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I SPEND MY TIME DOING WHAT I ENJOY, BUT… “I CAN HARDLY FIND TIME TO DO EVERYTHING!” Magali is loving life at La Costa Glen. Since moving in, she has been a regular golfer, retaught herself the piano and joined the choir. She enjoys quiet time in the library as much as laughing with friends. With so many interests and the protection of access to long-term care, Magali knows La Costa Glen is the right place to keep on doing whatever makes her happy.

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Lifestyle Letter

Giving Back

SEPTEMBER 2016

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iving Back suggests we have something to give in the first place. How wonderful that each one of us, regardless of our financial, physical or emotional wealth, has something to give.

Whether a smile, a hand up, a meal, a hug, a kind word…we all have unique ways to bless others. Please join Carlsbad Lifestyle in celebrating the many generous hearts of this community. In our September issue, we have captured some wonderful examples of friendliness and generosity. Truly, our community is set apart by its willingness to give back.

Carlsbad is so unique in its desire to reach out and support the less fortunate, our beautiful scenery, our children and our animals, that we have “Kindness Meters” to help! Thank you Carlton Lund for setting the bar on Giving Back. I hope you are all inspired by the story of our very own General of Good Will.

I once associated the Assistance League with a Thrift Shop alone. Au contraire… wait till you read how this amazing 25-year-old organization puts hands, feet and hearts behind their banner of “Assistance”. Kindness must extend to our loyal and unconditionally loving animals as well. Discover how Animal House Pet Care, not only cares for our pets when we are away, but will help guide us to be the very best pet owner possible.

Giving back to our arts inspires enlightenment as well as educational opportunity for the gifted to pursue their dreams. Enjoy this first of two looks into our very own La Costa Film Festival and how they provide our community with an extraordinary 4-day event, as well as support a vision to assist students of film-making year round.

Throughout the Carlsbad Lifestyle issues, we have and will continue to highlight our community’s numerous non-profits and kindness ambassadors. This month, we give you a mere glimpse of the myriad of opportunities we all have to take advantage of the excellent organizations within our community’s borders.

All organizations need financial donations and we thank all of you for your generous giving. However, I encourage all of us to reach out to someone today, lend a hand, comfort a weary soul, volunteer, bring a smile…in doing so our reward will be ten-fold.

As we wrap up Summer and enter into the beauty and serenity of Fall, I wish you all a full heart, strength to carry your responsibilities and love enough to give back.

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Good Times

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Around Town

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City Scene

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Giving Back

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Financial Buzz

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One Man's Mission to Spread Compassion

20 Nonprofits Making a Difference Locally

Lend a Helping Hand to Some of the Organizations Touching Lives

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Good Times

Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation Annual Gala

Discovery Gala 2016 – The Wizard of Agua was held at the Sheraton Carlsbad Resort & Spa. The event honored Tim Stripe and the Grand Pacific Resorts with the “Thinkology Award,” Walt Meier with the Courage Award, and Jason Hansen with the Heart Award. AguaHedionda.org PHOTOGRAPHY LIN BALL

Mayor of Carlsbad, Matt Hall and Phyllis Hall Honoree Jason Hansen and Dee Sodano Volunteers Samantha Richter, Director of Education at Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation, Kendra Patterson and Susan Cleveland

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Around Town

AROUND TOWN

CARLSBAD CITIZENS OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCED Longtime Carlsbad volunteers Zona Murray and Phil Urbina were named Carlsbad Citizens of the Year. The annual award recognizes community members who have dedicated themselves to improving Carlsbad through outstanding service. This year’s honorees, selected by a committee of Carlsbad residents, were recognized during a ceremony at City Hall. CarlsbadCA.gov

NEW VETERAN BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER OPENS IN CARLSBAD MiraCosta College was awarded a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration to host a Veteran Business Outreach Center (VBOC). The center will serve veterans and their spouses, helping veteran business owners get certified to bid on government contracts; offer counseling and one-on-one assistance in developing business plans, etc. MiraCosta.edu

