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Supporting FoodBank Lakeside’s food safety net has just gotten easier, due to the Mexican government’s accreditation of our collective efforts to provide despensas and weekday lunches to our neighbors.  The granting of AC* status to FoodBank Lakeside allows the organization to accept checks (payable to FoodBank Lakeside AC) written on Mexican, U.S. and Canadian banks, as well as local cash contributions and wire transfers.  Checks made out to FoodBank Lakeside AC can be picked up through our cash pickup program or dropped off at participating Dine & Donate restaurants.

FoodBank Lakeside welcomes cash donations.  Our volunteers will pick up your donation at a time convenient for you. If you wish to donate on a regular monthly basis, let us know and we’ll send you reminders.

Canadian e-transfer: Canadian donors also can initiate an e-transfer (free of charge) to FoodBankLakeside@gmail.com. The funds will be received in a Canadian bank account, converted to pesos and then sent to FoodBank Lakeside. At this time, we are unable to provide tax deductible receipts for Canada.

Foodbank Lakeside also offers an option to  honor someone special to you — to celebrate a holiday, birthday, wedding or any special  occasion, or the memory of a loved one through our Gift From the Heart program. Click here to learn more on Gift from the Heart. 

How to Wire Funding Support directly to FoodBank Lakeside

Thank you so much for your support of FoodBank Lakeside. Here is information on how to donate directly to FoodBank Lakeside by wiring funds.

If you are wiring funds from a Mexican bank, you just need FoodBank Lakeside’s CLABE, which is 136324759857100151. Wire transfers can sometimes be difficult to identify. Therefore, we ask that after your transaction is executed you send us an e-mail message at foodbanklakesidemanagement@gmail.com with your name and the amount of your donation.

If you are wiring funds from a U.S. bank, you will be wiring funds to another U.S. bank (The Bank of New York Mellon), which will then transfer the monies to Intercam in Mexico, DF for the FoodBank Lakeside Intercam account. Wire transfers can sometimes be difficult to identify.

Therefore, we ask that after your transaction is executed you send us an e-mail message at foodbanklakesidemanagement@gmail.comwith your name and the amount of your donation.

Here’s the information you’ll need for your bank:

Bank Bank of New York – USD Wire Transfer

Name: The Bank of New York Mellon

Address: ONE WALL ST, NEW YORK, CITY NY 10286

ABA Routing:  021000018

Beneficiary:

Name: INTERCAM BANCO S.A. IBM

Account Number:  8901137952

Address: Río Tiber 70, Col. Cuauhtémoc, México, D.F. 06500

For Receiving Bank:

Special instructions for the receiver only (reference needed) FFCC

FOODBANK LAKESIDE A.C. 136324759857100151

Guerrero 156, Chapala Centro, Chapala Jalisco Mexico, 45900

TAX DEDUCTIBLE and ONLINE DONATIONS

FoodBank Lakeside uses the Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities to process online donations and to provide tax deductible receipts for donations to FoodBank Lakeside. 

Monthly online donations are welcome and can be setup automatically via many payment methods (PayPal, debit and credit cards) through the Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities  website. Monthly payments are essential to ensuring we have income to continue our programs throughout the year.

Donors, who bank in the U.S. and wish to claim a deduction on their U.S. taxes or wish to make a donation through PayPal, have the option of giving to FoodBank Lakeside through the Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities. The Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities is a 501(c)3 organization which automatically issues US tax receipts. We regret we are not able to provide tax deductible receipts for Canada at this time.

The Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities can accept and process donations sent via PayPal, credit cards, wire transfers, checks drawn on Mexican banks, domestic funds transfers, and cash deposits. They cannot process paper checks drawn on US or Canadian banks. At this time, we recommend that all checks be made directly to FoodBank Lakeside AC.

To donate by Paypal, debit/credit card, check/money order or wire transfer, click on the appropriate button below. It will take you to the website of the Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities. Be sure to designate FoodBank Lakeside as your donation recipient. (Note – the Paypal link below is also for debit cards and credit cards.  The link takes you to the page on which FoodBank Lakeside is listed.  Just scroll down until you see us!)