Girl Scout Troop 1248 recently helped the UCSD Bannister Family House as part of earning their Girl Scout Bronze Award. Similar to Ronald McDonald House, Bannister House is an organization that houses families of hospital patients.
The Grand Del Mar, the Forbes Five-Star, AAA Five Diamond resort located in Carmel Valley, has added to its growing list of accolades with a nod from the City of San Diego for its ambitious recycling program.
Earl Warren Middle School Teen Korps is a youth organization offering opportunities for teens to engage in community service. The Solana Beach Library partnered with them for a Book Drive to collect books and start the Twenedrase Community Library in Ghana, where they currently do not have a library at all.
Anne Marie Sager, Carmel Valley resident and sophomore at Francis Parker School, created Serving Spoons, a community service organization that serves meals to families in need. She created the program in January 2011 because she wanted to combine her love for cooking with her love of helping people.
Don’t miss the fabulous buys at the 15th Annual Ashley Falls Neighborhood Garage Sale, which will be held Saturday, June 2, beginning at 7 a.m. Local homeowner and realtor Robbi Campbell with Robbi Campbell Properties, of Real Living Lifestyles in Carmel Valley, is again sponsoring this community event.
Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest just celebrated its anniversary — and received a very generous gift. Seven donors — six of them local residents — contributed a combined $350,000 for the organization’s annual fundraising dinner on May 3 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, according to Keith Limberg, vice president of development. (About 1,500 people attended the event, which raised more than $1 million.)
Each year the Solana Pacific PTA sponsors the Reflections program, which challenges students to be creative in their response to a specific theme. The theme for the 2011-2012 school year was “Diversity Means…”
One of the things I love the most about Rotary is the way we get involved in our communities and help those in need. Friends and fellow members of the Del Mar – Solana Beach Rotary again helped at the Ecke Ranch Plant Sale in support of the North Country Community Resource Center.
Daisy Troop 3042 from Solana Highlands Elementary School recently helped the environment when they participated in a beach clean up at Torrey Pines.
The 2nd grade Ashley Falls Brownie Troop is conducting an animal toy drive to benefit cats and dogs at the Helen Woodward Animal Center. In honor of the 100th-year anniversary of Girl Scouts, the troop has set a goal of collecting 100 toys. There will be a collection box in the front office at Ashley Falls School now through May 18.
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