Been around for 54 years, this non-profit ROCKS!…read more I remember when I was in 7th grade running (unsuccessfully) for the "I Love A Clean San Diego" Commissioner at Challenger Jr. High. Ah, those were the days. Now, I'm a teacher and I Love A Clean San Diego just came out to do a FREE assembly for my school about cleaning up the beaches, watershed, recycling, the Pacific Garbage Patch....AND they're paying for us to take a bus to a beach clean up on Thursday. LOVE IT!! I know my friend's church went through them for some education and help with a community clean up day a few months back...they sent out an educator to go over some info... I'm looking forward to checking out other events from I Love A Clean San Diego. I think I'll check out their website: www.cleansd.org

JL is a women's organization and essentially serves three functions: 1) volunteering, 2) leadership…read moredevelopment/training, and 3) social. In terms of #1 and #3, want to make a difference in your community while meeting new women!? You can volunteer together for a couple hours at a local organization and then hit up Sunday brunch (or plan our amazing Holiday party)! As an example of #2, they offer different trainings like "how to become a Board member of a non-profit" to "how to buy your first house" or even "how to run for local office." You can also boost your own skillset with other training. For example, you can get involved in the JLSD Finance Committee and then apply those new skills to your own work resume. I've been a member of the Dallas and San Diego leagues. Each league is a little different; however, all are committed to those three functions. I love JL because I have moved around a lot. Since it's a national organization, it offers a great way to immediately connect to your new city while meeting some new friends. Check them out!

I think it's great when somebody wants to make a change. And it's makes even more impressive when…read morethe organization stays engaged for over 80 years. The are 193,000 dedicated and creative women members who come from varying backgrounds and interests and share a commitment to volunteering. Currently providing hundreds of thousands of volunteer hours every year, they help to improve children's health and nutrition in the San Diego area.

Came here for the Youth Empowerment Summit 2009. Essentially, it was a concert followed by…read moreworkshops, lunch and raffles for Foster Children/Youth. I had the pleasure of volunteering here to teach Non-Violent Conflict Resolution to a small group of teens. My friends and I taught meditation and held a Native American styled council with talking piece. I felt sincerely humbled to connect with these kids. And to be able to relate right back at them, keeping it real made for an incredible experience. This youth is on point for way more than I gave them credit. We also had the great treat to paint a huge canvassed mural with all the kids. It came out great and will be placed soon. Performers included: Paula DeAnda and Baby Bash (that "Suga how you get so high" song) and Frankie J. They had the whole place up and bouncing!! They were even kind enough to take pictures with anyone who asked.

I believe is site is closed! I just moved to the area and was really hoping to volunteer but their…read morephone number is not operational and when I physically went, the site was locked up.

We came here to get help for our taxes and got so much more…read more Our tax consultant was amazing - patient, kind, and extremely knowledgeable. We're very grateful for his help. That said, our visit also gave us a free museum-type tour of clothing and fabrics, from seven of the cultures in the Diamond Neighborhoods: Mexican, Samoan, Somalian, Laotian, Sudanese, African-American, and Filipino, representing elements of each culture and highlight their rich traditions. I was amazed by the artisan craftsmanship and array of colors. It was stunning! I don't know if these exhibits rotate, but it was a welcome pleasure, and I'd be happy come back again just for the tour! NOTE: If the exhibits shown here are incorrectly identified (my apologies), please send me a message and I will update them. Thanks.

My husband and I are considering renewing our wedding vows in May 2016. We stopped at the Jacobs…read moreCenter for Neighborhood Innovation to check out available Banquet Rooms and Hall rentals for this occasion. The Jacobs Center is a beautiful building with both indoor and outdoor venues. Upon entering the building a female security guard greeted us and provided information about the rates of the main floor Banquet Rooms and Main Hall rental. She was very nice, friendly and helpful allowing us to view each of the Banquet Rooms. The Main Hall room was set up for an upcoming event. As we were leaving we asked if they provided catering and she directed us to True Roots located at another entrance of the building. Once outside we stopped the first person we saw and asked about True Roots. It just so happen she (Beth) was the person in charge of rentals and catering. Once inside her office she gave us lots of information about the menu, catering and so on. She also took us upstairs to more Banquet Rooms that fit our needs perfectly. The rooms were clean and in great condition. Beth was very helpful and gave us additional information regarding decorations, set up and cleanup. They provide the tables and chairs, easels and some minor decorations (we can also bring our own). They set up the room; they clean up after and provide catering. The rates are affordable: we are interested in a room capacity of 40-60 people half day rate (4 hours) cost between $150-$350 dollars slightly higher for the Halls and not including the food. Beth gave me a copy of the menu and the rates for the rooms so I am very excited to start planning this event.

