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Season of Sharing 2025 – Benefiting Clients of the San Diego Regional Center

Season of Sharing 2025 – Benefiting Clients of the San Diego Regional Center

A Celebration with Purpose: Season of Sharing at Stone Brewing

Season of Sharing returns on November 16th at Stone Brewing, Liberty Station, for a family-friendly afternoon where holiday fun meets giving back. Guests will enjoy holiday crafts, games, delicious bites, refreshing drinks, and quality time with loved ones—all while supporting San Diego Regional Center (SDRC) families who need a little extra support this holiday season.

Tickets include gourmet appetizers, signature beverages, and the chance to connect with others who share a commitment to making the holidays brighter. Proceeds provide holiday gift cards that bring dignity, joy, and togetherness to SDRC families.

Sponsorships: Extending Community Impact

Sponsorship opportunities are at the heart of Season of Sharing’s success. By partnering with the Foundation for Developmental Disabilities (FDD), businesses and organizations do more than provide holiday relief—they stand alongside the intellectual and developmental disability (I/DD) community in San Diego and Imperial Counties.

Your support extends far beyond a single season. Sponsorship is an investment in inclusion, compassion, and connection—values that ripple throughout the community and create lasting change. Together, we ensure San Diego Regional Center families experience the joy, dignity, and hope of the holidays, while strengthening a more inclusive community for years to come.

Join Us in Spreading Holiday Cheer

The Foundation for Developmental Disabilities invites community members, businesses, and organizations to be part of Season of Sharing—a program dedicated to ensuring no family is left behind during the holidays. Every donation, ticket purchase, and sponsorship directly supports SDRC families facing financial hardship.

By supporting Season of Sharing, you affirm the dignity of individuals with I/DDs and their families. Together, we can ensure the true spirit of the season—family, sharing, and joy—touches every home.

Par for a Purpose Golf Tournament

Join us on Monday, October 20th at the beautiful Fairbanks Ranch Country Club for our Second Annual Par for a Purpose Golf Tournament benefiting the Mitchell Thorp Foundation. Enjoy a day of championship golf, on-course games, prizes, and a post-tournament dinner with a live auction-all in support of families whose children are battling life-threatening illnesses.

Early Bird Pricing: $275 per golfer (until Sept. 1)
Regular Pricing: $325 per golfer

Secure your spot and swing for a cause!

OTC Garden Party Gala

Oceanside Theatre Company (OTC) is proud to honor Christopher and Tracy Williams with the third annual Kathy Brombacher Lifetime Theatre Achievement Award and Colleen O’Harra with the second annual Hattie “Sunshine” Brooks Award for their outstanding contributions to the arts in Oceanside, California.

The awards will be presented during OTC’s 2025 Gala Celebration, Garden Party Gala, on Saturday, September 21, 2025, from 3 to 6 pm at El Corazon Senior Center (3480 Village Commercial Drive, Oceanside, CA 92056). The afternoon celebration will feature live entertainment, refreshments, a silent auction, and a live auction.

This special event is a fundraiser in support of OTC’s mission to enrich the community through live theatre, arts education, and cultural programming. As a cultural hub at the historic Sunshine Brooks Theater, OTC is dedicated to producing thought-provoking work, spotlighting local talent, and fostering meaningful connections through the shared experience of the arts in Oceanside.

Farm Film and Music: Last Stand & Fire Lines

Join Coastal Roots Farm for an evening of community, live music, and transformative storytelling. Part of our 5-part Farm Film & Music Series, this event invites guests to gather under the stars and engage in inspiring dialogue about regenerative agriculture, environmental justice, and the future of our food systems.
This screening will feature two short films: Last Stand and Fire Lines. Fire Lines – After the Dixie Fire ravaged Northern California’s Lost Sierra region, local trail builders reimagined how outdoor recreation could help restore land, support fire recovery, and revitalize the economy. Last Stand – A powerful look at efforts to protect a legacy forest in the Elwha River Watershed, highlighting the fight against deforestation and the role of grassroots activism in safeguarding vital ecosystems.
📅 Date: Thursday, August 28
🕡 6:00 PM – Gates Open: Enjoy live music, community partners, and a beautiful Farm setting
🎙️7:00 PM – Panel discussion
🎬 8:00 PM – Last Stand and Fire Lines screenings (60 minutes total)
🎵 Music: Nathan and Jessie

Farm Film and Music Series – San Diego: America’s Wildest City Screening

Join Coastal Roots Farm for an evening of community, live music, and transformative storytelling. Part of our 5-part Farm Film & Music Series, this event invites guests to gather under the stars and engage in inspiring dialogue about regenerative agriculture, environmental justice, and the future of our food systems.

This screening will feature “San Diego: America’s Wildest City.” San Diego is an oasis at the intersection of hostile worlds: the dividing line between the Mojave Desert to the East and the Pacific Ocean to the West; the Sierra Mountains to the North and Mexican border to the South. Meet the diverse array of wildlife thriving incongruously in a transformed landscape of manmade wilderness. From the dramatic rituals of grebes and the playful antics of ground squirrels to the thrilling hunts of orcas and the moonlit spawning of grunion, witness nature’s resilience and beauty amidst the urban sprawl. 