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will take place at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa on Saturday, September 24, at 6 p.m. The event is projected to raise $275,000 for BGCC’s impactful programs. BGCCarlsbad.org

CARLSBAD FAMILIES INVITED TO PACIFIC RIDGE SCHOOL ADMISSIONS OPEN HOUSE Pacific Ridge School, a non-profit, independent middle and high school (grades 7-12), offers fall and winter Admissions Open House events for the 2016-2017 academic year. The first is October 29, 1 p.m.- 4 p.m. A second Open House event is January 7, 2017, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. RSVP with Admissions. PacificRidge.org

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4TH ANNUAL LA COSTA FILM FESTIVAL: BRINGING HOLLYWOOD TO THE BEACH

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f you ask what local residents think of Carlsbad, chances are they’ll attest to the beautiful coast and high quality of life. However, about four years ago, some residents noticed a lack of rich art and cultural opportunities. Bringing entertainment, arts, and culture to the community, the La Costa Film Festival was born.

The annual four-day film festival was founded in 2012 by Michael and Ruby Callihan, who both worked in the mortgage industry and had no previous film experience. At first, they were surprised by the large number of factors involved in running a film festival. However, the support of the Carlsbad community soon catapulted the festival’s success.

“Every time we ran into a roadblock, we met people who had a tremendous background in film, with connections to Hollywood,” says Michael. “We found there’s a wealth of talent in North County that was looking for the same way to connect to Hollywood.”

The festival partners with the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, which maintains a historic and mystical connection to Hollywood; it used to be a top getaway spot for the Hollywood in-crowd. The festival’s three venues—the Center Court at Omni La Costa, Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas, and The Ruby G. Schulman Theater—each offer an intimate and unique experience for attendees. Another major partner is Mandalay Sports Media (MSM), which helps bring in celebrities and panelists. Last year’s celebrities included Andy Garcia and Ed Harris.

They also hold the “Reel Pitch” program, in which a celebrity prepanel selects the top 10 short films submitted, to be presented in front of studio executives and attendees on Saturday of the event.

The winner has an opportunity to get film experts editing their pitch and the potential to write a real script for Hollywood.

As a nonprofit organization, La Costa Dreams, Inc. operates the festival and volunteers handle the operations; they currently utilize

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about 150 volunteers annually. They expect a need for more volunteers to increase as they continue to grow. In 2015, there were about 4,000 attendees. This year, they aim to boost attendance to 5,000. Though they continue to grow, the goal is to maintain the intimate experience they initially started with. Part of the festival’s mission is to support the local economy, which helps sustain the festival itself.

“We not only bring something that’s great value to the residents here that they can enjoy, but it’s a clean industry that attracts tourism from outside and helps the entire economy grow,” says Michael.

For their opening night, they hold a special event called “It’s A Wrap Food & Wine Reception & Red Carpet,” which showcases participating local restaurants, breweries, wineries, and specialty shops. The film festival also provides exciting networking and educational opportunities for local students interested in film. Students can participate in the short film competition for a cash prize and get exclusive feedback from filmmakers. Journalism students can get a student press badge that enables them to conduct interviews on the festival’s red carpet.

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ou know that something special is about to happen when you arrive at Carlton Lund’s office for a meeting and find a sign welcoming you by name taped to the front door!

Spending time with Lund, founder of the Kindness Meter Project, is like being wrapped in a big warm hug, the sort of hug you’d expect from someone who says he wants only one sentence engraved on his tombstone: “He was a kind man.”

There’s nothing disingenuous or phony about Lund’s desire to not only be kind himself, but to spread kindness throughout North County, San Diego and eventually around the world.

And he’s doing it with parking meters.

Lund, who came to Carlsbad in 1972 from Wisconsin shortly after graduating from college, bought his first house the day he arrived and eventually he and his wife Sandy, opened up a successful real estate business. The Lund Team, which includes Carlton and Sandy’s two sons, has been one of

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the most successful real estate companies in North County for over 30 years.

