The world’s foremost authority on chimpanzees, Jane Goodall, was in La Jolla Friday night, Sept. 28, to raise money for her Virginia-based wildlife and environmental conservation organization, The Jane Goodall Institute.
The 11th annual Taste at the Cove, a fundraising auction and fashion show to benefit San Diego Sports Medicine Foundation, was held Sept. 6 at Scripps Park at La Jolla Cove. The event recognized many San Diego Olympians and professional athletes. Among the Olympic guests were gymnastics gold medalist Kerry Strug, track & field gold medalist Monique Henderson, silver medal cyclist Sarah Hammer, and beach volleyball silver medalist, Mike Dodd. Many professional athletes, including NFL Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk and several San Diego Chargers players, were in attendance.
Richard Davis of La Jolla was honored with an award for excellence in community service from the Japanese Friendship Garden Society of San Diego at its 13th annual August Moon Gala on Aug. 16. Davis was recognized for his accomplishments as executive director of the San Diego-based Kyoto Symposium Organization (KSO). Since 2004, Davis has [...]
Jared Davis, a Prudential California Realty agent, hopes to raise awareness and funds for a Global Act of Kindness trip to Kenya in August. Davis will travel with a group of volunteers to conduct a three-day medical clinic, distribute water filtration devices, and provide shoes and educational supplies for orphaned children in Africa. Davis and [...]
The 10th annual Starry, Starry Night benefit for Voices for Children in foster care will be held Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Rancho Valencia Resort in Rancho Santa Fe, which is undergoing a renovation to reopen in late summer. Blues guitarist Coco Montoya will have the entertainment spotlight. Before starting his own band, Montoya performed [...]
The Rotary Club of La Jolla awarded $150,000 in college scholarships to 22 graduating La Jolla High School seniors during its May 22 luncheon at the La Valencia Hotel.
Local potters are busy making the hundreds of unique and beautifully crafted ceramic bowls needed for the annual Empty Bowls event to fight hunger, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 12 at La Jolla United Methodist Church, 6063 La Jolla Blvd. (858) 454-7108. Guests choose a bowl from the hundreds on display for $20, and then have it filled with soups that are catered and donated by area restaurants. After partaking of the simple meal of soup and bread, guests take their bowls home as a reminder their donation has helped to fight hunger in San Diego.
Tucked away in a neighborhood of San Diego that many La Jollans likely have never visited sits a small school that’s having a big impact on students from some of the city’s less-fortunate neighborhoods. Despite the distance from La Jolla, Nativity Prep Academy has about 200 people living in 92037 who support the middle school on 55th Street either with their time or money.
Since arriving in San Diego from the Midwest during Super Bowl weekend of 1988, Charlene Pryor has forged an impressive résumé in the world of philanthropy and nonprofit giving, serving as senior vice-president of endowments and planned giving at The San Diego Foundation and as director of gift planning for the Zoological Society of San Diego.
Last month, Pryor returned to the San Diego Foundation as senior director of charitable giving, donor experience and engagement, where she will also work part-time to increase philanthropic giving for the nascent La Jolla Community Foundation.
Fashion Forward and the San Diego Food Bank have teamed up for a second annual luncheon and fashion show Thursday, Feb. 16 at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine.
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