Located on the southernmost tip of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, Los Cabos is known for its beautiful scenery, luxurious hotels and great golf. But it’s also a place where you can combine a Mexico vacation with rewarding volunteer work that supports the local community and provides a helping hand via various charitable programs. Here are a few options; think of them as Mexico travel tips for doing good.
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• Pueblo Bonito Oceanfront Resort and Spa works alongside the Letty Coppel Foundation, which provides local support for environmental and social efforts. The resort offers guests the opportunity to contribute one dollar per night to support the foundation.
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• Partnered with the Los Cabos Children’s Foundation, Cabo Villas Beach Resort and Spa gives guests the opportunity to donate one dollar per day to their own foundation, which provides medical assistance for children suffering from cancer, heart defects and serious illness in the local area. The foundation showcases its efforts at Cabo Villas’ Monday Night Cocktail Party as well as on a select television channel in each guest room.
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• Casa Dorada works closely with the Questro Foundation and encourages guests to make a donation for each night they spend at the hotel. Proceeds go directly to the non-profit foundation, whose goal is to help create a better educated, productive and responsible local community.
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• At one of the destination’s most luxurious resorts, Esperanza, an Auberge Resort, guests can give back when booking adventure experiences. A portion of the proceeds for all Swimming with Whale Sharks and Turtle Release programs are directly donated to various local organizations dedicated to preserving and protecting the ocean environment along the Baja Peninsula’s coast.
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• Several other Los Cabos resorts partner with local foundations and charities to do their part in giving back to the community. Hilton Los Cabos Beach and Golf Resort supports organizations including Sarahuaro, Liga Mac, and Ayudando a Mama, while Sandos Finisterra Los Cabos is affiliated with the Los Cabos Humane Society, and other organizations that rescue sick animals in the destination.
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• Additionally, this year marked the 19th Annual Stars & Stripes Tournament, a fundraiser that combines golf and deep-sea fishing to benefit youth. Over the course of the tournament’s history, over $20 million has been donated to worthy youth charities.
More info about Los Cabos: www.visitloscabos.travel