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SAN DIEGO CHARITY NEWS
San Diego homeless shelters provide beds but also pose challenges
The city of San Diego provides different shelters to people experiencing homelessness, but for some, the obstacles to getting one of the...
Rancho Bernardo teen dedicated to helping low-income youth and the homeless
Helping the homeless is something Arden Pala has been doing for most of his life. The 13-year-old Rancho Bernardo resident has spent many...
New San Diego Non-Profit 'Veterans Navigation Center' Helps Veterans Transition to Civilian Life
Family Crisis Coach Scott H. Silverman has served the population of San Diego for decades and has witnessed firsthand the struggles that...
HomeAid San Diego’s STEP UP! 5k Walk to end homelessness a success
HomeAid San Diego, a nonprofit organization working to provide services to mitigate the homelessness crisis in San Diego County, hosted...
Food insecurity affects San Diego military families. Here’s what needs to change.
While serving in senior military leadership positions from 2001 to 2015, including as vice commander of the U.S. Submarine Force in the...
Annual Count of Homeless in San Diego County Finds 10% Increase Over 2 Years
The official count of homelessness in San Diego County found at least 8,427 individuals — a 10% increase over two years — the Regional...
To feed the hungry, one San Diego charity offers food — and help with paperwork
Last year, Mark Altenbaugh found himself in what he called the perfect storm: He was in between jobs, in between housing and often...
The Compass Station opens as a new resource center for San Diego's unsheltered
God’s Garage in Pacific Beach has transcended into The Compass Station, a resource center for the unhoused offering numerous services...
San Diego Non-profit to launch a mobile farmers' market
For more than a decade, the non-profit Project New Village has helped bring fresh food to communities in Southeast San Diego. Now, it's...
‘Bring the Doctor to Them': Telehealth for Homeless Youth Becomes Focus of San Diego Non-Profit
A San Diego organization has transformed the way it serves the teen and young adult homeless population after drastic changes brought on...
Students pitch ideas to help San Diego homeless
Hoodies to raise money, nutritious protein bars, showers and phone apps to connect with services were among the ideas high school...
San Diego Nonprofit ‘The Princess Project' Hosting Free Prom Dress Events
The pandemic put a halt to prom and other iconic high school traditions, but that magical night for San Diego high school seniors is back...
Honor Flight 2022 returns to San Diego
Honor Flight 2022 has landed safely in San Diego. Today was final day of a three-day trip. Eighty-five veterans flew to Washington DC...
Chula Vista street team aims to save lives of its homeless residents
As the number of deaths among homeless people rises, the Chula Vista nonprofit Community Through Hope plans to launch a street medicine...
This San Diego Single Dad Didn’t Expect It to Be Like This, but He Wouldn’t Change a Thing
Ron, who lives in Spring Valley and drives a semi-tractor-trailer for a living, never expected to be a single dad fostering a toddler....
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