Community Involvement

CAA has more than 100 members who contribute their talents to the community. We are always finding new ways to make San Ramón a better place!
Here are some examples of organizations and activities we support:
  • Árbol de Esperanza provides a safe and secure space for women within San Ramón and surrounding communities, with the goal of helping women achieve individual autonomy. 
  • Associación Acompáñame provides palliative care services to alleviate the emotional and physical pain of people with cancer and terminal diseases. 
  • CAA's Baja Tejares Tamale Christmas helps the village women of Baja Tejares, and exceptionally poor area of San Ramón, celebrate a much-loved Christmas tradition by purchasing the tamale ingredients and helping make these special treats that the women give to their families and neighbors. 
  • CAA's Blankets for Babies of San Ramón provides changing mats, blankets, burping pads, and infant hats for the underprivileged mothers of newborns in the area. Volunteers make the items and twenty mothers, on average, are served every month. 
  • The Christmas Toy Drive is conducted to collect and purchase toys. We then distribute them to underprivileged children in the San Ramón area. 
  • The CAA Education Scholarship Program provides scholarship support to needy students as they progress from elementary school through high school and college. It works with local vendors to provide supplies and support such as eyeglasses, uniforms, and school supplies. 
  • CAA's English Conversation Program has more than 300 participants. More than 40 volunteers help students improve their spoken English and conversational confidence. 
  • CAA's Food Boxes for the Needy supplies and delivers staples to underprivileged neighborhoods in the San Ramón area. Rice, beans, sugar, oil, tuna, masa, and canned corn are included in each box. 
  • La Asociacion los del Camino Agape provides clothing, food, and safe shelter for homeless men in San Ramón. 

Activities and Events

CAA offers a great way to meet expats and costarricenses. You'll make lots of new friends when you participate in various activities, classes, or social events we offer or support. 

Recent and ongoing examples:
  • Spanish conversation groups
  • Monthly mixers at area restaurants
  • Family picnics
  • Choir
  • Sip-and-paint classes
  • Dances and parties
  • Theater productions
  • Thursday morning coffee and social
  • Day trips
  • Instrumental ensembles
For expats, CAA provides a personal opportunity to redefine and recreate your life. For costarricenses, CAA offers new relationships and resources to help make a difference individually and in the community. 

Become a Member

For the last decade, CAA has raised money for and volunteered services to local San Ramón causes. We have affiliations with recognized international, national, and local organizations. 

You can support CAA with your membership dues of 5,000 colones and help improve the quality of life in greater San Ramón. Your membership connects you to a rich network of friendship, support, and opportunities to participate in the life of your new community in Costa Rica.

For more information about CAA, please click here.