To date, our funding has gone towards various projects at La Casa de Esperanza in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico.
La Casa de Esperanza houses children from infants to preteens that were either left to fend for themselves or given up voluntarily because their parents couldn’t care for them. The number of children can change weekly, but usually average around 30.
Realizing that any money we could raise would go a long way down in Mexico, we decided that Esperanza would be the first benefactor of Junto AZ. For the first four years we held a golf tournament at Las Palomas Beach & Golf Resort, in Puerto Peñasco.
Originally, Junto AZ was simply a group of friends that would meet on a regular basis to network. In 2008 we formalized the group as a limited liability company that funded all of the projects through February 2010. Junto AZ obtained 501c3 status in March 2010.
2007
On another trip to Esperanza we immediately realized what our first microcause was to fund: an electrical substation. Their current substation was both inefficient and incredibly unsafe for the kids. Only afterwards did we realize the irony of funding an electrical project from a group that was born out of an idea that Benjamin Franklin had.
2008
In our second year, we were able to fund a passenger van.
2009
Year three we donated money to furnish the boys dorm.