Even though they didn’t know each one another, dozens of doctors and U.S. boaters helped bring health and happiness to an underprivileged community south of the border.

Photo by: www.MexicoBoating.com
A Gift to the Hospital — Carried down from California by a pleasureboater in November, this donated ultrasound cardio evaluation device is already in use at San Blas Hospital. The machine was formally dedicated at the hospital’s special-needs Children’s Party, Jan. 18.

San Blas, a small harbor located between Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta, has a marina and estuary that are popular with cruising boaters and sport anglers. However, the region is among the most impoverished on the Sea of Cortez, still struggling to recover from Hurricane Kenna.

After six months of coordinated efforts here to help the community’s children, U.S. boaters and doctors were honored Jan. 14 during San Blas Hospital’s ninth annual Children’s Party.