Philanthropy Is At The Heart Of The Woman’s Club Of Carlsbad
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Woman’s Club Of Carlsbad, under the direction of its Philanthropy Committee, supports North County community service programs in the areas of: arts, conservation, education, home life, public issues, and international outreach. With a desire to help meet urgent, local-community needs, the committee allocates the highest percentage of its donations to organizations dedicated to these current issues. The committee, co-chaired by two seasoned committee members and made up of nine club members in total, researches and reviews worthy causes throughout the year. Twice each year, in winter and spring, financial distributions are made to worthy local charities, based on consensus reached by the committee. The amount of each distribution is based on the monies raised by the club’s Ways And Means Committee fundraisers held during the respective time period. Additionally, the committee holds member and community drives, where goods are collected and given directly to the benefiting charity.
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Impact and Accomplishments Spring 2023:
During the Spring 2023 disbursement cycle, the Philanthropy Committee chose the organizations listed below to support financially through the Club's fundraising efforts:
Solutions for Change
MiraCosta Food Pantry
Interfaith Community Services
Shelter to Soldiers (Service dogs for Veterans)
City of Carlsbad Parks & Rec Children's camp Opportunity Grants
North County San Diego Food Bank
Angel Faces
Carlsbad Village Academy
Women's Resource Center
Foundation for Women Warriors
Alabaster Jar Project
City of Carlsbad Senior Center Lunch Program
During the Spring 2023 disbursement cycle, the Philanthropy Committee chose the organizations listed below to support financially through the Club's fundraising efforts:
Solutions for Change
MiraCosta Food Pantry
Interfaith Community Services
Shelter to Soldiers (Service dogs for Veterans)
City of Carlsbad Parks & Rec Children's camp Opportunity Grants
North County San Diego Food Bank
Angel Faces
Carlsbad Village Academy
Women's Resource Center
Foundation for Women Warriors
Alabaster Jar Project
City of Carlsbad Senior Center Lunch Program
Annual Comfort Pillow Project
Major Philanthropic Projects & Activities 2023:
Solutions for Change ~ Financial Donation. Solutions for Change has helped over 1300 parents and 2800 children through their comprehensive and accountability-based 700-day program. Graduates are now employed, productive, thriving citizens.
MiraCosta College Food Pantry ~ Financial Donation to their on-campus Food Pantry, which provides non-perishable food and snacks to all MiraCosta students experiencing food insecurity.
Interfaith Community Services ~ Financial Donation. Interfaith Community Services empowers people in need to help stabilize and improve their lives through comprehensive programs and case management, serves unemployed youth, veterans and seniors, provides recuperative care center and shelters.
Shelter to Soldiers (Service dogs for veterans) ~ Financial Donation. Saving lives two at a time. Brings post 9/11 combat veterans together with trained rescue dogs to help both recover and move forward.
Angel Faces ~ Financial Donation to provide regional retreats created to transform the lives of adolescent girls with severe permanent scars and disfigurement from burn injuries and traumatic events.
City of Carlsbad Parks & Recreation Department ~ Financial Donation to allow three children from low-income families to participate in camps, classes, aquatics and other activities.
North County San Diego Food Bank ~ Financial Donation to offer hunger relief and resource programs for all, helps families access free and nutritious foods.
Carlsbad Village Academy ~ Financial Donation. CVA is an alternative learning environment that promotes high academic achievement, personal and social responsibility and empowers students to meet the challenges of a changing world. Our donation helps provide refreshments for their quarterly graduation celebrations. We also supported their teachers this year with staff appreciation gifts.
Women's Resource Center ~ Financial Donation. WRC provides supportive services, counseling and shelter to women, men and children as a residential and outpatient treatment program dedicated to stopping domestic violence.
Foundation for Women Warriors ~ Financial Donation to support their mission to address the growing needs of military women transitioning to civilian life whose top four needs are education, employment, housing and childcare.
Alabaster Jar Project ~ Financial Donation to support their mission to provide housing and resources for women who have survived human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Alabaster Jar runs Grace House, a long-term residential program; a Resource Center; a drop-i center that provides clothing and toiletries; and a Peer Support Group.
City of Carlsbad's Senior Center Lunch Nutrition Program ~ Financial Donation to assist with food purchases of desserts, produce and healthy cooking classes for seniors.
Carlsbad Unified School District ~ Financial Donation Scholarships to senior girls and high school art contest
StandUp for Kids ~ Homeless teen meals, clothing, toiletries, supplies, gifts, etc.
Meals on Wheels ~ Monthly tray favors, games & necessities for meal recipients
Scripps Hospitals and Tri-City Hospital ~ Comfort pillows for recovering cancer surgery patients; hand-made baby hats
Firefighters & First Responders ~ Annual appreciation day with boxes of delicious homemade cookies and treats
Scholarships ~ MiraCosta nursing students, Carlsbad students entering college
Other Current and/or Past Projects:
Listed in alphabetical order...
