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Maritime Museum of San Diego Holds Tall Ship Sailor Training
Maritime Museum of San Diego is offering the first stage of 2022 curriculum to train individuals 18 years of age and older how to sail and maintain tall ships. Vessel training includes learning the skills to sail the 19th century Star of India, the world’s oldest active sailing tall ship, plus the official tall ship for the state Californian and […]
Kids of So-Cal End 2021 at a High Point
2021 was the year that Kids Fashion Week So-Cal was able to truly shine. We were able to do model workshops, model call, training, and produce our Fashion Week, and also hold the 2nd annual Lemon Grove Toy Drive and Giveaway. December was a truly quick moving month for the Kids of So-Cal Fashion Week. […]
Home Start Exceeds Fundraising Expectations at 14th Annual Fall Festival
Home Start, Inc., a nonprofit child abuse prevention and treatment agency that has strengthened San Diego’s families and communities since 1972, held its 14th Annual Hallo Wine Festival outdoors on Saturday, October 23, 2021, at the Historic Burnham House. The event raised over $50,000 – making it the most successful year in the event’s history. Home Start’s Hallo-Wine Fall Festival is held every October in recognition of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. […]
The New Children’s Museum in San Diego Names New Leader
The New Children’s Museum announced today that Elizabeth Yang-Hellewell will take the post of executive director and CEO on January 3, 2022. Yang-Hellewell is an accomplished museum leader with demonstrated success in strategic development and fundraising. The appointment comes at the conclusion of a nationwide search led by Museum Board President Caroline Perry, working with […]
Kids Fashion Week Network So-Cal and the Holidays
By Stylishly Aubree Lynn, Director of KFW Network So-Cal We can’t believe the holidays have finally arrived for us to celebrate. In keeping with the season, Kids Fashion Week Network is deeply involved in the giving season. Last year, due to Covid, we were unable to put on our first show here on the West […]
San Diego Student Receives International Young Eco-Hero Award
Kyle Tianshi, a 14-year-old from San Diego, is one of 25 young environmental activists from across the globe honored by Action For Nature (AFN) as a 2021 International Young Eco-Hero, an award that recognizes eco-conscious youth ages 8 to 16 who are taking crucial steps to solve tough environmental problems. Kyle won the Innovator Award […]
Mechanical Figures Come to Life at the Fleet Science Center
The Fleet Science Center is pleased to announce the opening of Mechanics Alive, featuring exhibits from the Cabaret Mechanical Theater. The engaging traveling exhibition gives visitors an up?close look at a collection of wonderful automata. It opens October 9, 2021, at the Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park and will be on view through January 17, 2022. This exhibition is […]
The San Diego Foundation Awards $3.4 Million to Local College Students
The San Diego Foundation recently announced the historic awarding of more than $3.4 million in college scholarships – the highest annual amount ever – to 1,025 local students for the 2021 – 2022 academic year. Among the scholarship recipients, 69 percent are first-generation college students, or the first in their immediate families to pursue a […]
San Diego Watercolor Society’s September Exhibit
The San Diego Watercolor Society begin the month with a brand-new exhibit titled Beyond Rules that runs from Friday, September 3 through Saturday, September 25, available exclusively in person for their members. The gallery, located at 2825 Dewey Street, Suite 105, Building 202, is also offering a variety of in-person workshops throughout the month for all skill […]
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego – William J. Oakes Branch – Reopens
Over the last 18 months, many kids have been isolated due to COVID, spending more time playing video games than playing outside with friends. Now, after being closed as a result of the pandemic, The Boys & Girls Club of Greater San Diego – William J. Oakes Branch in Logan Heights is reopening to its […]
