Past Events of Club Sonrisas

Since 1993, Club Infantil Sonrisas has been promoting children's events and activities to help keep children away from violence and crime. The club was the first and perhaps the only organization to take two girls basketball teams to play at the San Diego Sports Arena.

At both the events, a girls team from Mexico played against a girls team from the US. One was as pre-game event before a game between Denver and Golden State. The other game was a half-time event for an NBA all-star game benefiting youth in San Diego County.

In addition, the club has organized several events with the San Diego Padres over the past several years. They have worked closely with the San Diego police department and the various cities of the state of California.

The year 2000-2001 was our biggest year ever. Under the direction of our President, Initial Pixel owner, Tamara Reed, and with the help of Interactive Studio Multimedia, we were able to establish our official Web site.

Literary workshop with Teresa Gunn
Theresa Gunn brought her Field of Dreams theater group to Tijuana and plans to continue working with us.
Teresa Gunn in conjunction with Club Infantil Sonrisas produced with her students of "The Street of Dreams" a workshop of literary composition in the Centro Cultural Tijuana in December 2000.
The Street of Dreams is a program, founded by Gunn, to give students who are homeless or living difficult lives the opportunity to express themselves through poetry. The students performed original poems and songs they wrote while taking part in the workshop..
Over 2000 people attended our January 'Día de Reyes'  Athletic Festival with similar success for our event on April 28, 2001 for 'Día de los Niños.

In April, 2001, we presented a plaque to Larry Lucchino of the San Diego Padres thanking him for his help and the tickets provided to take 200 children to four games at the Padres Stadium.

 Padres game in San Diego September 16 and 17, 2000
The children of Tecate and Tijuana took a bus to San Diego for a baseball game with the Padres against the Giants in Qualcomm Stadium.  

Painting activities
The El Monte police department donated materials to Club Sonrisas and schools of Tecate BC so the children could paint their Tecate baseball stadium.
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Tecate Athletic Festival- November 2000
The El Monte police department participated  with their baseball team "The Dukes" in an exhibition game in the Tecate stadium. The children attended the game and each received a toy donated by the police department. 
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Rosarito Athletic Festival in November
"The Dukes" played an exhibition game in Rosarito , where the children who attended received a toy donated by the police department. 
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