Pack for a Purpose for Entreamigos in San Pancho, Mexico

San Pancho Rentals & Real Estate facilitates a donation program, Pack for a Purpose, an initiative that allows travelers like you to make a lasting impact in our community by directly donating to San Pancho’s premiere non-profit, Entreamigos. If you save just a few kilos/pounds of space in your suitcase and take supplies for area schools or medical clinics in need, you’ll make a priceless impact in the lives of our local children and families.

Entreamigos is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide educational opportunities for children and families, promote environmental education through sustainable community practices and create a bridge between local and visiting cultures in San Francisco (San Pancho), Riviera Nayarit, Mexico. Entreamigos hosts an established community center dedicated to increase learning opportunities for disadvantaged children and families through the implementation of educational programs based on integration and collective community action. In 2014, the Dalai Lama recognized Entreamigos for their work with children and families in a ceremony honoring its founder, Nicole Swedlow. We feel fortunate and very proud to have supported our community center Entreamigos over the years.

The Entreamigos Centro Comunitario Educativo is a 16,000 square foot educational facility which hosts a library, computer lab, classrooms, sports and exercise spaces, a gallery, eco-design workshops, recycling center and secondhand shop! The building itself is fun, beautiful and educational.

In this small pueblo of approximately 2,500 residents, Entreamigos’ dedicated staff of volunteers, educators and environmental activists give workshops and classes to over 400 students per year, provide a school scholarship program for 87 students and has supported the town in recycling over 70 tons of glass and plastic annually.

Donated items contributed will be used to augment the center’s constantly depleting resources. Additionally, the donated items will help support adult productivity workshops.

The Entreamigos building has been recognized as a model facility for environmentally responsible design, the integration of natural elements and innovation in the use of recycled materials. Entreamigos is truly a wonder of sustainable design and a great place to visit for anyone!

Please join us for a class, workshop, tour or just stop in and take a look around.

Entreamigos
#12 Avenida Tercer Mundo
Phone number: 311 258 4377
Email: info@entreamigos.org.mx
Website: www.entreamigos.org.mx
General Public Hours: Monday to Friday 11am – 5pm

2021* Major Sponsors and Collaborations:
Spark Ventures
Gilles Ste-Croix and Monique Voyer
GrahamComm, LLC
Irving Foundation
Punta de Mita Foundation
Reser Family Foundation
Barlow Family
Riviera Nayarit
Rotary Club of Barrington, Illinois
San Pancho Rentals & Real Estate, LLC
PREVENT
BVRio

Entreamigos donation needs list:

General School Supplies:
Backpacks, Colored Pencils, Crayons, Erasers, Glue Sticks, Handheld Pencil Sharpeners, Markers, Notebooks, Paper Clips, Pencils, Pencil Cases/Bags, Pens, Permanent Markers, Printer Paper, Protractors, Scissors, Solar Calculators, Staples, Staplers, Rulers, and Wide-Ruled Paper

Reference Materials:
(Spanish) Dictionaries

Computer Hardware/Software:
Flash Drives/Memory Sticks, Tablets, and Working Laptops

Educational Games/Toys:
Board Games, Collapsible Tunnel, Coloring Books, Foosball Balls, Magnets (Big enough to not fit in little mouths), Ping Pong Balls and Rackets, 100-piece Puzzles, Stickers, Toy Doctor’s Kit, Toy Food and Kitchen Items, Toy Tools, Wooden Doll House, and Wooden Puzzles

Music Instruments:
Castanets, Cymbals, Hand Drums, Guitars, Maracas, and Recorders

Sports/Outdoor Activity:
Baseball Bats, Cones, *Face Protection Goggles, Hoops, Jump Ropes, Netballs/Basketballs, Soccer Balls, Volleyball Net, Volleyballs, and Wiffle Balls

Clothing/Shoes:
New or Gently Used Adults or Childrens Clothing and Shoes

Text/Reading Books:
(Spanish) *I Spy Books and *Where’s Waldo Books

Toys/Board Games:
*Big Magnets, *Connect 4, *Go Fish, *Guess Who, *Memory, *Small Trains for Wooden Tracks, and *Turista Mundial

Linens:
Bath Towels, Bed Linens (Twin Size), and Mosquito Nets

Health/Personal Grooming:
Antibiotic Ointments, Band-Aids, Hydrogen Peroxide, Plastic Gloves, Toothbrushes, and Toothpaste

Art Supplies for Artist Initiatives and Community Produced Projects: Acrylic Brushes and Paints, Beads for Bead Work, Buttons, Construction Paper, Crochet Hooks, Drawing Paper, Earring Hooks, Elmer’s Glue, Fabric Scissors, Hot Glue Guns, Hot Glue Sticks, Markers, Oil Pastels, Paint Brushes (All Sizes), Paint Rollers, Sewing Needles, Silicon Liquid Glue, Tempera Paints, Watercolor Brushes and Paints, *Watercolor and Sketch Paper Pads, and Wire Cutters

Gardening:
Gardening Gloves, Hoes, Picks, and Shovels