Throughout the past three decades, the Lunds have focused on giving back to their community: Carlton and Sandy were voted Carlsbad’s Citizens of the Year in 2007; he supported and lobbied for the initiatives to bring Legoland to Carlsbad; he worked on establishing the desalination plant; he served on the boards of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, the Carlsbad Charitable Foundation and the Carlsbad Educational Foundation; and he was the driving force behind a 14-year project to install a new Carlsbad sign on Carlsbad Boulevard (Highway 101), replacing the old one that had stood in the same location in the 1930s.

“I believe that people are kind and if you give them an opportunity to be kind, then they will,” is a sentiment Lund often expresses, and he’s proving that to be true: one meter

at a time. A decade passed from the day he purchased an old parking meter at a garage sale to installing the first meter at the Agua Hedionda Lagoon trailhead, the goal being to raise money to benefit the Lagoon Foundation. That was in November 2015. Since then,

meters have been installed at Wyland’s Laguna Beach gallery, in Vista at the Moonlight Amphitheater, in Hillcrest at the Deli Llama restaurant, at Tip

Top Meats in Carlsbad, and outside his offices on Innovation Way. Over $7,000 (the meters accept coins and credit cards) has been collected from the meters so far, with the monies going to charities ranging from The Wyland Foundation and the Carlsbad Educational Foundation to Kids for Peace. The Deli Llama site is the most recent installation; the meter was dedicated one month after the Orlando shootings; monies raised will benefit the victims. “If there was ever a time when we need kindness, it’s now,” Lund says, when explaining why he chose that location.

“There’s nothing political about kindness.”

In September, two meters will be installed at the Carlsbad sign. Monies collected from one of them will pay for sign maintenance and keeping the sign lit, while the other will benefit ten different charities on a rotating basis. “Someone puts in $5, they’ll be donating $.50 to ten charities,” Lund explains. Future plans include making the sign entirely solar-powered. A donation of only $.25 will keep the sign lit 24/7. “You can get involved for just a quarter.”

And what about the concept of spreading kindness throughout the world? “I want a kindness meter in front of every Starbucks, all 17,000 of them,” Lund says. “I’ve met with Howard Schultz, we’ve talked about it. It will happen.” When Carlton Lund says something will happen—you know that someday you’ll buy a latte at a Starbucks in Amsterdam, and on your way out—you’ll feed the meter. KindnessMeters.com

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Giving Back

Nonprofits Making a

Difference Locally

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arlsbad has many opportunities to give back to the

community. From faith-based organizations to arts

funding foundations, there is something for everyone who

wishes to get involved. Here are a few local organizations doing great work in the area, supporting several deserving causes and ramping up on their year-end projects, events and campaigns. We hope you will support their work by participating in their fundraisers, volunteering with them and giving back to the community we all call home.

CARLSBAD EDUCATION FOUNDATION

The Carlsbad Education Foundation works to raise funds for over 11,000 Carlsbad students as well as the schools they attend. The Foundation funds such programs as Kid’s Care, SOAR, Summer Enrichment, as well as the High School Summer Academy.

Volunteers are always needed for special events, camps, mentoring opportunities as well as guest lecturers at schools. The Foundation Golf Tournament is held October 14th. CarlsbadEd.org HI-NOON ROTARY

Rotary International’s motto, “Service above Self ” is a way of life for Carlsbad’s Hi-Noon Rotary. A membership only group, Rotarians are known for their philanthropic efforts and Hi-Noon gives back to the community through hands-on fundraising activities that help a variety of charities. Hi-Noon Rotary works with Carlsbad High School through their Interact Club, and sends students and facilitators to the yearly RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) conference. Even if you are AGUA HEDIONDA LAGOON FOUNDATION

not a member, you can help support the club by heading down

The Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation serves to “Inspire

to the Carlsbad Brewfest, sponsored by the club, on Septem-

people through education and outreach to preserve the Agua

ber 10th and Carlsbad’s Oktoberfest happening October 1st.

