Intl Service Proj - Acuna, Mexico

Contact: David Dunne

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Aug.

2025

Fort Collins

Aug. 30, 2025 – Sep. 02, 2025

CO
United States of America

International Volunteer Opportunity Available: Help Deliver School Supplies in Mexico – August 31 & September 1

You are invited to an unforgettable Rotary service experience is happening in Acuña, Mexico. We will work with multiple clubs including the Ciudad Acuna, Mexico club to pack and deliver backpacks filled with school supplies to students on their first day of school.

This cross-border effort includes:

Sunday, August 31 - An evening of packing supply bags and sharing a meal with our gracious fellow Rotarians at the Acuña clubhouse.
Monday, September 1 - A morning of distributing backpacks to multiple schools, where students and teachers greet us with songs and smiles.
School tours that offer a deeper look at the impact of our work and the needs of the local community

Each backpack costs just $10.50, and the Rotary Club of Acuña aims to provide 500 backpacks ($5,250 total). The Rotary Club of Fort Collins has pledged $2,500, the Boerne, TX Sunrise Club will provide $1,000, and we're looking for other clubs and sources to cover the remaining $1,750. The recent July 4th flooding is impacting budgets from clubs in District 5840—but together, we can get this done.

Volunteer for the trip and be part of a meaningful international service experience.

Direct flights to San Antonio make travel easy, and we’ll coordinate shared rental vehicles. Valid passports are required.

Before moving to Fort Collins, CO, I was a member and president of the Rotary Club of Boerne, Texas Sunrise. A member of our Boerne Sunrise Club had a special connection to the Rotary Club of Ciudad Acuña, Mexico. Once a year, the Boerne Texas and Mexican clubs—sometimes joined by other Texas clubs—would collaborate on Project Crayola, delivering school supplies to hundreds of economically disadvantaged students in Acuña. It was always a powerful reminder of how service transcends borders.

I hope you will join Lisa and I and make a new Rotary moment.

Please email me if you plan to go or have questions. I will be giving a count to our friends in Mexico so they can plan appropriately.

Trip Logistics

Saturday August 30 – fly to San Antonio - afternoon

Saturday Lodging

Doubletree San Antonio Airport - 611 Northwest Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78216

https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/satatdt-doubletree-san-antonio-airport/?SEO_id=GMB-AMER-DT-SATATDT&y_source=1_MTIyMDk0MC03MTUtbG9jYXRpb24ud2Vic2l0ZQ%3D%3D

Itinerary

Dinner La Fogata

Dessert/Treat Las Nieves Fruteria – a San Antonio classic

Evening Show - https://www.mainplaza.org/san-antonio-the-saga/

Sunday, August 31

After breakfast visit a National Historic Park in San Antonio – Mission San Jose

https://www.nps.gov/saan/planyourvisit/sanjose.htm

After visiting Mission San Jose -Drive approximate 3 hours to Del Rio

Check into hotel

Sunday Lodging

Hampton Inn and Suites Del Rio - 2219 N Bedell Ave, Del Rio, TX 78840

https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/drttxhx-hampton-suites-del-rio/

Then meet with the Rotary Club of Ciudad Acuna to have dinner and assemble backpacks with school supplies

https://www.facebook.com/clubrotariocdacuna/

Monday, September 1

Meet with Rotary Clubs of Ciudad Acuna to deliver backpacks to children at least 3 different schools in Mexico

Lunch in Mexico

Return to San Antonio to spend an evening on the famous San Antonio Riverwalk

Canopy by Hilton San Antonio Riverwalk - 123 N St Mary's St, San Antonio, TX 78205

https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/satpypy-canopy-san-antonio-riverwalk/

Fly out Tuesday, September 2