February 14 is not just Valentine’s Day but also the date the city was founded.

Community events from Lake Chapala.

One of the big money raisers at the Ajijic Chili Cookoff is the raffle. Items donated by local businesses are raffled off every hour during the three-day event.

Volunteers with the Lakeside School for the Deaf and Children with Special needs have garnered some spectacular door prizes for their upcoming “Thousand and One Nights” benefit spectacular scheduled for Thursday, March 11.

On Sunday, February 21, anyone who is interested will have the opportunity to meet the 60-some children living at the Love in Action Children’s Center in Chapala. That’s the date volunteers Michael Schaible and Bonnie Newman have set for a garden party to take place on the shelter’s extensive and beautiful grounds.