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MAKING WAVES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
VOL. 11, N0. 1
JAN. 9, 2015
Inn at RSF takes part in Chanukah celebration By Christina Macone-Greene
RANCHO SANTA FE — The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe created the perfect destination for those who wanted to partake in a Chanukah Celebration. Hosted by the Chabad Jewish Center of Rancho Santa Fe, this year’s theme was Frozen Chanukah, “Let it Glow.” “We are very blessed that this year, the Inn partnered with us for our annual RSF Chanukah Celebration,” Rabbi Levi Raskin said. “We give special thanks to the general manager, Jerome, and director of sales, Rob, and their incredible staff for helping make the event run so smoothly.” Overall, Rabbi Raskin said the feedback was immense and so many families were thrilled. The celebration started with hot latkes and traditional jelly doughnuts called, “sufganiyot.” Rabbi Raskin went on to say how the ice skating at the Inn was a big hit for both children and adults. He described it as bringing an authentic east coast effect to the holiday. “Children were entertained by a Human Dreidel and Chanukah clowns who did face painting and gave out Chanukah balloons,”
Rancho Santa Fe resident Greta Sybert, pictured, is co-chairing the 2015 Circus Nights Gala with Sandra den Uijl. Courtesy photo
Gala to support medical center By Christina Macone-Greene Rabbi Levi Raskin presents a plaque to event sponsors Dr. Bob Shilman and Mao Shillman. Photo by Lauren
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he said. Rabbi Raskin went on to say how profound words were delivered by psychologist, Dr. Edith Eva Eger, a local holocaust survivor
and adopted member to the Rancho Santa Fe Hebrew School family. Standing before the crowd, 70 years after being liberated from Auschwitz, Rabbi Raskin
said, Dr. Edith Eva Egers’ heartfelt words of encouragement and pride brought people new meaning to TURN TO CHABAD ON 15
RSF Foundation looks ahead to senior program By Christina Macone-Greene
RANCHO SANTA FE — The Rancho Santa Fe Foundation helped fund its North County Senior Connections (NCSC) pilot program last November and in a relatively short amount of time, it’s receiving much praise as it shifts gears into 2015. Sue Pyke, donor services director, at the RSF Foundation explained how NCSC has been a collaborative program among other nonprofits such as Interfaith Community Services and Dreams for Change. The core of the program is to provide nutritional meals and social activities to vulnerable seniors living in North County. “We can take nutritional meals to the seniors where they are located, and that’s important because we found in doing the feasibility study and research for this program, that transportation for seniors is a big issue. It’s a challenge for them to get to a central location,” Pyke said. “The idea of actually taking the food to the seniors was an innovative part of this program and
RANCHO SANTA FE — For those who want to embark on an evening of extravaganza, the annual Circus Nights Gala hosted by the Rancho Santa Fe Unit of Rady Children’s Hospital is the premier destination. On Jan. 31, those participating in this magical evening at the Grand Del Mar will ultimately benefit the Sam S. and Rose Stein Emergency Care Center to support its Resuscitation Room Project. In the San Diego County Region, the Center is the only one of its kind selected as pediatric trauma care, Level 1. The need to support this cause is immense. Annually, there are roughly 70,000 patients who require these emergency care visits. Marking the 18th annual gala, co-chairs of the 2015 Circus Nights Gala are Rancho Santa Fe residents Greta Sybert and Sandra den Uijl. Sybert shared its Auxiliary is a unit that is dediTURN TO GALA ON 15
RSF Association approves marketing funds By Christina Macone-Greene the club.
The Rancho Santa Fe Foundation is collaborating with other North County nonprofits to help provide nutritional meals to vulnerable seniors. Courtesy photo
that’s where the food truck came in as the idea in providing nutritional meals.” According to Pyke the study was conducted by the Nonprofit Research Center at the University of San Diego and meals are being prepared by the Thyme Together food truck. Pyke wanted to make it clear that the Foundation was not providing the program, but helping with funds to organizations to
they can help execute the program. “We are looking at about a $750,000 total cost of the multi-year threeyear program, and we are covering about half of that amount,” Pyke said. “And we are looking to other funders, individuals, foundations, and organizations to come together to provide the other half of that funding.” The RSF Foundation
is searching for broad community support to even help augment the funding that it’s providing. While the program is brand new, Pyke said, it received a stronger response than it was anticipating. In its early estimations, they were hoping to provide meals to 200 seniors within the first 6 months of the pilot program. To date, TURN TO FOUNDATION ON 15
RANCHO SANTA FE — The RSF Association approved $6,000 to go toward marketing funds for the RSF Tennis club in an effort to promote its new membership and program efforts. Dave Vandenberg, board member of the tennis club, approached the Association for this request to help with its marketing and promotional materials. “We have no budget,” said Vandenberg, referring to producing these resources. Vandenberg said he and other volunteers have been putting them together themselves. He went on to tell the board that club members who wanted to help have added on an additional task to enhance
He and other volunteers are creating an entirely new website for the tennis club, Vandenberg said, because what they have now is atrocious. Board president Ann Boon commented on the new site noting how she knows how much time was spent personally on it. “They really put a lot into it,” she said. Acting manager, Ivan Holler, then chimed in. “What we can do is if your board approves it, we would just expense this request and then if need be, if at the end of the year, we can come back and retrieve reserves,” he said. The Association unanimously voted to approve the $6,000 funding for marketing and Vandenberg thanked them.