First off I would like to welcome you all to my first article with The Carmel Valley Life. I love this site and am excited to share some practical information that I hope everyone can use. I started Fit N Fun Kids with the hopes of helping many kids and making a positive impact in […]
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Eating Healthy Beans Beans, beans, the musical fruit. Well, they may be musical for some. More importantly however, they’re one of the richest sources of plant-based protein available. A daily staple throughout history, legumes have supplied the bulk of protein for numerous cultures. Yet in much of our western culture, animal foods have largely displaced […]
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The Western pallet (especially Americans) craves sweet and salty foods from early childhood; hence the sugar addiction. This is a vast contrast to the Eastern pallet, which craves sour, bitter, and pungent foods. Food manufacturers use this fact as to their benefit by adding sugar into nearly every food product available on the market. For […]
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Marie Raftery was announced as the Jewish Family Service 2017 Board Chair. A Boston native, Raftery came to San Diego in 1980 as director of the UCLA Dental Clinic, before opening her own Dental Practice Management Corp. in 1987. She went on to open and manage 10 offices throughout San Diego County. All of the […]
Continue reading …Get Outside San Diego! Aptly Named Web Tool Highlights San Diego’s 1,100 Parks
June 22, 2017 No Comment
“Get Outside San Diego is the first of its kind,” said Dan Rademacher of the nonprofit GreenInfo Network, the site’s creator. “While search engines and web maps can be useful for finding neighborhood parks, they don’t have accurate park details for the entire county. Get Outside San Diego allows users to search for all San […]
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Jewish Family Service of San Diego raised more than $1.1 million at its annual Heart & Soul Gala at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine on April 1. Guests participated in a silent auction with more than 100 packages and raised their paddles in a “Fund-A-Mitzvah” that included a $200,000 donation match by Honorary […]
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Emergency preparedness for people and pets, what to do following a disaster, and services available to the public will be the focus when the American Red Cross (ARC) of San Diego / Imperial Counties “Shelter of HOPE” visits your Rancho Coastal Humane Society (RCHS) at 389 Requeza Street in Encinitas this Wednesday, May 3rd from […]
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What will the future of dental health coverage look like if Obamacare is repealed and replaced? Academy Health, a nonprofit health service research organization, recently featured five panelists with expertise in health policy, economics, dentistry, and public health. The discussion was centered on two topics: 1) When Obamacare was created, why was dentistry for adults […]
Continue reading …Jewish Family Service Receives $70,000 for New Senior Transportation Service
April 13, 2017 No Comment
Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) has been awarded $70,000 by the San Diego Foundation’s Age Friendly Communities Program to help improve the quality of life for older adults in San Diego through On the Go Navigator – a new addition to JFS’s existing On the Go program. On the Go is the largest […]
Continue reading …San Diego Jews Rally in Support of Refugees and Immigrants Nonprofits Urge Community to Remember “We Were Once Strangers Too”
March 21, 2017 No Comment
More than 800 people gathered at Congregation Beth El in La Jolla on Thursday, Feb. 2, for a demonstration of solidarity and allyship by the Jewish community in support of refugees and immigrants. Organized by four San Diego Jewish nonprofits – the Anti-Defamation League of San Diego County, Jewish Family Service of San Diego, Jewish […]
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Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) will hold its annual Heart & Soul Gala at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine on Saturday, April 1 at 6 p.m. At its signature benefit gala, JFS will share its recent success as a community resource for individuals and families working to overcome challenges and achieve […]
Continue reading …U.S. Bank Awards $15,000 Grant to Support Employment & Career Services and Other Programs at Jewish Family Service
January 12, 2017 No Comment
Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) was awarded a $15,000 grant on Monday, December 19, by U.S. Bank to support the agency’s Employment and Career Services, as well as Roy’s Desert Resource Center in the Coachella Valley. “We are very grateful for this support,” said JFS CEO Michael Hopkins. “The funds from U.S. Bank […]
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