We are a non-profit resource center for foster, adoptive, kinship children and their caregivers. For the past 15 years we have offered support and advocacy to the children and families who navigate in a very complex and overburdened Child Welfare System. Straight From The Heart has a 100 percent volunteer staff of foster and adoptive parents who understand the more »
Category: San Diego
Our Vision A vibrant, caring, connected, and enduring Jewish community. Our Mission Inspired by Jewish values, we broaden and deepen engagement in Jewish life to strengthen Jewish identity, foster dynamic connections with Israel, and care for all Jews in need. We mobilize our community’s resources, leaders, and organizations to address the community’s most critical needs, creating more »
The Mission Nearly thirty years ago a group of surfers from Malibu, California, were concerned about the health risks associated with environmental threats posed by escalating coastal development at their favorite surf spot. They took action. Not even they could have envisioned the history they were making when they succeeded in protecting their beloved surf more »
We prevent tragedy that could be just a heartbeat away. Eric was a healthy Steele Canyon High School sophomore athlete who died suddenly and unexpectedly from Sudden Cardiac Arrest/Death (SCA/D) in 2009. His parents, Hector and Rhina Paredes, established EP Save A Life Foundation to honor him through their commitment to prevent this tragedy from more »
Mission Statement To raise funds and create awareness to save and empower homeless youth in San Diego County & beyond. Vision Statement To raise funds and create awareness for a House of Hope dedicated to saving and empowering 18 to 24 year-old homeless youth starting in San Diego County and then expanding beyond; and to more »
The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture (CJC) is housed at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS, and is the largest local institution solely dedicated to exploring the Jewish experience through the arts. The mission of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture is to offer an array of entertaining and enriching more »
IN HIS STEPS is a Christian based Drug and Alcohol abstinence program that offers men and women with life controlling problems a supportive and nurturing environment. As a non-profit organization IHS offers both residential and non-residential services. In His Steps opened in 1995. Currently there are 2 men’s homes and 2 women’s homes holding up to more »