San Diego County

Volunteers honored for fixing, driving , sewing

LA MESA, California (Press Release) — The Grossmont Healthcare District recently announced recipients of its awards as 2014 Healthcare Heroes. The annual awards are presented to volunteers who help advance the delivery of quality healthcare in San Diego’s East County region. One honoree was Glenn Farber of the San Carlos neighborhood of San Diego, a […]

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 4, 1958, Part 3

Campaign Reaches 43% of U.J.F. Goal Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Page 7 The 25th United Jewish Campaign opened this week with 43% of the goal reported pledged, according to Campaign Chairman Harry Wax. Over $130,000 has been secured toward the $303,000 goal for 1958, the highest quota set in San Diego’s history. Plans

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, April 4, 1958, Part 1

{Happy Passover!} Christian Committee of Jewish Fund Names Leaders Southwestern Jewish Press, April 4, 1958, Pages 1, 7 A native San Diegan was named to head San Diego’s Christian Committee of the 1958 United Jewish Fund Campaign. Frank G. Forward, President of the Union Title Insurance and Trust Company, accepted the chairmanship, according to Harry

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Ernest Rady donates another $1m to UCSD

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–The Rady School of Management at UC San Diego on Monday, May 19,  announced a $1 million matching gift donation from local philanthropist and campus supporter Ernest Rady. The gift from the Rady School naming donor will fund fellowships that will help attract outstanding MBA students. Rady has pledged to donate one

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Pauline Foster donates $7.5m for cancer care at UCSD

LA JOLLA, California  (Press Release)– For Pauline Foster, community philanthropist and longtime supporter of the University of California, San Diego, giving $7.5 million in support of the new cancer care hospital at the UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center is a gift from the heart—both her husband and brother died of cancer. The campus announced today that

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