Carlsbad nonprofit ConnectMed helps patients in Tijuana and Ensenada
North Coast Current
April 4, 2019
Carlsbad-based nonprofit ConnectMed International is set to host a day offering free medical support and reconstructive surgery for patients in underserved communities of Ensenada on May 5, following a similar event in March in Tijuana, the organization announced.
Carlsbad nonprofit Fresh Start raises $215,000 at celebrity golf event
North Coast Current
March 7, 2019
Carlsbad-based nonprofit Fresh Start Surgical Gifts exceeded its $200,000 fundraising goal during the 27th Annual Celebrity Golf Classic on March 3 and 4 at Fairbanks Ranch Country Club, the organization recently announced.
Carlsbad nonprofit ConnectMed helps open training facility in Vietnam
North Coast Current
January 16, 2019
Carlsbad-based nonprofit ConnectMed International kicked off 2019 by helping to launch a plastic surgery training facility in Vietnam, the organization announced Jan. 15.
Progress continues on arts group’s vision for old Encinitas school site
Antonio Pequeño IV
August 24, 2018
2018 has been a quiet yet productive year for the former Pacific View school site and the Encinitas Arts, Culture and Ecology Alliance.
Encinitas arts alliance receives $25K grant from Leichtag Foundation
North Coast Current
April 7, 2017
The Leichtag Foundation recently granted $25,000 to the Encinitas Arts, Culture, and Ecology Alliance to support a part-time program manager, the alliance announced April 1.
Del Mar filmmaker Sue Vicory emphasizes the Power of One
Amanda Rhoades
September 30, 2015
When her kids went off to college, Sue Vicory didn’t settle into retirement. Instead, she asked herself who she wanted to be in the second part of her life. The answer was a documentary filmmaker. Vicory, a Del Mar-based filmmaker, will embark on a cross-country road trip early next year to promote...
15 students get scholarships from San Dieguito foundation, Scripps
North Coast Current
August 15, 2015
The Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito Foundation and Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla celebrated the efforts of 15 students seeking healthcare-related careers by granting them scholarships for the new school year on Aug. 3. The joint scholarship program, now in its 12th year, provides assistance...
Teresa Barth, Encinitas residents launch effort to engage community
Ernesto Lopez
January 26, 2015
Teresa Barth, former Encinitas mayor and councilwoman, has officially taken off her “political hat” and stepped into a life of civic engagement. She recently announced her involvement as president of Engage Encinitas, a nonprofit that aims to enrich the lives of city residents by “encouraging ...
Season of giving: Local agencies prepare to help those in need
Maile Rudebusch
November 21, 2014
The holiday season is a time to come together with family, but it is also a time to reach out and support those who are less fortunate. There are many donation drop-offs and food collection drives across San Diego, and the organizations behind those drives make it their mission to help those in need...
Shedding light on a dark topic: Local resident, growing movement aim to open discussion on death and, in turn, celebrate life
Helen Hawes
October 9, 2014
Encinitas resident Tiffany Fox is hosting a Death Cafe on Oct. 18 in Solana Beach. She’ll be serving cake with tea, and you are invited to attend. When Fox heard of the Death Cafe, she felt she’d been looking for it all her life. A mother with children ages 2 and 4 years old, she had been diagn...
Nancarrow tribute fundraiser nets $50,000 for garden
Helen Hawes
February 25, 2014
Bidders raised their paddles the night of Feb. 21 to win prizes and rack up donations at Rock in the Park: A Tribute to Loren Nancarrow at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center. The money goes to the Loren Nancarrow Healing Garden at Scripps to benefit cancer patients. Between phone-in donations and...
February fundraisers scheduled in honor of Nancarrow
Helen Hawes
January 20, 2014
Loren Nancarrow’s memorial service was a paddle-out at the beach in Cardiff led by his wife, Susie. Two hundred people followed her into the ocean on their boards while hundreds more waited on the sand. As they said goodbye, a whale swam by right in front of them and flicked its tail. It was a fitting...
