Amigos de Bucerias, A.C., is a Mexican-registered civil association, composed of energetic residents of Bucerias, Nayarit, Mexico, uniting to make Bucerias a good place to visit, work and live. It is non-profit and offers many services such as:

• Recycling Program
• Beach Cleaning
• John Ozello Memorial Food Bank
• Paws & Claws
• Special Needs Fund

Empowering the Youth in Nayarit through Art Education and Mentoring.

Starting in Bucerias, we envision building communities where every youth has access to a diverse portfolio of artistic materials and programs to inspire creativity. We will create and nurture a network of schools, artisans, and affiliate organizations to ensure reliable access to mentors, workshops, and community needs to support art education and emerging young artists.

BY 2024 WE WILL HAVE DETAILED PROGRAMS FOR:

• Giving the youth of Nayarit opportunities to pursue the arts as a profession through judged events, internships, grants and scholarships.
• Forming strategic partnerships and sustainable fundraising to allow us to support more and more young people.
• Art supplies and art education for local schools.
• Conducting community events and beautification projects highlighting art and culture throughout Nayarit.

Our Events

THE BUCERIAS CHALK ART WALK
February 20-22, 2024

Currently The Bucerias Chalk Art Walk is our largest fundraiser. This 3 day event draws thousands of visitors from the U.S., Canada and Mexico, while showcasing incredible Chalk Renderings on the streets of Bucerias. Live Music, Food Vendors, and a Grand Prize Raffle are some of the main attractions.

It requires more than 50 volunteers to make this event a success and we need you.

View Bucerias Chalk Art Walk

Free mobile Spay/Neuter clinics in Mexico.

Help PEACEAnimals prevent the future suffering of animals. by improving the lives of animals and humans. Towns and neighborhoods are cleaner, quieter, healthier and safer where there is no overpopulation of pets; and wildlife is at less risk for decimation.

Calendar & Clinics

Organization consisting of volunteers dedicated to providing rescue to stray, abandoned, abused, or surrendered dogs, with the goal to re-home the dogs either in Mexico, Canada, or the US and promote the welfare of animals in our community.

Mexican Street Dog Brigade

“Helping to rescue dogs that need saved, require medical care and love for the rest of their days. No matter how long that is.” Lynn Bailey.

The team of Lynn, Sandra, David, Shauna, Jenny, Christy, Tenzin, Johanna, Elizabeth and many more volunteers contribute to making this dog rescue a success.

Salty Dog will do their best to match dogs with adopters to ensure a happy forever home!

We rescued 201 dogs and adopted out 130 in 2023 and we currently have 90 dogs in our care. We could not have come this far without all the amazing donors that have trusted us to make sure every peso can go as far as possible. We could not have kept the rescue going without your contributions to the dogs.

Check our Facebook and website for more information and for current dogs needing homes and contact us if you would like to help out in any way or contribute donations.

Contact Us

Website | Facebook
52-322-147-0801
1-403-800-8166
info@saltydogrescuebrigade.org

Non-profit corporation made up of volunteers working together in harmony to address the continuing needs of our community through cultural, educational, environmental and charitable assistance programs.

Address
Av de la Langosta 27, La Cruz

Non-profit organization committed to ensuring that dogs and cats in the Vallarta area lead a life free from the pain and suffering of abandonment and neglect. We achieve this by providing and supporting free sterilization, rescue, shelter, adoption, fostering and community education.

Non-profit organization founded in 2004 whose main mission is to contribute to improving the quality of life of the child population in the Banderas Bay region, offering a stable and harmonious environment for the integral development of children in a state of abandonment, domestic violence, and orphanhood.

Address
Rio Balsas 15, El Tule Dorado, Bucerias

Bucerias Tercera Edad, translated meaning “The Third Stage” is a volunteer non profit association registered in Mexico in the spring of 2014.

Marilyn Moxin (President) and her husband Jim help needy members of Club de Tercera Edad (Bucerias Senior Center) on Canal and Encino.

We became aware of instances of elder abuse and the lack of everyday comforts many of the Mexican seniors are faced with. While we recognize that there is tremendous poverty in Mexico, we also recognize that many children do not care for their aging, ailing parents. It is simply not acceptable that a senior woman should sleep on cardboard placed on a dirt floor. Further it is not acceptable that this woman’s children would sell a bed we could donate for her comfort. In view of our observations of the lack of care and comforts afforded the needy elderly population in and around the Bucerias area we feel these pioneers deserve proper care that can be afforded through an assisted living home.

While our main focus is to raise funds for an assisted living home to provide the local aging population with the comforts they so deserve, we continue to solicit donations of wheelchairs, walkers, prescriptions, eyeglasses, reading glasses, hearing aids, beds, clothing, blankets and other household donations from Canada and from local tourists to provide an interim solution.

Address
Del Canal, Bucerias, Nay.