that Luis swims.

SPONSORSHIP PER KILOMETER: Pledge $5, $10, $15 for each km that Luis swims.

SPONSORSHIP PER HOUR: Pledge $10, $15, $20 for every hour during the swim.

If you are interested in participating in any of these sponsorship options or just making a donation towards the cause please contact one of the people below for banking info.

Luis Estavillo: losportales_hux@hotmail.com 958 587 0070
Elva Medina Valles : elvacosmo@yahoo.com.mx 958 581 0448
Valerie Verhalen: Valerie@PalmPrincessMexico.com 958 587 2527
Stephen Sardeson: Stephen.Sardeson@Sardeson.org USA

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-How To Contribute in USA-

PAYPAL -- Use the following e-mail address:

Stephen.Sardeson@Sardeson.org

Put "9 Bay Swim" in the message section; no paper receipt; no tax deduction.

TAX DEDUCTIBLE ACCOUNT --

Write: "CoCB, Inc." -- on check or money order
Write: "9 Bay Swim" in "memo" section.

Mail to: CoCB, 811 DuBois Drive, Baraboo, WI 53913-1019.

If you enclose a "self-addressed" envelope, you will receive back a receipt from a CHARITABLE TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATION.
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The above financial arrangements for USA have been pre-approved by Luis.