Burl Mackenzie

The local Center for Community Solutions recently honored businesses and community members as well as volunteers at the Eighth Annual Tea By the Sea, which featured Ms. Magazine co-founder and feminist leader Gloria Steinem as keynote speaker.

The nonprofit presented awards to volunteers Chrissy Cmorik, Sami Longo-Disse and Dustin Slack, and also honored the Junior Seau Foundation as community partner, Verizon Communications as corporate partner and Jeanne Johnson as the 2007 Courage Award winner.

The center has been creating safe and healthy communities with an emphasis on the treatment and prevention of sexual assaults and domestic violence since 1969.

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Scripps Clinic and Scripps Green Hospital’s fifth annual Renaissance Ball was scheduled for March 31 at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla to honor philanthropist Burl Mackenzie.

Mackenzie serves on advisory boards of the Scripps Clinic and Scripps Green Hospital, Scripps Clinic Division of Cardiology and the Shiley Center for Orthopaedic Research and Education.

Her donations have also funded the Mackenzie Endowment for Nursing Services, in addition to other important medical programs.

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Casa de Amparo honored Oceanside-based OneSource Distributors Inc. at its Second Annual World Cup Grand Prix at the Del Mar Arena on March 24.

“Casa de Amparo provides a refuge for neglected and abused children, and enables us the opportunity to support the Casa community,” said Paul Judge, OneSource senior vice president.

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Mayor Jerry Sanders kicked off the Mayors for Meals Day campaign March 20 by delivering meals to senior citizens along with other mayors in the county and Meals on Wheels volunteers.

Other mayors participating included Cheryl Cox of Chula Vista, Carl Hilliard of Del Mar, James Bond of Encinitas, Jim Wood of Oceanside and Morris Vance of Vista. Meals on Wheels serves elderly residents who have trouble preparing their own meals.