Hedionda Lagoon as an accessible and healthy watershed.” If

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you are passionate about the environment, there are many programs that need volunteers; you could be a Discovery Center

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB CARLSBAD

Docent, work in the Native Gardens, or even help with trail main-

As evidenced by the interview with Greg Nelson in our June issue, the

tenance activities. Upcoming activities include VIP eco tours;

Boys and Girls Club of Carlsbad makes an indelible mark on many of

monthly Kid’s Club, and the Rubber Ducky Derby, November 5th.

its members. This organization actively seeks volunteers who wish to

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share their life experiences and mentor youth of Carlsbad. From after

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by providing financial, emotional and resource support to their desperate situation.” Join an event as a volunteer or sponsor a new event to raise much-needed funds. MitchellThorp.org SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE

Committed to ending homelessness through a unique sustainable solution driven by accountability through their Solutions University – a 1,000-day counseling and career-training program, Solutions for Change welcomes individual and group volunteers for a variety of services, many of which are listed on their website. Since 1999, Solutions for Change has helped transform the lives of 800 families and over 2,000 children. In addition, they offer opportunities for donating, fundraising and planned giving. SolutionsForChange.org school to summer programs, there is something for everyone who wishes to be a positive influence on our next generation. On September 24, join the Boys and Girls Club for its 35th annual fundraiser, the Black and White Masquerade Ball. BGCCarlsbad.org PACIFIC CANCER FITNESS FOUNDATION

The Pacific Cancer Fitness Foundation was founded to help cancer patients feel better during treatment by fighting side effects with exercise. Post treatment, the foundation helps people regain their health and vitality. Currently, the Foundation is looking for a variety of volunteers with expertise in wellness such as personal training or nutrition. They meet at the Tri-City Wellness Center in Carlsbad.

PacificCancerFitness.org CARLSBAD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

The Carlsbad Chapter of the San Diego Charitable Foundation provides grants and funding opportunities for a variety of nonprofits. Think of it as the umbrella nonprofit that ensures your donation or legacy gift works to help further the missions of other organizations doing good in the Carlsbad area. SDFoundation.org MITCHELL THORP FOUNDATION

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Financial Buzz

The Road to

Retirement ARTICLE GLORIA FOOTE

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lanning for retirement is not what it used to be. The proverbial gold watch and the lifetime pension are almost a thing of the past. People planning today must be much more involved in where they want to go and how they plan to get there. Here are some financial planning tips to help you travel the right road:

Based on your current retirement savings, are you on track to achieve your desired retirement lifestyle? If not, you may want to modify your current savings plan or lower expectations.

START WITH A CURRENT RETIREMENT ANALYSIS.

IS THERE WIGGLE ROOM IN YOUR BUDGET? Being unaware of your actual expenses is a big roadblock to comfortable retirement. Where does the money go? We suggest viewing a full year’s spending, then dividing each expense category by 12 months so you capture 1/12th of your property taxes, insurances, car repairs, and tires – all those things you may pay once or twice a year. It’s incredibly eye opening!

You’ll soon know whether you have any wiggle-room to save more for retirement or whether your current spending habits need to change.

TAKE THE FREEBIES! If your workplace retirement plan offers a matching contribution, take it! Other free stuff – from auto-escalation (which annually increases your contributions) to plan calculators and participant-education programs – are worthwhile too. Diversification and timely reviews of retirement investments, other assets and strategy, are critical to helping you achieve long term investment goals.

Build uncertainty into your retirement projections, along with some “worst case” assumptions. If longevity runs in your family, add five years to the age of your oldest relative to estimate your own life span. Inflation is a “silent thief ” so STRESS TEST YOUR ASSUMPTIONS:

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do consider its effect on projected expenses – remembering that medical and energy costs are often higher than other expenses.

INSURE THE “WHAT IFS.” As you near retirement, explore long-term care insurance coverage. There are “hybrid” policies which convert unused benefits into life insurance coverage, which can be a great alternative to the “use it or lose it” coverage.

MAKE SURE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE DOING THEIR FINANCIAL PLANNING.

Your plans for retirement can be completely sabotaged if you have to take financial responsibility for caring for other family members. Talk with your children – particularly if they have children – make sure they have adequate life insurance should you find yourself being full-time parents again.

