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Day at the Races 2024

Day at the Races 2024

Get ready for some community engagement, profound impact, and edge-of-your-seat entertainment.

​All proceeds from this event will go toward FDD’s Help Fund Program. The Help Fund is one of the Foundation’s most impactful programs, serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) and their families. Since 1986, we have provided over $2,000,000 to assist the San Diego Regional Center’s (SDRC) 37,000 clients in emergencies such as homelessness prevention and utility assistance.

San Diego Gives 2024 Information Session

During this virtual session, we’ll discuss the latest updates and enhancements to this year’s campaign. As it’s our first year at the helm, we’ve taken great care to listen to your valuable feedback from previous years and have implemented some exciting changes to make San Diego Gives 2024 even more impactful! You will also here from our partners and their support with San Diego Gives Day of Service on September 6th and San Diego Gives University presented by Impact Cubed.

Registration to participate in San Diego Gives opens on May 1st and will close on July 8th. Your participation plays a vital role in continuing to strengthen our community, and we can’t wait to embark on this journey with you once again.

 

Register for the virtual info session.

One CSUSM

Together we are #OneCSUSM, raising money for student scholarships which helps close important gaps in aid for our students. For many students, financial support from family is not an option – nearly 70% of our students receive financial aid. Scholarships are a vital component to success, encouraging our students to persist to graduation and experience the sense of pride that comes from earning a degree.

Open to all enrolled students, the General Scholarship supports CSUSM students who experience an array of financial issues that would impede their degree progress. Many are experiencing catastrophic events, like loss of income, the death of a parent, or struggling to meet basic needs. Your gift to the General Scholarship will go to our students who need financial assistance the most.

So many scholarship recipients express how much it means to them knowing that someone they’ve never met wants to see them achieve their goals. Join us and carry the flag for our students on April 4th at www.csusm.edu/onecsusm.

Bloom Together Brunch: Celebrating 20

Together for 20: Celebrating Two Decades of Economic Empowerment

The Bloom Together Brunch, hosted by Women’s Empowerment International (WE), is a springtime fundraiser in celebration of International Women’s Day, Women’s History Month, and the kick-off to the organization’s 20th anniversary of grantmaking. The event will be held on Saturday, March 23 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at The Links at Lakehouse in San Marcos. Come join us for a delicious brunch, words of empowerment from Poet Sunny Rey and San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones, beautiful views, music, opportunity drawings, fun, and inspiration from 20 years at WE. The event will raise grant funds for economic empowerment programs for women facing poverty in San Diego County and around the world. 

Tickets are: $55  

Register Now: https://womenempowerment.org/event/bloom-together-brunch/

Fall Social

I Love A Clean San Diego’s Fall Social returns on Thursday, October 12! Join us at the Catamaran Resort Hotel and Spa as the sun sets behind Mission Bay for a celebration of environmental action in our community. Enjoy live music, delicious food and drink, awards recognizing ILACSD’s community members and partners, the opportunity to bid on auction items, and more!

Proceeds from the event support ILACSD’s environmental education, community, and recycling programs that benefit all of San Diego County.

Early bird tickets: $75
Tickets: $100

Empowered WE Rise

Join Women’s Empowerment International (WE) for an afternoon celebrating women’s strength and resilience at the Empowered WE Rise Fall Fundraiser on Sunday, October 15, 2023, in the beautiful Torrey Pines area at The Alexandria. Tickets include: delicious food by renowned, on-site restaurant, Farmer & The Seahorse, and drinks; live music; access to the Maker Fair with local women entrepreneurs from WE-supported grant partner programs; silent and live auctions; and, an inspiring program including a keynote by Maya Madsen, founder and CEO of Maya’s Cookies, America’s #1 Black-owned, vegan gourmet cookie company. For more information, tickets, and sponsorship opportunities, visit: https://womenempowerment.org/fall-fundraiser/

All event proceeds benefit WE grants distributed to our partner programs in San Diego and internationally, supporting economic empowerment programs for women experiencing poverty.

Crystal Ball Gala

Casa de Amparo hosts its 25th annual Crystal Ball Gala. Enjoy an elegant evening featuring a lavish cocktail reception, gourmet dinner by Chef Jeffrey Strauss of Pamplemousse Grille, dancing, and exciting auctions. Since 1999, visionary Crystal Ball patrons and community members have raised substantial funds to help Casa Kids look into their own crystal ball and see a brighter future. All proceeds raised at the Crystal Ball Gall directly benefit Casa de Amparo’s programs.

36th Annual Volunteer Awards Celebration

Celebrating Volunteer Heroes of San Diego in a New Format

Join us for a fun celebration of our region’s amazing volunteers!  The Board of Directors of NCPC invites you to the California Center for the Arts Escondido on November 3 from 2:00 – 6:00 pm for a Happy Hour styled event to honor all the Volunteers of the Year and recognize their outstanding contributions to our community!

This is a great opportunity to connect with other volunteers, colleagues, friends, and family while enjoying live music along with heavy hors d’oeuvres and multiple beverage options, both non-alcoholic and alcoholic.

There will be plenty of cocktail height tables for mingling, as well as lower/standard-height tables and chairs for those who require seating. If you or any of your guests need a seat secured, please let us know in the special accommodations section of your ticket purchase. View this year’s Volunteer Awards Celebration FAQs.

Don’t miss this chance to have some fun and celebrate our volunteers! There will be multiple photo opportunities and more surprises! We hope to see you there!

About The Event

For more than three decades, we have come together as a community of volunteers, philanthropists, business leaders, and nonprofit professionals to recognize and celebrate the incredible volunteers who are our colleagues, friends, family, and neighbors – the heroes of our community!

Every year, we have honored more than 100 volunteers for their dedication to the nonprofit sector. These volunteers are critical to the success of many of San Diego’s nonprofits and the purpose of this event is to honor their service.

We look forward to honoring and uplifting those who give their time, talent, and treasure to their very worthy cause at this year’s North County Philanthropy Council (NCPC) Volunteer Awards Celebration on Friday, November 3, 2023, at California Center for the Arts, Escondido from 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM.

Schedule of Events

2:00 – 3:00 PM Registration
3:00 – 4:30 PM Opening remarks, followed by Honoree Recognition
4:30 – 5:00 PM Special Awards and Closing remarks
5:00 – 6:00 PM Celebration continues with entertainment and networking

 

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We can’t wait to celebrate San Diego’s most inspiring volunteer heroes this Friday, Nov 3! 🎉 Ticket sales are now closed. If you’ve purchased tickets and haven’t received an email with event details (we recommend you check your spam/junk folder), please confirm your registration by emailing us at info@ncphilanthorpy.org no later than end of day, Wednesday, Nov 1. Thank you!

Important note about this year’s event format 👇🏽✨

There will be plenty of cocktail-height tables for mingling, as well as lower/standard-height tables and chairs for those who require seating. If you or any of your guests need a seat secured, please let us know in the special accommodations section of your ticket purchase. Thank you!

Questions? Email info@ncphilanthropy.org. 

 

 

39th Annual Coastal Cleanup Day

This year, our countywide Coastal Cleanup Day returns with 100+ locations for volunteers to choose from, inland and coastal.
I Love A Clean San Diego leads the efforts during the event and is coordinated by the Ocean Conservancy with partnering volunteer organizations to create the largest international cleanup day in San Diego County. Data collected from this event is sent directly into the world’s largest database on marine debris and volunteers get to make a tangible impact in their communities.

Registration opens September 1st!