Mujeres De Maiz Opportunity Foundation

2018 Annual Chiapas Visit

March 4, 2018: Mexican BreakfastWe are delighted to report that our 6th annual breakfast was a success! I think what we realized this year is that folks attend not just for the breakfast (which undoubtedly is delicious) but for the lovely social event that this has...

DIA DE MUERTOS DINNER AND AUCTION 2017 Our annual event was held on October 28 this year.  It was a beautiful autumn day, while inside the Sequim Masonic Lodge the Mujeres’ board and volunteers were cooking, decorating and readying the auction tables. By 5:30, the...

OUR ANNUAL SUMMER VISIT TO CHIAPAS—2017 Linda Finch and I just returned from two weeks in San Cristóbal de Las Casas. It was a wonderful trip. Three times a year we fund a 1 ½ day workshop dedicated to the scholarship recipients. We arrived just in time to be able to...

We are delighted to share with you our new scholarship information for the coming 2017-2018 school year. We will be supporting 21 girls and women this year who come from 8 different communities in Chiapas. Three are at university level, nine are at the preparatory...

Wow! What a terrific evening! It was a full house for our concert last Saturday. 102 people attended. Much gratitude goes out to the two duos who contributed time and effort to making this fundraiser a success. Bill Tiderman and Rudy Maxion (Bill and Rudy) entertained...

Terrific! Super! Delicious! Words we heard as 97 guests enjoyed our annual breakfast at Sequim Prairie Grange.  Our breakfast has become a social occasion for friends to come and visit while they leisurely savor our breakfast.  We are so grateful for the good...

January is the time when we receive proposals for the programs for the upcoming year. All four of our existing Saturday Children's Programs are continuing. We receive a full year plan for each of the four, submitted jointly by the scholarship recipients who are...

November 4, 2016   Our eleventh annual Day of the Dead event was a terrific success!  The dinner, organized by board members Molly and Steve, was delicious as usual. Our silent auction had many unique and interesting items including four full tables of items just from...

August 18, 2016 Continuing good news from our compañeras and our programs! Linda and I just returned from a 2 week visit. We spent 3 days with the women in their August workshop. The inside of the center, which we funded for them a few years ago, had been freshly...