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<title>Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - Cosas para la gente</title>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Hola Rob, every time I return to Zihua I like to bring reading glasses for el gente viejo. Lupita used to take these items at the boutique. Is that still the case or is there someone/somewhere else that will distribute them to those that may need them? Gracias</p>
</blockquote><p>Hola amigo. Lupita no longer distributes glasses, but as Jake mentioned, the Zihua Food Bank at the Eco-Tianguis &quot;Sanka&quot; on Saturday mornings across the street from the museum will receive and distribute them.</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Zihua Food Bank accepts reading glasses and distributes them along with food and clothes to communities in and around Zihuatanejo. They take donations at the Saturday morning Eco-tianguis market next to the mercadito zankas. Or email me and I can put you in touch with the person who runs it.</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2023 23:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I went thru a similar situation about 7 or 8 yrs ago I brought down I beleive a 100 pairs of eyeglasses that had been refurbished by the Alaska Lions Club I belong to.  I had a letter in Spanish that explained they were all going to be given to the Red Cross in Zihua.  </p>
<p>After much back and forth with aduana with all other passengers having passed thru customs, I told them to just throw them in the trash if they did not value the needs of their fellow citizens.  As I was about to give up a younger aduana agent told me I could take the glasses with me. A week or so later I went to an event at the Casa Cultura and gave them to a Red Cross representative. I do not know whether the got distributed or not.</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2023 19:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Casa Juan</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The last time I brought down a large box of donated, used glasses, Customs wanted me to pay US$350.00 duty. I declined, so they seized them and tossed them in the trash.</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hola Rob, every time I return to Zihua I like to bring reading glasses for el gente viejo. Lupita used to take these items at the boutique. Is that still the case or is there someone/somewhere else that will distribute them to those that may need them? Gracias</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2023 16:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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