LOVE IS *STILL* IN THE AIR !!!…read more I loved the inaugural event in 2011 and decided to sign-up yet again this February 2012 ! What can I say ? Major upgrade !!! PROS: - Better looking finisher's medal (see pic) - Better looking tech t-shirts in my opinion - More vendors to hook you up with freebies - Sports drinks, snacks, coupons, fruits - Fairly organized event (2 packet pickups prior to race day) - Beautiful and flat course - We got lucky it didn't rain hard CONS: - Much more participants signed up this year thus parking became an obstacle. Plan to arrive uber early (630am at the latest) to get a close spot or expect to walk. I didn't mind it though. What's another mile right ? :D - More porta-potties please. Small bladders coming through !!! - Lack of water stations (maybe 2 or 3), but not like I really needed it for each mile, but the ones I did see barely had volunteers handing out water. - Not a lot of entertainment along the course. Although, this little kid sure rocked the gee-tar !!! Kudos to him and my music ipod shuffle. - Wave splits would help as well as a wider course at certain points (first and last mile). Again, almost got run over by a stroller. Damn those wheels are fast ! VERDICT: - A heartfelt 5 STARS. For a 10K and a second year in a row event, they really stepped up their game. Great seeing the old and young couples wear matchy matchy outfits and run together. /sigh Will I attempt a third in 2013 ?? Hells to the yea I will !!! Xoxo

What a FUN run! In such a beautiful city/location! I wasn't disappointed with running this one…read more Parking gets crazy packed by 7am, so if you want to park in the lot...Get there early because more people are finding out about all these races every year I feel like! Prizes for the 5K & 10K for various age groups! (I got 2nd in mine for 2017, YAY!!!) I especially thank the volunteers for putting out some fueling food after the race.

I'd like to thank the center for hosting various meetings in their space and being an advocate for…read moresocial justice. From what I can tell they are a collection of networks of active programs promoting peace related organizations. The address on Apple or google maps doesn't take you directly to the location so I really had to search for it to attend the meeting I went to. Once you're on 39th just look for Westgate Pl off 39th and it will be your first parking lot on the right. It is with the church of the brethren I think, is the name of the church. I hope to be able to attend many more activities and events at and with the Peace Resource Center.

Usually when I go on Fridays occasionally I just start going back and this Friday I went on the…read more26th they changed everything the alphabetic from ABCDEFG are no longer allowed to go first you have to wait till 12:45 to get your stuff and by the time you get to your spot to the end of the line with the food is there's nothing barely left at all ! But if you go every other Saturday like I did today which is the 27th of August they give out clothing and food they have a very nice selection clothing and they've got shoes dresses skirts blouses pants men's shoes children's clothing and shoes I'm some personal bath items different kinds of shoes and stuff like I said they give that offers you have to go in when you come in you first you sign in they give you your number for the clothing and then you give you a number for the food here you have to come it's basically a lot of first come first or base is only and they only do it till 11:00 in the morning after that forget it really you get there the better that means you get a better number the better number you get the better food you get and ask for the clothing they have nothing in size 1X 2x 3x or 4X nothing that's an extra large size for women you hear some nice size clothing for men and children but nothing but extra large size women. And if you do decide to go to this place that's on Fairmont avenue avenue make sure you bring something to sit down on for a really long time and it's not good and also bring something to read and an umbrella to shade yourself from the Sun cuz it does get hot if you're going to stand there all day long for a few hours and wait your turn. Number 13 bus from one of any one of the three trolley stations but you can get it from the Green from the green line by Greenville graniteville on University avenue over there El cajon boulevard and you can get it at the Euclid trolley& be stop station to go up the hill to go to bridge of Hope pick up food and clothing on those certain date on certain days only

A wonderful place to donate usable goods. Provides community and services for those in need.read more

This is a great organization! Not to mention their events…read moreare a bunch of fun. Going to the Fedoras and Flappers Casino night in Downtown San Diego tonight! Pictures will follow! The proceeds from these events go to needy children so you are doing a good thing! (Even if you are really there to party and gander at the various women dancing on table tops, poles or whatever you can fins at the Playboy Mansion events!) For the price of cover ($20 on this event) You get entry to the club, casino chips to gamble with, appetizers and an hour of free drinks! I can make the 20 dollars up in the drinks alone! Either way it funds a Great cause! Love the concept, keep up the good work guys. Cheers Daniel

The "It's All About the Kids Foundation" is a wonderful organization that hosts "Partying for a…read morePurpose" events (http://www.partyingforapurpose.org). Upcoming events include Disco Night with the San Diego Gulls on March 4, 2006, and the Jungle Luau at the Playboy Mansion on June 24, 2006! We tried to donate our old car to the through Cars 4 Causes (http://www.cars4causes.net) but it wasn't worth enough. I'm hoping to see some "Partying for a Purpose" events in the SF Bay Area this year.