April 18th, 2010

Time 1:00-4:00 pm
Place: Casa Isabel, 483 Del Bosque, Alta Vista, Puerto Vallarta

Calidad de Vida is a new bilingual, multicultural nonprofit agency that will provides high quality care to all people in and around Banderas Bay who have a life threatening illness. Calidad de Vida goes to the patient’s home and provides their services in familiar and comfortable surroundings.

Calidad de Vida is committed to providing all individuals access to services that allow living and death with dignity by limiting spiritual, emotional and physical pain through continuous support as needed.  We also offer bereavement services to the family members up to a year after a loved one has passed.

CALIDAD de VIDA’s first  fundraiser will be hosted by owner Isabel Manore, on Sunday, April 18 from 1pm – 4pm at Casa Isabel, located at 483 Del Bosque in lower Alta Vista.

The public is invited to a fabulous cocktail party with food, drink and live music, all with captivating views of Puerto Vallarta and the bay.

There will also be a silent auction featuring paintings and home decor, jewelry, restaurant packages, rooms at spectacular hotels, chocolate and wine baskets, beauty and health treatments among so much more.  Look for a complete list of items and donors in the coming weeks.

Tickets for this inaugural event are $300 Pesos per person in advance and $400 Pesos per person at the door.  Tickets are available at Caprichoso’s in Plaza Neptune, Casa Isabel, Cafe Roma (at Encino #287 Col. Centro, near the Rio Cuale), Pie in the Sky (both locations – Bucerias and Vallarta), Tuttopronto Restaurant in Nuevo Vallarta’s Paradise Village Plaza, the Twisted Rose Restaurant in Bucerias or at Xocodiva chocolates on the south side of Vallarta, across from the San Marino Hotel.

Tickets can also be secured by e-mailing your reservation to Lisa Ozzello at ozzellol(at)gmail(dot) com or by calling 329 298 6264 or 044 322 141 3255.

Read more about Calidad de Vida at Banderas News: http://www.banderasnews.com/1003/vl-calidaddevida.htm

Time: 10:00-11:30 am
Place: Friendship Club in downtown Puerto Vallarta

Topic: “Hospice and Palliative Care in Mexico 2010,”
Presented by staff from the Hospice of San Miguel de Allende and ELNEC, an international palliative care training company.

Time: 11:45 am
Place: Vallarta Yacht Club

Lisa will speak about hospice at the Vallarta Yacht Club. Lunch is at 11:45 and then the presentation at 12:45.

There is an article about the presentation in the Banderas News; the link is http://banderasnews.com/1003/hb-hospicecare.htm.

Time: 8:00 p.m.
Place: The Twisted Rose in Bucerias.

There will be a donation of $30 at the door. Great salsa music and fabulous food available. There will be a 50/50 raffle with the proceeds going to Calidad de Vida Hospice/Palliative Care.

Lynn Rogers, PhD, MFT: Provides guidance in managing life altering illnesses.

American Pain Foundation: Great information about managing pain.

Health Care Resources in Puerto Vallarta: A multifacetted, independent, healthcare resources for Puerto Vallarta.

Amigos de Bucerias: Association dedicated to making Bucerias a better place to live, work and visit.

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