Retiring early while you still have health, energy, and a full bucket list, is not an impossible dream. But early planning is critical to the “road you choose to take.” Not comfortable with planning on your own or simply don’t have the time? A professional can help you strategize how to turn your hopes and dreams into a reality. FinancialFocusLLC.com Securities and advisory services offered through National Planning Corporation (NPC). Member FINRA/SIPC, a Registered Investment Advisor.

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ENRICHING CHILDREN'S LIVES IN THE NORTH COAST COMMUNITY ARTICLE SHANNON BARR | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

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hilanthropic efforts enrich communities and change lives.

Based on the philosophy of serving those in need, the National Assistance League (AL) was developed in 1935 by Anne Banning and Ada Edwards Laughlin in Southern California. It quickly spread; now there are 120 AL chapters across the U.S. Following AL’s charitable model is the Assistance League of North Coast (ALNC), serving the communities of Carlsbad, Vista and Oceanside.

Established at a guild in 1992, ALNC became AL’s 105th chapter in 2000. Since then, it has grown to approximately 145 members—all volunteers—serving more than 10,000 children over the course of 19,000 service hours. ALNC partners with local schools and health clerks to identify needs in the community, and all 12 of the chapter’s philanthropic programs focus on enriching the lives of children.

To promote academic success, ALNC donates books to schools with lower income students through their reading program, I Love To Read.

Students compete to read the most books, and the top readers win a prize.

One of ALNC’s earliest programs, Footsteps, now serves more than 1,700 low-income children. During the school year, school buses transport children weekly to Payless ShoeSource, where about 20 volunteers act as personal shoppers, fitting children for brand new shoes. They provide six pairs of new socks, and their Working Women’s group assembles health kits packed with daily care essentials, such as toothbrushes, soap and combs.

“All the benefit goes to the child; it’s very child-centric,” says Sandy Matheus, President of ALNC. “It really helps build a child’s

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self-esteem to have the right shoes, to feel like the other kids, and feel proud about themselves. You see it right away.”

After Matheus retired in 2006, she wanted to do volunteer work.

When she became an ALNC member, she was immediately hooked. She saw how the organization directly served children in the community. “I didn’t have to write a check and have it go to an unnamed face or person,” says Matheus. “I can see how our money is applied to these children.”

ALNC volunteers are active in local schools. For the I’m In Charge program, they talk to 4th graders about home safety if they’re ever home alone. “I think that’s what sets us apart—being a hands-on organization—because we see how our money is spent,” says Matheus.

“Every penny of what we earn goes to a child.”

About 70 percent of program funding comes from their thrift shop, the Assistance League Thrift Store. Located at 1830 Oceanside Blvd, the boutique-like shop has been very successful. “It’s been an amazing year to see the income from that, so that we can provide more for the schools,” says Matheus. Their programs are also largely supported by grants, donations (which they accept through their website), and corporate sponsorships.

The Autumn Fantasy—their annual fundraising event—raises money through sponsorships, raffles, and auctions. Their 22nd annual event will be held on November 5th at Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in Carlsbad.

You can become an ALNC member for $75/year, or fill out an application as a transient volunteer. ALNC is currently establishing a planned giving program to build an endowment, enabling them to continue the success of the organization for years to come. ALNC.org

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she and her daughter, Susan, have their hands more than full providing in-home care for Gina serves on Rancho Coastal Humane Society beloved pets while the animals’ board of directors and encourages everyone to “parents” are away. consider adoption for their next family pet Susan has always had pets too. “I went to school at Rawhide Ranch in Fallbrook, or more than 20 years, Animal House Pet Care in Carlsbad has a working horse and livestock ranch and vocational school. I been in business under the leadership of a dynamic daughter/ moved on to the San Diego Wild Animal Park, now known mother team, Susan and Gina McBride, who are committed animal as Safari Park, and then worked at the YMCA as a supervisor, lovers and advocates. They put their money and time where their hearts teacher, and Animal Camp Leader.” Susan is certain that each lie by supporting not only other animal service providers, but also of these experiences played an important role in her decision to community organizations with missions that resonate with them. found Animal House Pet Care.

