On Saturday March 31st, many of Casa de Campo’s most beautiful girls made their modeling debut during a fashion show which took place during the Ladies Luncheon and MIR Bazaar at the La Romana Country Club – and the girls, the fashions and the hostess were sensational!
Category: Philanthrophy
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Shopping for success! The MIR Bazaar and Ladies Luncheon raises funds for the continued growth of the Fundación MIR Schools
From Thursday March 29th through to Sunday April 1st, the annual “MIR Bazaar” at the La Romana Country Club in Casa de Campo was open for business, raising funds to support the Fundación MIR’s schools in La Romana, with the “Ladies Luncheon” hosted by Lian Fanjul de Azqueta founder of the Fundación MIR attracting quiet […]
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The “Buen Samaritano” Foundation and General Hospital – providing healthcare services to rural La Romana for more than 15 years!
The “Buen Samaritano” Foundation and General Hospital is a non profit institution which, since 1997, thanks to doctors and volunteers from abroad, has developed a wonderful program to provide health and education to many children and women in the La Romana area.
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The Sugar Golf Tournament 2012: Friendly but fierce competition on the Teeth of the Dog
From Wednesday March 28th through to Saturday March 31st, the 27th annual Sugar Golf Tournament was celebrated throughout Casa de Campo, with celebratory dinners and cocktail parties every night complimenting the 4-days of golf played across all of Casa de Campo’s golf courses; the Teeth of the Dog, the Links, the Dye Fore and the […]
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Italian Chef Paolo De Vita, from the exclusive Tracadero restaurant, teaches boys and girls at MIR’s vocational schools
Italian chef Paolo De Vita, who works at Tracadero in Bayahibe has just started as a volunteer teacher at the Fundación MIR’s schools; the MIR Esperanza (boys vocational school), the Escuela Tecnica Vocacional Fundación MIR (girls vocational school), sharing his extensive cooking and catering knowledge with the students.
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The glamorous golfers of the 27th annual Sugar Golf Tournament enjoy an enchanting evening with the Gonzalez-Bunsters
On Friday evening the 30th of March 2012, Casa de Campo villa owners, Rolando and Monica Gonzalez-Bunster hosted a spectacular dinner and cocktail for the glamorous golfers of the 27th annual Sugar Golf Tournament.
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A toast to celebrate the start of the annual Sugar Golf Tournament in the Marina Casa de Campo
Last Wednesday the 28th of March, the participants of the 27th annual Sugar Golf Tournament, who had been personally invited by Alfy Fanjul gathered at the end of the Paseo del Mar in the shadow of the Victory Club, where they toasted the opening of the annual 4-day event with champagne served under the stars.
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Café de la Leche hosted by Isabel Purcell: Friday April 13th
The next Café de la Leche celebration is taking place on Friday the 13th of April at the Casa de Campo villa of Isabel Purcell and will no doubt be a magnificent event and a wonderful way to continue the celebrations of Semana Santa (Easter Week, April 2nd – 8th).
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“We walk for those who cannot walk” – The first Caribbean Walkabout in Casa de Campo raises more than US$3,000!
On Sunday March the 25th, the first Caribbean Walkabout took place in Casa de Campo – with more than 40 Casa de Campo villa owners, residents and visitors “walking for those who cannot walk” by raising money for the Walkabout Foundation, a charity founded by Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster and her brother Luis, whose family are Casa […]
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Celebrating the Sugar Golf Tournament 2012
Last week from Wednesday March 28th through to Saturday March 31st, 2012 the 27th annual Sugar Golf Tournament was celebrated in Casa de Campo with 4 nights of celebratory cocktail parties and dinners, accompanied by 4 days of golf; 2 days of practice rounds and 2 days of tournament rounds on all 4 of Casa […]
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“Friend-raiser” for the Altos de Chavón School of Art and Design: by Stephen Kaplan
St. Patrick’s Day, Saturday, March 17th, was a magical evening, filled with the purple light of dusk and two hundred members of the Casa de Campo community enjoying friendship and art. The second villa-based fundraiser—or “Friend-Raiser”—cocktail for The Altos de Chavón School of Art and Design Scholarship Fund was a resounding success.