Cozumel News November 6, 2020

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Cozumel News November 6, 2020: GFNY Cozumel Cycling Competition November 8, 2020, Quintana Roo State Traffic Light November 09 – November 15, How You Can Help Cozumel, and more.

GFNY Cozumel Cycling Competition November 8, 2020

On November 8th, 2020 Cozumel is hosting what is called “The Number One Cycling Event in Paradise! 2,500 participants have registred to participate this weekend. The participants represents 20 different countries plus participants from Mexico. There will be the usual street closings. We will post the details on TCS Facebook Group and page. Residents are encouraged to cheer on the participants!

GFNY is a personal endurance challenge where you compete against others, the clock and yourself. The GFNY Cozumel course is filled with fascinating views and challenging roads. The GFNY Cozumel course provides panoramic views and challenging winds. There are two distances to choose from, the Long Course is 160 kilometers and consists of two loops around the island of Cozumel. The Medium Course is 80 kilometers that circumvents the island of Cozumel once.

The Courses

LONG COURSE IS A COMPETITION: Only the finishers of the long course are eligible for category rankings and Overall and Podium awards. Top 10% of finishers in each age group earn a spot in the Qualifier Corral at every GFNY World event.

MEDIUM COURSE IS NOT A COMPETITION: The riders of the medium course will be provided their start-to-finish time, but will not be ranked by finish time. All finish times will be listed in alphabetical order.

GFNY Cozumel 2020 serves as the 2020-2021 GFNY North American Championship. 

The top 20% of finishers in each age group will start in the Qualifier Corral at all GFNYs for the next 380 days.

Overall Champions (man and woman) of the GFNY North American Championship win flights, hotel and entry to GFNY World Championship NYC 2021 to compete for the GFNY World Championship crown.

The Cozumel Sun Facebook Group is the place to exchange information, ask questions, and get fast responses to any problems you may encounter during this critical time.

Cozumel News November 6, 2020 Continued

Quintana Roo State Traffic Light November 09 – November 15

Quintana Roo remains in the YELLOW Traffic Light. This continues in effect from November 09 to November 15. The Yellow Traffic Light means CAUTION. Do not rush, please reinforce habits of the new normal.

Use your face mask. Go out only for essential things. Maintain a safe distance of 1.5 meters. Disinfect surfaces and wash your hands.Cozumel can enforce an $800 peso fine for not wearing your mask!

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Aurita´s Cozumel Corner

Cozumel Community Kitchen Locations

All donations are greatly appreciated!

Cindy Tec

In the Miraflores neighborhood. Clavel street, Mza. 17 lot 01 # 54. Block fence and black fence.

Antonio

40 Ave. Between 10 and 12. Col. 10 de Abril. white house next to a blacksmith shop.

Wendy Elizabeth

Calle 37 sur A between 75 and 80. 5 houses from the Iglesia San Pedro y San Pablo. Col. CTM.

Iglesia Divina Providencia

Ave. 120 con 7 sur, Col Repobladores.

Iglesia Sagrado Corazón de Jesús

95 Ave bis between 4 and 6. Col. Emiliano Zapata.

San Judas Tadeo Chapel

located at Las Fincas Settlement.

Jorge Moreno

50 Ave. Between Adolfo Rosado Salas and 3 sur. Behind Pan American Services. Col. Adolfo Lopez Mateos.

Brenda M. Briceño Can

12th street between 75 and 80. In front of the Doña Chary lunch box. Col. Emiliano Zapata.

How You Can Help Cozumel

Donate in Person To any of the above locations if you are in Cozumel

Go to any of the listed kitchens and drop off a supermarket gift card, food, or cash! You can also volunteer to help. There is a lot of work involved in shopping for ingredients, preparation, cooking, and cleaning when feeding hundreds of people daily.

Donate Through the Club Rotario & Fundación de Cozumel 

Donate to Club Rotario de Cozumel or Fundación de Cozumel. Specify the money is for the kitchens at PayPal account www.paypal.me/FundacionCozumel.

Donate Through Communitas Cozumel

Located at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church (English Service). Designate ¨COVID RELIEF¨. Donations can be made out to and mailed to Arnold Vander Bok, 511 North Lake Drive, Caledonia, MI 49316. To avoid bank fees, Canadian checks should not exceed 140 USD per check.

Donate Through The Cozumel Sun

If you are out of Cozumel and wish to designate a donation to Brenda’s or Jorge´s Community Kitchens, you may send your donations to (TCS) The Cozumel Sun´s PayPal account. Just click on the Donate button on our home page. Our PayPal fees are less than theirs, and  TCS will absorb the PayPal fees and the 16% IVA taxes.

Please designate where and how your donation is to be distributed. You may split it between organizations, or simply specify “where it is needed”.

Community Assistance

TCS sponsors vulnerable individuals and families in the Cozumel Community, as finances allow. Over the past years TCS has raised funds for groceries, medical emergencies, medicine, clothing, school related expenses, and repairing shelters. We have a “”drop in” meal policy, we feed the hungry no questions asked. Children in the immediate (Colonia Independencia) and surrounding neighborhoods are our priority.

The Cozumel Sun sponsors several Local families on an ongoing basis. Over the past years we set up a few start-up businesses to train and assist some families to become self-sufficient. We also operated a daily garage sale for years as a means of raising funds.

In addition, we publish articles that feature community programs in need of donations and volunteers. We encourage both residents and visitors to give back to this island paradise by volunteering and donating to these existing community programs.

Likewise, local Cozumel businesses and individual service providers can advertise FREE of charge in our website and Facebook pages.

TCS has successful matched those that want to help and those in need for many years.

The Cozumel Sun News promotes businesses for FREE in The Cozumel Sun Facebook Group !

Our Community Store

Papeleria y Novedades Mama Lilly was started by the Cozumel Sun. The goal was to help a local family become self-sufficient. This community store is now 100% operated by the Martínez family. The Papeleria has office and school supplies, as well as well as gifts/Novelty items. In addition, they offer internet, FAX, and telephone access. Services include Copying, Printing, Lamination, and Book Binding.

The Cozumel Sun functions ON DONATIONS ONLY. Please lend your support. Help us continue to serve the people of Cozumel. During the Pandemic, our resources have been extended to the Community Kitchens that are feeding hundreds in Cozumel.