The season of giving
Bret Schanzenbach
President & CEO,
Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce
As we approach the Holiday Season, we know that many of you look for ways to give back. Sometimes that means an end-of-year tax deduction donation. Other times it means giving your time or your talents. Any way you slice it, our diverse nonprofit community can use your support. And we have a ton of amazing nonprofits that focus on so many different aspects of our quality of life here in our community. So as we approach the holidays, we thought we would just share who they are and what they focus on so you can get to know them better.
Animals
•Rancho Coastal Humane Society – rchumanesociety.org
Civic
• 1776 Forever Free – 1776foreverfree.com
• Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary – www.carlsbadhinoonrotary.org
• Carlsbad Republican Women Federated – www.carlsbadrepublicans.com
• Democratic Club of Carlsbad/Oceanside – www.demcco.org
• Kiwanis Club of Carlsbad Community Support
• Carlsbad Charitable Foundation – www.CarlsbadCharitableFoundation.org
• Carlsbad Chamber Community Foundation – www.Carlsbad.org
• Carlsbad Sister City Ambassadors – www.carlsbadambassadors.org
Domestic Abuse
• Women’s Resource Center – www.wrcsd.org
Educational Support
• Assistance League North Coast – www.alnc.org
• Carlsbad Educational Foundation – carlsbaded.org
• Kids for Peace – kidsforpeaceglobal.org
• LabRats San Diego – www.sdlabrats.org
• New Haven Youth & Family Services – www.newhavenyfs.org
• The Rory Graham Jr. Foundation – facebook.com/Rory-Graham-Jr-Foundation
Environment
• Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation – www.aguahedionda.org
• Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation – batiquitosfoundation.org
• Carlsbad Community Gardens Collaborative – carlsbadcommunitygardens.org
• ECOLIFE – www.ecolifeconservation.org
• I Love a Clean San Diego – cleansd.org
• Plastic Beach – plastic-beach.com
• San Diego Botanic Garden – sdbg.org
Health & Wellness
• Alzheimer’s Association – www.alz.org/sandiego
• American Cancer Society – www.relayforlife.org/carlsbad-encinitasca
• For Their Thoughts Foundation – www.fortheirthoughts.org
• Free Wheelchair Mission – www.freewheelchairmission.org
• Hospice of North Coast – hospicenorthcoast.org
• Mitchel Thorp Foundation – www.mitchellthorp.org
• Pathway Health Clinic – www.pathway-healthclinic.com
• The Elizabeth Hospice – elizabethhospice.org
• Tri-City Hospital Foundation – www.carlsbadfdf.org
Homelessness
•Rapid Response Housing Solutions – rapidresponsehousingsolutions.org
• Solutions for Change – solutionsforchange.org
Military/Veterans
• American Legion San Dieguito Post 416 – sdpost416.org
• Military Outreach Ministry – facebook.com/MOM4USAORG
• USO Camp Pendleton – sandiego.uso.org/camppendleton
• VetCTAP – www.vetctap.org
• Veterans Association of North County (VANC) – www.vanc.me
• Wounded Warrior Homes – www.woundedwarriorhomes.org
Performing Arts
• Carlsbad Community Theater – www.carlsbadcommunitytheatre.com
• Carlsbad Friends of the Arts – www.carlsbadfriendsofthearts.org
• Carlsbad Library & Arts Foundation – www.carlsbadlibraryartsfoundation.org
• Carlsbad Music Festival – www.carlsbadmusicfestival.org
• Museum of Making Music – www.museumofmakingmusic.org
• New Village Arts – newvillagearts.org
Public Safety:
• Carlsbad Fire Department Foundation – www.carlsbadfdf.org
• InfraGard San Diego – infragardsd.org
Social Services
• AARP –
• Carlsbad Christmas Bureau – christmasbureau.org
• Community Resource Center – crcncc.org
• Interfaith Community Services – www.interfaithservices.org
• North County Food Bank – northcountyfoodbank.org
• North County Lifeline – www.nclifeline.org
• Milestone House – www.milestonehouse.org
Youth
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad – www.bgccarlsbad.org
• Boy Scouts Troop 748 Carlsbad – carlsbad748.mytroop.us
• Girl Scouts San Diego – www.sdgirlscouts.org
• MANA de North County San Diego – www.manadenorthcountysd.org
• YMCA Magdalena Ecke Family – www.ymcasd.org/locations/magdalena-ecke-