Mariachi band!  Salsa dancing!  Great Mexican food!

On April 2, 2011, the Rotary Club of Vancouver Sunrise hosted 86 Rotarians and friends at a second annual Mexican Fiesta at the new Coast Hotel in CoalHarbour, downtown Vancouver. These events are fundraisers for a school in Mexico for impoverished children with Down Syndrome.

 The Fiesta evening also included a silent auction in which several hotel stays, crafts, vintage wines and premium tequila bottles were sold.  

The funds raised in this year's Fiesta evening will help furnish a training facility for caregivers of Down Syndrome patients.  This facility will be the first of its kind in Central Mexico.

In March 2010 the club raised $5,000 toward the project goal of $30,000 and in April 2011 raised another $5,000. The Rotary Club of Leon, Mexico, will also contribute funds.