Interfaith Community Services -2010 Carlsbad Charitable Foundation Grantee
This affiliate was honored to announce this year’s grantees at the Grant Awards Ceremony in June. Nearly 90 supporters gathered at the Agua Hedionda Discovery Center to hear the news. The focus area for this year is Civil Society – Building a Better Carlsbad together. The deserving organizations are Kids Turn San Diego, which received $20,000 in support, and Interfaith Community Services, which was granted $24,545.
The Grant Awards Ceremony was featured in The San Diego Union-Tribune, Coast News, and the North County Times.
The Carlsbad Charitable Foundation is also excited to announce two new board members: Ernie Bray and Joseph Bear. Mr. Bray believes we should all take ownership and interest in our local communities. "We must remain engaged and help build a solid future for our children and community which will extend into the years ahead. My father was an educator for 38 years and taught me the values of teamwork and the importance of helping others. In discussions with my ninety-five year old grandmother, she stressed the significance of shared values in one's community. She described how families and friends helped each other during the Great Depression. These lessons of life left an indelible impression on me,"
Bray said.
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The San Diego Food Bank -2010 Oceanside Charitable Foundation Grantee
Oceanside members spent the month of June preparing for a summit addressing access to food which was held at Mira Costa College. Information collected from this gathering will be used for the foundation’s future work and faciliated the Grant Awards Ceremony selection of The San Diego Food Bank and Brother Bennos as this year's recipients. Trisha Gooch and Vanessa Franco accepted the $18,390 grant for The San Diego Food Bank and Harold Kutler graciously received the $3,610 grant for The Brother Benno Foundation. The grantees shared how the resources will be utilized to increase access to food for Oceanside residents at the reception which was attended by more than 60 people.
Diane Nygaard was also welcomed as the new chair of the board to oversee its ongoing efforts.
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Has announced that Dency Souval is this affiliate’s new board chair. Ms. Souval is committed to sharing her passion for the arts by bringing the arts to the communities of Chula Vista. She also aspires to encourage Chula Vista’s full participation in implementation of public art for the Chula Vista Bayfront and to contribute to the success of the Public Art Program in the Port District as a whole.
Dency Souval is a fine arts artist, consultant and teacher with thirty years experience in the San Diego County area, representing the city of Chula Vista. Her professional focus has spanned all the expressive arts including dancing, painting, music and sculpture. With the Chula Vista Elementary School District, she taught creative arts for twenty-seven years, developed and implemented curricula for grades K-6, classes for the Gifted and Artistically Talented Education (GATE) program, and summer school for challenged students. She also developed the ART SMART after-school program that was sponsored by the City of Chula Vista and developed curricula and implemented College for Kids at Southwestern College. As a volunteer, Ms. Souval participated in Chula Vista 2000 Community and City committees for bringing Chula Vista into the new century and is currently involved in Chula Vista’s A Taste of the Arts Festival and the National Arts Program. Dency is currently Vice President of the Chula Vista Public Library Foundation, National Arts Program Chair, Chula Vista Representative to Port Public Art Committee, and Ambassador Chula Vista 100.
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La Jolla Community Foundation Board Members
This affiliate made its initial grant to save the fire pits of La Jolla which garnered mass attention and spearheaded the effort to save the fire pits for the entire county. It is currently developing guidelines for upcoming grants, which will have an arts and culture focus.
The fire pits effort was featured extensively in the media. Preview The San Diego Union-Tribune and La Jolla Light articles here.
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Escondido is in the process of completing site visits as part of this year’s grant process. The focus is on Civil Society, with an emphasis on keeping youth in school and out of trouble. This affiliate is also pleased to announce that Jack Campbell is the new board chair, and wishes to thank past chair Tom Knight for a great year! Jack is pleased to welcome four new board members -- Debi Dowdy, Dorcas Lounsbery, Carl Skaja and Nick Tsoulos -- this year.
Escondido Charitable Foundation at the Grape Day Park
The Escondido Charitable Foundation also spearheaded a facelift for Grape Day Park recently. On Saturday, July 31, this affiliate invited the community to participate with service club members on work crews and provided a complimentary barbecue for the community of Escondido in the afternoon. The event brought Foundation members and other Escondido service group members together for a day of Grape Day Park improvement activities. Approximately 100 volunteers painted park signs, planted water-tolerant and low-maintenance plants, repaired tables and benches and built new tables.
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4SRanch~Del Sur Community Foundation Members
Held its grant celebration, awarding the largest sum of grant dollars in its history to three deserving organizations. This year’s focus was technology and the grantees were Stone Ranch Elementary School, Friends of the 4S Library and Oak Valley Music Boosters.
Also from this affiliate comes the announcement that Judy Simeroth is its news board chair. Thanks to Adrianna Amon for her great work in this role last year!
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Held its Pathway of Pride event in June. As part of the event, 18 community members were honored for their support of the Rancho Bernardo Community through a donation of at least $1,000 to the RB endowment fund. Also from this affiliate is news of the recent legacy gift of $500,000 from resident Matt McLaughlin. This gives the Rancho Bernardo Community Foundation the distinction of being the first affiliate foundation to reach an endowment of over $1 million.
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One final note from our community affiliates…
We are moving our North County Coastal office from Solana Beach to Carlsbad. Special thanks to Tom Applegate and his partners at CEA, LLP for underwriting the office cost.
Our new North County Coastal office address is:
703 Palomar Airport Road, Suite 150, Carlsbad, CA 92011
760-269-3882
