| | |  News from Around Banderas Bay | January 2009 
Second Annual Turtle Love Brunch Benefit
 Cristy Holden - PVNN
The Second Annual Benefit for the Turtles of the North Bahía de Banderas will take place on Sunday, February 15 at the home of Juanita y Poncho Kearton in lovely Punta Negra, Nayarit. Brunch will be served buffet style from 11 am to 2 pm Nayarit time.
Tickets are limited, with the price of $300 pesos in advance, and $350 pesos at the door. Champagne mimosas will be sold for $40 pesos. Fantastic entertainment will be provided by Al Robinson on the keyboards, playing and singing your requests.
For 20 years the residents of Playas Punta Negra, Careyero, Malinal, and Litibu have helped to protect nesting turtles and their eggs from encroaching development and black market egg thieves.
One special man has made this his life’s mission: Licensed Biologist Gilberto Galindo Castro. With permission from SEMARNAT, the volunteers of Grupo Ecologico Manos Unidas de Litibu, assist Gilberto in rescuing the endangered species of Leatherback, Hawksbill, Careryos, and the Olive Ridley Tortugas.
These magnificent creatures are ancestors of pre-historic times, and have chosen this location to nest and reproduce future generations. Ours is not an eco-education program for tourist, but the real deal: all conditions are natural, with only minimum human intervention.
Biologist Galindo Castro has an incredible 93% success rate of eggs to hatchlings. Still only 1-3% of hatchlings survive the walk to the water, the roll of the surf, and the many predators waiting to eat them as they swim towards the international currents 2 miles off-shore. From there, they travel the planet, returning after 8 years to mate and lay eggs. Boat motors, fish netting, plastic refuse, and development of the coast line are a constant threat to their survival.
The Sun Hill Foundation of New York and California has generously provided a challenge grant of up to $2500 USD for each dollar contributed to Grupo Ecologico Manos Unidas de Litibu. So far, we have raised $1,500 from private donors. Please come and enjoy yourself at this event, and help us meet our goal. Funds raised will provide ongoing support for program needs.
Please join us... bring your sweetie, and maybe you will fall in love...
For more information or directions call 322-146-9184 or email: mtnviewco(at)aol.com. |
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