Both nurture a love of animals. Their desire to work with them Gina describes the business as a provision of “a broad range of in some fashion came about early. Gina says, “I have always had personalized, concierge pet services.” Though she states that their pets, even an alligator when it was legal!” Though she admits that role is “primarily pet sitting and dog walking,” it is clear that they her lifestyle as an active partner in Animal House Pet Care, as well and their employees care for pets and their owners to a much greater as her work as a Certified Financial Planner and Planned Giving degree. They don’t run in, throw cat food in a bowl, or quickly walk Specialist would preclude her from getting another such exotic pet, the dogs to the mailbox and back. They spend time with the animals,

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The reach of this duo’s commitment to helping animals goes far beyond providing such invaluable services. Both have a strong sense of purpose for community support and sharing or "giving back". Not just to animal organizations, but also in providing support through sponsorships, advertising, donating gift baskets with pet items, sponsoring their own events, and volunteering.

The list of organizations they support is impressive, including (though not limited to) Rancho Coastal Humane Society, San Diego Humane Society, Helen Woodward Humane Society, San Diego Botanic Gardens, Boys And Girls Clubs Of Carlsbad, Lions, Tigers and Bears Sanctuary, and Foundation for Animal Care and Education.

Susan and Gina sum up their dedication very simply, “We are privileged to support charitable organizations that rescue, shelter and care for animals, enhance the joy and quality of life, benefit our global communities and help those in need. Through promoting organizations, founding and sponsoring events, providing funding and gifts and thoughtful advocacy, we are proud to serve our communities.”

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September FRIDAYS ALL THROUGH SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER 17

FUN FRIDAY COMMUNITY NIGHTS

NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY

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Fun events for the community to connect with other members in

The Carlsbad Library and Arts Foundation’s first annual “Night at the Library”

the area, from yoga flow to potluck, every Friday is a different theme.

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the Schulman Auditorium followed by tours of the library, dinner, more entertainment and dancing in the library. $50 per person. CarlsbadCA.gov

BREWFEST

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HOLIDAY PARK CARLSBAD

BLACK AND WHITE MASQUERADE GALA

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More than 500 business and community leaders attend this social event

service organization that offers a

of the season complete with lavish cuisine, lively entertainment provided

variety of programs, service, and

by Bonnie Foster Productions, and exhilarating silent, platinum and live

events for wounded veterans of

auctions.Projected to raise $275,000 in support of the Boys & Girls Clubs

the military actions following the

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NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE TO HOST

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CLASS OF 2019 FASHION SHOW

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For more than 50 years, National Charity League has thrived as one

dents in the Carlsbad Unified School District! An outstanding

of the nation's most distinctive and well-respected mother-daughter

and challenging course, lunch, snacks and beverages, enter-

membership organizations. The Del Sol Chapter of NCL has members

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OCTOBER 11 C12 SAN DIEGO ANNOUNCES EMPLOYER RIGHTS WORKSHOP CORPORATE ALLIANCE OF SAN DIEGO An internationally recognized advocate law firm, Alliance Defending Freedom, will provide business owners with case studies and legal precedence to help clear up the murkiness and misinformation that exists on what can and cannot be expressed in the workplace regarding ones’ faith. Two separate workshops 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.-6 p.m. C12Group.com

OCTOBER 13 - 16 LA COSTA FILM FESTIVAL LA COSTA RESORT AND SPA, CINÉPOLIS, RUBY G. SCHULMAN AUDITORIUM. This year's event features more movies and celebrities than before, and the ReelPitch is back! Check the website for screenings schedule, tickets, special events and more. LaCostaFilmFestival.org

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HOME DESIGN & FURNISHINGS Anna Rode’ Design Inc. (858) 414-1007 AnnaRodeDesigns.com Patio At Your Door (858) 829-4302 patioatyourdoor.com

JEWELRY

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MEDICAL CLINICS & FACILITIES

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La Costa Film Festival (619) 300-4577 lacostafilmfestival.org The Lund Team (760) 438-0800 lundteam.com

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