Walk for MS

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:37:42 +0000

This weekend marks the first of two San Diego walks to raise funds for Multiple Sclerosis (MS). MS is a disease with no known cause or cure. It is a chronic, often disabling disease of the central nervous system, characterized by mild symptoms such as numbness in the limbs, or severe symptoms that can include paralysis and/or loss of vision.

San Diego’s walks for MS are our part of the six-hundred walks planned throughout the world this year to raise funds to cure this disease.

Saturday, April 19

LEGOLAND will close on Saturday morning to accommodate walkers on their two-mile trek through the park. Rest stops along the route are planned with beverages, snacks, entertainment and restrooms.

The walk will be followed by lunch provided by Papa John’s Pizza, live music, and festivities such as face painting, inflatable fun jumps, building with LEGOS, and other family activities at the LEGOLAND California Fun Zone.

Saturday, April 26

The second San Diego Walk for MS will start at NTC Park Liberty Station in Point Loma.

This beautiful three-mile walk will stretch along San Diego Harbor, with rest stops for beverages, snacks entertainment and restrooms along the way.

Prizes

Walkers can earn prizes ranging from an official Walk MS T-shirt for raising funds of $95 to a $1,000 Nordstrom gift card, plus a T-shirt and membership into the Chapter’s Mission Possible Club for raising at least $10,000. Team Awards will also be given based on funds raised.

Virtual Walkers

If you can’t be there for either of these walks, or can’t walk the course, you are welcome to participate through fundraising as a virtual walker. Virtual Walkers earn the same prizes as actual walkers, based on their fundraising levels.

Post from: The San Diego Traveler

Champagne Wishes and Chocolate Dreams

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:00:36 +0000

The one and only Robin Leach is coming to Point Loma to celebrate Creations in Chocolate on Thursday, March 13, at the McMillin Event Center.

Some of the city’s top dessertiers and Master Pastry Chefs will share an evening of extraordinary chocolate creations, as well as some smooth jazz music, a light dinner, champagne and wine and of course chocolate, all while commemorating Southern California’s first deaf group home, the Southern California Bridgman Home.

In April of 2007, San Diego Youth & Community Services opened the Bridgman Home, which is located in Chula Vista. It serves as a safe, culturally affirming home for deaf and hard of hearing youth ages 12 to 18, who have been abused, neglected, or otherwise need help, from all over San Diego County.