Box Tops for Education ~ supplies for local elementary/middle schools
Campbell's Labels For Education ~ support for local elementary/middle schools
Cancer research ~ cancelled stamps research for cancer, Norway
Carlsbad Christmas Bureau ~ donation of food and gifts for families who need assistance
Casa De Amparo ~ make up for teens
Castles of Carlsbad ~ home tour volunteers
Cell Phones for Soldiers ~ phone cards for deployed soldiers
Family Recovery Center ~ welcome boxes, Thanksgiving/Christmas food and gifts
Hatbox Foundation ~ knit caps for cancer patients of all ages
Heifer International ~ livestock for impoverished communities
Hospice ~ donations to the Elizabeth Hospice Foundation in San Diego
Humane Society ~ prescription bottles, plastic bags, pet food
Ink and toner cartridges ~ recycling for our community
Let's Say Thanks ~ postcards to our deployed soldiers
Woman's Resource Center ~ toiletries, holiday food and gifts
Mitchell Thorpe Foundation ~ support to local families w/children battling serious illness
National Breast Cancer Foundation ~ mammograms
Painted Turtles – plush animals for terminally ill children who attend the camp
Pennies for Pines - purchases and plants trees
Rady Children's Hospital ~ Kid's News Day and DVD's for teen patients
Ronald McDonald House ~ pop tops and toiletries
Royal Family Kid's Camp ~ cards for foster children
San Diego Food Bank ~ canned food donations
Stitches From the Heart ~ knit caps for premature babies
T.E.R.I ~ greeting card fronts, plastic tubs
Twin Vision ~ books for people who need them in Braille
United Nations World Food Program ~ food to the hungry internationally
Wounded Warrior Project ~ donations
YMCA Armed Services ~ assist in their Secret Santa program and distribution
In addition to ongoing Aid to Families in Need in our Community
Solutions for Change ~ Financial Donation. Solutions for Change has helped over 1300 parents and 2800 children through their comprehensive and accountability-based 700-day program. Graduates are now employed, productive, thriving citizens.
MiraCosta College Food Pantry ~ Financial Donation to their on-campus Food Pantry, which provides non-perishable food and snacks to all MiraCosta students experiencing food insecurity.
Interfaith Community Services ~ Financial Donation. Interfaith Community Services empowers people in need to help stabilize and improve their lives through comprehensive programs and case management, serves unemployed youth, veterans and seniors, provides recuperative care center and shelters.
Shelter to Soldiers (Service dogs for veterans) ~ Financial Donation. Saving lives two at a time. Brings post 9/11 combat veterans together with trained rescue dogs to help both recover and move forward.
Angel Faces ~ Financial Donation to provide regional retreats created to transform the lives of adolescent girls with severe permanent scars and disfigurement from burn injuries and traumatic events.
City of Carlsbad Parks & Recreation Department ~ Financial Donation to allow three children from low-income families to participate in camps, classes, aquatics and other activities.
North County San Diego Food Bank ~ Financial Donation to offer hunger relief and resource programs for all, helps families access free and nutritious foods.
Carlsbad Village Academy ~ Financial Donation. CVA is an alternative learning environment that promotes high academic achievement, personal and social responsibility and empowers students to meet the challenges of a changing world. Our donation helps provide refreshments for their quarterly graduation celebrations. We also supported their teachers this year with staff appreciation gifts.
Women's Resource Center ~ Financial Donation. WRC provides supportive services, counseling and shelter to women, men and children as a residential and outpatient treatment program dedicated to stopping domestic violence.
Foundation for Women Warriors ~ Financial Donation to support their mission to address the growing needs of military women transitioning to civilian life whose top four needs are education, employment, housing and childcare.
Alabaster Jar Project ~ Financial Donation to support their mission to provide housing and resources for women who have survived human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Alabaster Jar runs Grace House, a long-term residential program; a Resource Center; a drop-i center that provides clothing and toiletries; and a Peer Support Group.
City of Carlsbad's Senior Center Lunch Nutrition Program ~ Financial Donation to assist with food purchases of desserts, produce and healthy cooking classes for seniors.
Carlsbad Unified School District ~ Financial Donation Scholarships to senior girls and high school art contest
StandUp for Kids ~ Homeless teen meals, clothing, toiletries, supplies, gifts, etc.
Meals on Wheels ~ Monthly tray favors, games & necessities for meal recipients
Scripps Hospitals and Tri-City Hospital ~ Comfort pillows for recovering cancer surgery patients; hand-made baby hats
Firefighters & First Responders ~ Annual appreciation day with boxes of delicious homemade cookies and treats
Scholarships ~ MiraCosta nursing students, Carlsbad students entering college
Other Current and/or Past Projects:
Listed in alphabetical order...
Box Tops for Education ~ supplies for local elementary/middle schools
Campbell's Labels For Education ~ support for local elementary/middle schools
Cancer research ~ cancelled stamps research for cancer, Norway
Carlsbad Christmas Bureau ~ donation of food and gifts for families who need assistance
Casa De Amparo ~ make up for teens
Castles of Carlsbad ~ home tour volunteers
Cell Phones for Soldiers ~ phone cards for deployed soldiers
Family Recovery Center ~ welcome boxes, Thanksgiving/Christmas food and gifts
Hatbox Foundation ~ knit caps for cancer patients of all ages
Heifer International ~ livestock for impoverished communities
Hospice ~ donations to the Elizabeth Hospice Foundation in San Diego
Humane Society ~ prescription bottles, plastic bags, pet food
Ink and toner cartridges ~ recycling for our community
Let's Say Thanks ~ postcards to our deployed soldiers
Woman's Resource Center ~ toiletries, holiday food and gifts
Mitchell Thorpe Foundation ~ support to local families w/children battling serious illness
National Breast Cancer Foundation ~ mammograms
Painted Turtles – plush animals for terminally ill children who attend the camp
Pennies for Pines - purchases and plants trees
Rady Children's Hospital ~ Kid's News Day and DVD's for teen patients
Ronald McDonald House ~ pop tops and toiletries
Royal Family Kid's Camp ~ cards for foster children
San Diego Food Bank ~ canned food donations
Stitches From the Heart ~ knit caps for premature babies
T.E.R.I ~ greeting card fronts, plastic tubs
Twin Vision ~ books for people who need them in Braille
United Nations World Food Program ~ food to the hungry internationally
Wounded Warrior Project ~ donations
YMCA Armed Services ~ assist in their Secret Santa program and distribution
In addition to ongoing Aid to Families in Need in our Community
