Sweet is partnering with the Cozumel Rotary Club to bring you a wonderful opportunity to help impoverished families and win your Cozumel dream vacation.

The Rotary Club is letting us sell 100 tickets at $100 each. Half the ticket price goes as a donation to the Rotary Club, the other half goes to fund the Sweet project of our choice.

For our project, we are going to work with the Rotary Club to create a community training garden to teach impoverished women and their families how to grow their own food in their yards or on their rooftops. Cozumel is the ideal environment to grow food with its 350 days of sunshine per year; however, most of the island’s food is imported from the mainland. The Rotary Club is working with families to bring agriculture back to the island while also teaching families how to sell their excess food for profit. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s time to put your money where your life is. Thursday, May 9, is the first national Give OUT Day, an initiative intended to get us giving in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. LGBTQ nonprofits are registered on GiveOUTDay.org, making the site into a donation hub.

“Less than 5 percent of the LGBTQ community gives to an LGBTQ cause, according to research from the Horizons Foundation and Movement Advancement Project,” says Bolder Giving’s Executive Director Jason Franklin. “Give OUT Day aims to raise awareness of the need to support LGBTQ nonprofits and elevate the level of LGBTQ philanthropy.”

How can you support Give OUT Day?

Contact your local LGBTQ or Pride center right away! Help them get signed up so that people in your area can donate to them. They can access a Tool Kit with resources to help them maximize their success.

Spread the word via Social Media. On Twitter, use hashtag #giveOUTday or mention @giveOUTday — it’s that easy!

Become a Champion! Champions are teams (or individuals) who work on behalf of nonprofits to get them donations. Sign up under a nonprofit who has already registered and set up your fundraising page.

Donate. That one is pretty obvious.

To find out more about Give OUT Day, visit www.giveoutday.org.

Whoo hoo! It’s time to pack. The weather promises to be in the mid-60s to low-80s for our week.

Here’s a list of things you don’t want to forget:
• Toiletries: Razor, lotion, make up (or not), hair ties, toothbrush, toothpaste, topsy tail, hair brush, mousse, gel, Advil, Extenze, tampons / pads, Q-Tips, etc.

• Hairdryer: The resort provides a pretty good one, but if you’re picky about your ‘do, bring your own.

• Shorts: Cargo shorts — check! Camo shorts — check! Bermuda shorts — check! Board shorts — check! If you have no idea what I’m talking about, then you don’t need my help packing.

• Tank tops / T-shirts: Like you’d ever forget those.

• Sun dresses: These are optional. If you’re a sundress person, you’ll want to pack some. Read the rest of this entry »