Dear friends and supporters of the Punta de Mita Foundation,

The International Community Foundation, our fiscal sponsor in the US is undertaking a research where they need to identify qualified U.S. retirees now living in Mexico either part time or on a year round basis for a study of U.S. retirement trends in Mexico being undertaken by the International Community Foundation.

The goal of this research will be to better assess the consumer preferences and lifestyle choices of U.S. retirees now living in Mexico on issues related to cost of living, health care, public safety, environmental sustainability, as well as the degree of cultural integration and civic engagement in ones adopted Mexican community.   Through the research findings the International Community Foundation hopes to provide U.S. and Mexican policymakers with recommendations that will better enable Americans to comfortably retire in Mexico while at the same time assisting their adopted Mexican communities to sustainability adjust to the growing number of U.S. retirees that are likely to emigrant to Mexico in the coming years. We also hope to use this research to promote more active engagement of U.S. retirees with Mexico’s nonprofit sector through expanded volunteerism and philanthropy.   The study is scheduled to be completed in January 2010.

All information provided will remain confidential in adherence to the International Community Foundation’s donor privacy policy. For each completed questionnaire from a qualified U.S. retiree, the International Community Foundation will make a US$3.00 contribution in the name of the retiree to their Mexican charity of choice with a “friends of fund” at our foundation including Punta de Mita Foundation.

If you are currently retired living partly or fulltime in Mexico or are planning to do so, please paste the following URL in your browser to access the online questionnaire: 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=uYzpSnz0rLrjaDRXKYZOCg_3d_3d