You are cordially invited to the Akumal Ambulance Fundraiser Dinner!
Where: TURTLE BAY CAFE, PLAZA UKANA, AKUMAL.
When: THURSDAY AUGUST 11, 2016 @ 6.30pm
Why: In Mexico, the government do not provide ambulances. In the event of an emergency, the Cruz Roja Mexicana (Mexican Red Cross) is the only accessible way for most people to receive emergency medical care, and transportation to a hospital. The Cruz Roja Mexicana receives no government funding, nor funding from Red Cross International, and each Red Cross chapter relies entirely on the generosity and financial support of their community to offer emergency medical and also clinical services to the community at large.
At the end of 2014, after a record number of accidents and deaths in Akumal, we campaigned for a locally based ambulance and paramedic team, which would dramatically speed up the response time to accidents, and in doing so, save lives. We saw deaths in Akumal drop by an incredible 500% in 2015 due to the paramedics and life guards being able to attend to, and get patients to the hospital, quickly!
Through lack of funding, we almost lost our ambulance in the Fall of 2015. However, our community rallied together, and by way of much needed monthly donation commitments from generous local businesses and individuals, and topped up by a fantastic fundraiser dinner hosted by Turtle Bay Cafe, we were able to get the ambulance and paramedics back in Akumal by late November 2015, and fund the running costs for a good portion of 2016.
Over the last 8 months, the Akumal Ambulance has attended almost 120 medical emergencies in Akumal! Especially in the high season, we saw the paramedics and life guards pull a number of unresponsive people from our bays, and successfully resuscitate them and get them to hospital in time to make a full recovery! The Red Cross team have also been running training courses in our community on the use of defibrillator machines, of which we now have several throughout Akumal. This will help to dramatically increase the survival/recovery chances of heart attack victims in Akumal.
We are now running low on funds again, and Turtle Bay Cafe has very generously offered to host another fund raiser dinner! We invite you to enjoy us for a fabulous evening of delicious food, live music and comedy entertainment, to help raise funds keep our ambulance and its crew in Akumal.
The Fundraiser Dinner: A 3 course meal plus 2 Cueva Vodka cocktails, and also live music and comedy entertainment with special guests.
The menu will be as follows:
To start (a choice of one of the following)
- Chicken tortilla soup
- Cesar salad
Main course (a choice of one of the following)
- Roasted vegetable lasagna
- Grilled fresh fish
- Smoked stuffed pork loin
Desert (a choice of one of the following)
- Homemade small batch ice-cream
- Flan
- Key Lime Pie
Ticket Price: $650 pesos per person. Thanks to Turtle Bay Cafe, 100% of the ticket price will go directly to the operating costs of the Akumal Ambulance. 🙂
How Do I Book?: You can reserve your seats directly at Turtle Bay Cafe, or you can click on this link to buy tickets online by PayPal or Credit Card
If you are unable to attend the dinner, but you would like to make a donation to support the Akumal Ambulance, please click here to donate online, or contact myself or Alejandra Coronel Dzul at [email protected].
Thank you very much, in advance, for your support! Please help us to spread the word!
PS: Please make sure that you have the following numbers in your cell phone: Tulum Red Cross HQ – 984 802 5521 Akumal Ambulance Direct Cell – 984 129 9471
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