Feeding San Diego announced that it raised more $700,371, equating to 2,801,000 meals, in partnership with ABC10, sister station Azteca San Diego 15 and Live Well San Diego during the fourth annual Month of a Million Meals campaign. Exceeding the original goal by more than 1,800,000 meals, the 2016 holiday push included a live telethon and support from several local celebrities. San Diegans donated food, time and funds to support the 1 in 8 San Diegans, including 1 in 5 children, struggling with hunger.
Stacy Rungaitis, director of development and marketing at Feeding San Diego, said the meals will make a difference to the communities that are served each week.
Joel Davis, vice president, divisional general manager at E.W. Scripps, said its teams get very enthused about the project because of the difference it makes in the lives of San Diegans.
Also supporting the campaign were Tom Delonge from Blink 182 and Angels & Airwaves, “Top Chef” contestant Chad White, retired ABC 10 News reporter Bob Lawrence, former San Diego Padres infielder Mark Loretta, chef Claudia Sandoval, Tri-City Medical Center and ESET.
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Sharp HealthCare announced it surpassed its goal of raising $100 million for “INSPIRE: The Sharp HealthCare Campaign for Excellence,” a philanthropy campaign launched in late 2010.
The campaign netted $101.7 million before its conclusion Dec. 31, 2016. It was part of a $600 million plan to improve the San Diego-based health system’s infrastructure and enhance its research and technologies.
More than 25,000 individuals and businesses contributed to the campaign by donating to the Coronado Hospital Foundation, the Grossmont Hospital Foundation or the Sharp HealthCare Foundation. Some $3 million raised through INSPIRE helped build the Douglas & Nancy Barnhart Cancer Center at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center. The funds also benefited Sharp’s Arts for Healing program, which served 83,000 families and patients, as well as research done at the company’s Neonatal Research Institute at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns.
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The NTC Foundation announced the appointment of fourth-generation Point Loma resident Lori Fleet-Martin as its board chair. Fleet-Martin, who joined the board in 2010, has been active in the continued development of Arts District Liberty Station and its transformation from a Navy base to an arts and culture district. Martin replaces Richard Opper, also a Point Loma resident, who will remain on the board. She takes the helm just as the NTC Foundation heads into its 10th anniversary year. Joining Fleet-Martin on the board are new members Jason Paguio, a small business owner, nonprofit founder, and public policy adviser who lives in Chula Vista, and Linda Mamer, who has 20 years of experience in commercial and business banking with Wells Fargo Bank, Union Bank of California and is currently a senior vice president/senior relationship manager at Banc of California in their commercial banking group.
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The San Diego Armed Services YMCA, with the support of Farmers Insurance, provided approximately 350 donated suits to transitioning service members at its community food distribution, the NEX. The Armed Services YMCA distributes food to over 250 military families on the fourth Thursday of every month with the support of the San Diego Food Bank. Farmers Insurance volunteers, including CEO of Farmers Group Inc., Jeff Dailey, supported both events at the San Diego Armed Services YMCA. More than one million military personnel will transition to civilian life in the next couple of years and may not have appropriate business attire. Each piece of clothing donated brings Suits for Soldiers closer to its goal of collecting 50,000 suits that can help create an easier transition for veterans into the civilian workforce.
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The San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy announced its newest board member is Donald Mosier of Del Mar. Mosier is professor emeritus in the department of immunology & microbial science at The Scripps Research Institute, having recently retired after four decades of HIV-1/AIDS research. Mosier has a long history of community service including being mayor of Del Mar, a two-term City Council member and a member of the Design Review Board. He also was the San Dieguito River Park & Open Space JPA Board Chair, liaison to the Del Mar Community Connections, the Del Mar Lagoon Committee and the Del Mar Village Association.
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