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Clairemont Times Serving Clairemont, Bay Park, Linda Vista & Kearny Mesa
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CCSA CA$H4Food by James Acosta
The annual Cash4Food campaign, sponsored by the Community Christian Service Agency (CCSA) is scheduled for 15 – 30 June, 2015! CCSA provides services to low income singles, couples, seniors, families and those with special needs as well as the homeless population in San Diego County, many of whom are children and veterans. CCSA services include supplemental food, clothing, counseling and referrals. The CA$H4Food fund is complimentary to the generous donations of food we receive from our member churches and other sponsors and is used to procure supplemental food items over the year to ensure we can provide a consistent, nutritionally balanced grocery supplement to our clients each month. All funds donated to Cash4Food
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Clairemont High Students Take 2nd Place
are used exclusively to procure FOOD! CCSA has built relationships and maintains the required certifications to procure food from the San Diego Food Bank and Feeding America. Buying food through these agencies maximizes the Cash4Food fund since we can often procure needed food items significantly under the cost of normal retail stores; our average is approximately 19 cents per pound. CCSA is recognized for excellence in managing and providing services to clients and is a distribution point for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) sponSEE CA4H4Food, page 7
Students in the Academy of Business at Clairemont High School took 2nd Place in the prestigious Junior Achievement (JA) entrepreneurial competition. With over 20 participating companies the students startSEE Clairemont HS Students, page 4
Memorial for Ernie Beck by Bill Swank
Coach Ernie Beck and Billy Capps, 1954 American Legion Player of the Year, at Ernie Beck Field (Clairemont High School) July 2013 Photo By Bill Swank
A memorial will be held at 5:00 PM on June 14, 2015 for longtime Clairemont High School baseball coaching legend, Ernie Beck, at Ernie Beck Field on the CHS campus.When he retired in 1984, Coach Beck was the winningest high school baseball coach in San Diego history. He died earlier this year at age 92.