Flapjacks for Backpacks

Kick off the new school year while raising funds to build Great Futures at the Boys & Girls Club of San Marcos! Our annual Flapjacks for Backpacks event features a delicious pancake breakfast fundraiser and the Cox Back-to-School Community Resource Fair, gathering a variety of local businesses and community organizations to help families get ready for the new school year.

The Back-to-School Resource Fair will feature:

Free backpacks and school supplies for kids, while supplies last (youth must be present)

Back-to-School Resource Booths

Activities & games for kids

Prize wheels, contests, and prizes

…and more back to school resources!

Sponsorships & nonprofit booths are available! To learn more, call (760) 539-3306 or email events@boysgirlsclubsm.org.

Farm Film and Music Series – Common Ground Screening

Join Coastal Roots Farm for an evening of community, live music, and transformative storytelling. Part of our 5-part Farm Film & Music Series, this event invites guests to gather under the stars and engage in inspiring dialogue about regenerative agriculture, environmental justice, and the future of our food systems.

This screening will feature “Common Ground,” the follow-up documentary to Kiss the Ground, directed by Josh and Rebecca Tickell. Winner of the Tribeca Film Festival, this powerful film features voices like Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Woody Harrelson, Rosario Dawson, Donald Glover, and others. Common Ground offers real hope through concrete solutions to heal our soil, our health, and our planet.

Small Waves, Big Changes

Travelers Aid’s annual event supports transportation for San Diegans in need. Join us!

Themed cocktails, beer, wine, and a full Mediterranean spread will be set to a background of summertime fun and live music, with silent auctions and raffles rounding out the event. Each ticket comes with two drink tickets, and a portion of the proceeds from additional sales will be donated back to the organization. We hope you can join us for Small Waves, Big Changes, and will help spread the word to your friends, families, and colleagues.

We’ll be raising funds to help provide transportation to low income older adults right here in San Diego. Access to transportation allows our clients to stay independent and make necessary life connections.

We’re also raising funds to support our Journey to Safety program. Survivors of domestic violence need our help to get to medical, legal, and counseling appointments locally, and need our help to leave the area so that they can live in places of safety and support. We provide many modes of transportation support as well as hotel stays and food during travel. This popular and needed program is being threatened by a lack of future funding, and it’s so important to continue our work in this space!

Please support us on June 25th by purchasing a ticket, making a donation, or sponsoring the event. You can also make a difference by purchasing a ticket for one of our cherished clients or volunteers at a discounted price!

Farm Film and Music Series

Join us this summer for a 5-part series featuring inspiring documentary films, local musicians, and meaningful conversations around equitable food systems, environmental justice, and caring for the planet.

Common Ground:  From the filmmakers of ‘Kiss the Ground’ (Netflix) comes the follow-up documentary ‘Common Ground’, winner of the Tribeca Film Festival. Common Ground is an important new documentary film featuring Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Woody Harrelson, Ian Somerhalder, Donald Glover, Rosario Dawson, Mark Hyman, Gabe Brown, and many others. Directed by Josh and Rebecca Tickell, Common Ground provides hope for future generations with concrete ways to fix a broken planetary system. The film explores how regenerative agriculture can help heal the soil, our health and the planet.

6:30pm Gates open. Enjoy live music and tabling with local organizations.

8:00 pm Screening: Common Ground Screening 

Film length: 43 Minutes (educational cut)

Musician: Aura Walmer 

All people welcome! Guests are encouraged to bring their own blankets, low back chairs, food, and drinks to enjoy the evening on the Farm.

Please leave your furry pets at home, we are a pet-free facility!

Admission: $10/person ahead of the event, $15/person at the door.

Spirit of the Barrio

Join us for an inspiring afternoon with Erica Alfaro –– award-winning author, educational advocate and international keynote speaker.

From the fields of adversity to global recognition, Erica’s story of resilience, hope and triumph will leave you uplifted and remind you of the strength within our communities. Be there to hear her story live!

Harvesting Dreams: Defying the Odds to Achieve the American Dream

Erica Alfaro is an award-winning author, educational advocate and international keynote speaker. In 2019, her graduation photo –– taken in a strawberry field with her farmworker parents –– went viral and made headlines around the world.

Her story has been featured in major media outlets, including CNN, the Huffington Post and Yahoo News. She has received certificates of recognition from the U.S. Assembly and Senate, as well as a letter of recognition from former Vice President Kamala Harris. She has received multiple Latina and business leadership awards, including Constituent of the Month by the House of Representatives and 40 under 40 by Business Street.

Her story was portrayed in the docuseries Cronicas de Univision, and her book, “Harvesting Dreams,” received the International Latino Book Award and the 7th Latino “Book into Movies” award.

In 2023, the County of San Diego proclaimed October 5 as “Erica Alfaro’s Day” and a public mural of her was painted in National City to honor her as a community leader.

Erica’s graduation picture and story are now permanently featured in San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Museum.