This morning, Padre Victor Garcia of the St Stanislaus church in Altos de Chavón held a blessing ceremony to officially inaugurate the annual MIR Bazaar held at the La Romana Country Club to raise funds for the Fundación MIR.
Category: Philanthrophy
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A luncheon to thank the sponsors of the 2013 McDaniel Teaching Pro’s Tournament!
With the impressive and surprise victory of Francisco Concepción over reigning champion Pedro Nolasco watched by a crowd of more than 100 Casa de Campo villa owners and guests, followed by the announcement that this year the tournament raised a grand total of US$46,500 for the McDaniel Foundation – the 2013 Teaching Pro’s Tournament was a […]
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An interview with Allegra Fanjul as she prepares to take part in the MIR Bazaar
Allegra Fanjul, niece of Lian Fanjul de Azqueta founder of the Fundación MIR is this week taking part in the MIR Bazaar for the first time – with her exclusive collection of jewelry “Allegra Fanjul Designs”. And so with Allegra currently vacationing in Casa de Campo we grabbed a few minutes of her time to […]
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The Clínica de Familia in La Romana celebrates 15 magnificient years of social service!
On Friday, March 18, 2013 the Clínica de Familia La Romana (or, La Romana Family Clinic, in English), the largest non-governmental organization in the Eastern Dominican Republic focused on HIV care, treatment, and prevention, celebrated 15 extraordinary years working to improve the health and well-being of the La Romana.
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Vilebrequin: A work of art for a good cause
Each Vilebrequin Collection comes with a wonderful story to tell. This is my favorite one. For the 40th year anniversary of the brand, they decided to support the Plant A Fish foundation for Sea Turtle Restoration along with Fabien Cousteau. Fabien is the grandson of noted ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, and founder of the non-profit organisation; Plant […]
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Isabel Purcell to host next Café de la Leche
The next Café de la Leche celebration for the Hogar del Niño is scheduled for Friday the 12th of April and will be hosted by the wonderful Isabel Purcell.
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Coming soon: The Casa de Campo Sugar Shooting and Golf Tournaments!
Within the next month, both the Casa de Campo Sugar Shooting Tournament and the Casa de Campo Sugar Golf Tournament, hosted by J.Pepe Fanjul and Alfy Fanjul respectively, will be take place at the Casa de Campo resort.
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Xiomara & Ramon Menéndez host “Adopt A Crib” dinner in a magnificent Japanese Garden!
There can be no doubt that Xiomara Menéndez is one of Casa de Campo’s great ladies – and a fabulous hostess. Without fail each and every occasion hosted at her oceanside villa in the Bahía Minitas area of Casa de Campo is simply spectacular and the recent “Adopt a Crib” dinner was no exception.
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Save the date! Altos de Chavón Artists-In-Residence Spring 2013!
The Altos de Chavón School of Art & Design Artist-in-Residence program invites artists from all over the world for a three and a half months residence, towards the end of which they open an exhibit to showcase their work – this year opening on Thursday April 4th 2013 with a cocktail at The Gallery in […]
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Altos de Chavón graduate, Iván Ramón to open first exhibition in the U.S – by Stephen Kaplan
On May 3,2013 Iván Ramón, Altos de Chavon School of Art and Design graduate 2011,will have his first exhibition in the U.S. at the RIO Gallery in Riverside NY. In celebration, we bring you this article prepared by Stephen Kaplan, Rector of the Altos de Chavón School of Art and Design.
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Raúl Miyar leads a talk on Contemporary Art as part of Art Chavón 2013
I think all the students, graduates and friends can agree that to describe Raúl Miyar -Director of the Fine Arts Department at The Altos de Chavón School of Art and Design – with words is just not enough to explain the lessons, passion and love that we have received from him everyday for the past 13 years since […]