JACKSON, Wyo. — One22 Resource Center is excited to celebrate the second community-wide Dia de Los Muertos holiday with 14 local social service, faith, and arts organizations. Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a festive multi-day holiday, originating in Mexico, during which family and friends gather to joyfully remember friends and family members who have died. One favorite Día de los Muertos tradition is the creation of ofrendas (home altars) with the favorite food and beverages of the departed. 

This year, we will celebrate on Wednesday, Nov. 2, when each partner will install a unique ofrenda at their offices around Jackson, and the community is invited to join by downloading and printing this scavenger hunt card. Visitors will stamp their cards at each ofrenda site, returning completed cards to One22’s Jackson Cupboard (155 West Gill Ave.) on Nov. 2. 

Cards with at least 10 stamps will be entered in a raffle, and everyone who stops by Jackson Cupboard between 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. will take home pozole, a delicious traditional Mexican soup (while supplies last). The pozole has been lovingly prepared by the Central Wyoming College (CWC) Culinary Program students.

Dia de los Muertos is most observed in Mexico but also celebrated in other places in South and Central America and the United States. Traditions include honoring the deceased using calaveras (skulls) and Aztec marigold flowers (cempazúchitl), building ofrendas with the favorite foods and beverages of the departed, visiting graves with these items as gifts for the deceased, giving gifts such as candy sugar skulls, and sharing traditional pan de muerto with family and friends. Day of the Dead is a holiday of joyful celebration rather than mourning, as celebrants remember funny events and anecdotes about the departed.

Ofrenda Sites:

  • Center for the Arts, 240 South Glenwood Street (Cache Street entrance)
  • Central Wyoming College, 240 South Glenwood Street (Glenwood entrance, Room 120)
  • Children’s Learning Center, 145 Mercill Avenue                               
  • Coombs Outdoors, 160 North Glenwood Street       
  • Jackson Hole Historical Society & Museum, 225 North Cache Street
  • National Museum of Wildlife Art, 2820 Rungius Road
  • Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole, 1251 S Park Loop Rd
  • Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church, 201 South Jackson Street
  • St. John’s Episcopal Church, 170 North Glenwood Street (in the main Sanctuary)
  • Teton County Housing Department, 320 South King Street (on Hansen Avenue side of the building)
  • Teton County Library, 125 Virginian Lane (in the lobby)
  • Teton Literacy Center, 1715 High School Road, #260 (Flat Creek Business Center)
  • Town of Jackson, 150 East Pearl Avenue
  • Voices JH, 140 E Broadway, #22B                               
  • One22 Resource Center & Jackson Cupboard, 155 East Gill Street

El próximo 2 de noviembre, de 3:30 a 6:30 pm, el Centro de Recursos One22 y otras quince (15) organizaciones sin fines de lucro artísticas y de servicio social en la localidad albergarán, por segunda ocasión, una celebración comunitaria del Día de Muertos.  

El Día de Muertos es una festividad mexicana, en la cual familiares y amigos se

se reúnen para recordar y rendir homenaje a sus seres queridos fallecidos. Entre las tradiciones más practicadas de esta celebración están las ofrendas o altares, que incorporan, entre otras cosas, los alimentos y bebidas favoritas de los difuntos.

A partir del miércoles 2 de noviembre, cada una de las organizaciones sin fines de lucro participantes tendrá instalada su ofrenda al exterior de sus oficinas en Jackson. Invitamos a toda la comunidad a unirse al recorrido. Quien desee hacerlo podrá descargar e imprimir su tarjeta “Mapa de Búsqueda del Tesoro del Día de Muertos” o si lo prefieren, acudir a una de las organizaciones participantes para recogerla. En cada ofrenda, los visitantes irán “tachando” su tarjeta con los sellos especiales y al finalizar el recorrido, acudirán al Jackson Cupboard de One22 (155 West Gill Ave) para entregar su tarjeta completada y acceder a la oportunidad de ganar un fabuloso premio. Asimismo, podrán llevarse un delicioso pozole, cortesía de los estudiantes del Programa Culinario de la Central Wyoming College (CWC). *Hasta agotar existencias.