Community Spotlight Show

Hosted ByDrew Schlosberg

The Community Spotlight Show Is Hosted By Drew Schlosberg, Community And Public Relations Manager For The San Diego Union-Tribune, Profiles Non-Profits, Community Organizations And Heros That Are Making A Difference.

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One Love Movement: “Connecting People and Organizations to Advance Social Justice”

Kim Bauman, Founder of One Love Movement, discusses her organization’s mission to bring people and organizations together to advance social justice. Bauman is joined by Mimi Lee of San Diego Refugee Tutoring and Stephen Moore, Chief Program Officer of Voices for Children, to discuss services offered by each of...

Father Joe’s Villages Breaks Ground on Affordable and Supportive Housing Buildings

Deacon Jim Vargas, President & CEO of Father Joe’s Villages (FJV), chats about its Turning the Key initiative to build 2,000 units of affordable housing dedicated to people overcoming homelessness. In January, FJV broke ground on Benson Place and Saint Teresa of Calcutta Village, that will contain 82 and...

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego Reach $10 million Fundraising Goal

Michelle Malin, Vice President of Development for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego, and Ashley Schumacher, the organization’s Marketing & Communications Manager, talk about the successful $10 million comprehensive campaign to purchase 11 buses and 2 passenger vans to support the Boys & Girls Clubs’ transportation...

San Diego Humane Society Opens State-of-the-Art Behavior Center

Gary Weitzman, President and CEO of the San Diego Humane Society, talks about the Society’s explosive growth in recent years and the opening of a new, state-of-the-art Behavior Center at its San Diego Campus.

Elite Self-Defense and Counter-Terrorism Organization Opens Training Center in San Marcos

Yonatan Farber, Executive Director and Chief Instructor of Caliber 3 USA, chats about the elite self-defense and security training his company provides to local law enforcement agencies, companies, houses of worship and individual. Caliber 3 was established in Israel and recently opened a training center in San Marcos.

Foundation’s Community Scholarship Program Projected to Award Nearly $3 million in Scholarships to Local Colleges

Danielle Valenciano, Director of Community Scholarships for The San Diego Foundation, is joined by her colleague, Michelle Jaramillo, the Foundation’s Director of Educational Initiatives, to discuss the nearly $3 million of scholarships that will be awarded to high school, college and adult re-entry students to attend colleges and universities...

Veteran-owned Business Helps Patients Connect With Supporters to Manage Care Costs

Jaden Risner, a Navy Veteran and CEO/Co-Founder of Family Proud, talks about his company’s mission to help patients connect with a support network to share resources and effectively manage the burden of care.

Crisis House and Mission Federal Credit Union Team Up to Combat Domestic Abuse and Homelessness

Mary Case, Executive Director of the Crisis House, is joined by Pat Zamora, Domestic Violence Counselor for the organization, and Angie Lasagna, Vice President of Community Relations and External Affairs for Mission Federal Credit Union, to talk about Crisis House’s mission to provide programs and services that address domestic...

Celebrated Musicians Highlight Poway OnStage Performance Series

Michael Rennie, President & CEO of Poway On Stage, discusses the distinguished musicians who will be filling out the organization’s 2019-2020 Performance Series, which ends in June. Grammy Award-winning artists, such as Elvin Bishop, Charlie Musselwhite and Roseanne Cash, highlight the performances. Rennie chats about Poway OnStage’s “Arts In...