Category archives for: Philanthropy

Conner’s Cause for Children to present ‘Summer Breeze’ event in Rancho Santa Fe

Conner Champ at age 3

Grief finds a way of evolving as the years pass, and sometimes helping others who faced some of the same issues helps a person move forward.

Solana Santa Fe Food Drive

Student Council members Zachary Faith, Joseph Phillips, Cooper Mortimer, Ali Youel, Morgan Schreiber and Kamila De La Fuente helped promote Solana Santa Fe’s recent food drive. They asked students to help fuel the race against famine by donating to the San Diego Food Bank.

Solana Santa Fe recently held a food drive to benefit The Jacob & Cushman San Diego Food Bank. The final total food collected weighed in at 487 pounds, which was more than 287 pound more than the original goal.

United Way’s Virtual Book Drive gives San Diego Children Summer Reading Books

Fourth grade is a critical year. It is when children switch from “learning to read” to “reading to learn.” At least that should be the case.

Rancho Santa Fe volunteers transform Girls’ Recreational Room at San Pasqual Academy

Mary Kay Zolezzi, Teri Summerhays and Vicki Minteer who helped design and coordinate the Girls’ Recreational Room at San Pasqual Academy.

There was a true collaboration of love, time, and endless energy that went into the design and implementation to refurbish the Girls’ Recreational Room at San Pasqual Academy, which is both home and school for foster teens.

Conner’s Cause for Children Golf Classic is April 18

The 16th Annual Conner’s Cause for Children Golf Classic will be held April 18 at the Twin Oaks Golf Course in San Marcos.

Rancho Santa Fe Unit of Rady Children’s Hospital Auxiliary Gala to feature Jay Leno

Jay-Leno

Fundraising kicked off in October with the “Tee-Off Fore Rady’s” golf tournament at the Fairbanks Ranch Country Club, raising over $40,000 and featuring the announcement of Jay Leno as their March Gala headliner

‘Breakfast With Champions’ to benefit prostate cancer research

The event will feature Pro Football Hall of Famers and prostate cancer survivors Mike Haynes and Deacon Jones who will discuss their experiences as champions, both on and off the field.

Everyone was a winner!

Committee members: Cindy Bligh, Dolores Crawford, Joyce Burns, Sharon Considine, Kathy McElhinney, Joan Flowers, Michele Homan and Deana Ingalls.

The Susan G. Komen Charity Golf Tournament was washed out but everyone was a winner.

‘Rally For Richard’

Rally for Richard

The Emilio Nares Foundation held a rally at the home of Nancy Jo and John Cappetta in Rancho Santa Fe, Friday evening, Feb. 1

San Diego chapter of Veterans For Peace needs donations for homeless veterans

The San Diego chapter of Veterans For Peace recently gave out its 1,500th sleeping bag set to a homeless person

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