Red Nose Run December 15, 2017 The Red Nose Run will benefit Fresh Start Surgical Gifts and the Semper Fi Fund. The 3K/5K run/walk starts and finishes on the beach in front of The Poseidon Restaurant, near the lifeguard station. Check-in begins at 1pm and the run starts at 2pm. Participants are invited to return…
Thanksgiving Day 5K November 23, 2017 Before filling up on Thanksgiving dinner, more than 7,500 runners and walkers are expected to lace up their sneakers for San Diego’s original turkey trot: Father Joe’s Villages’ Thanksgiving Day 5K. Proceeds will help Father Joe’s Villages to prepare and serve more than 1 million meals to neighbors in…
What to Do About Us? The importance of planning for our own future Six years ago, I wrote “What to Do About Mom and Dad?” — an article about the challenges faced by grown children and the elderly parents who need increasing care. My mother-in-law, for example, was in her 90s at the time, and…
Race for the Cure November 5, 2017 Susan G. Komen San Diego’s 21st annual Race for the Cure in Balboa Park is the county’s largest 5K and 1-mile walk/run. With the money raised from the event, Komen San Diego is able to cover costs for diagnostic mammograms, biopsies, ultrasounds, research, meal delivery, temporary financial aid,…
Finding Focus Vision of Children nears a cure for genetic eye disorder Posted on June 30, 2017 When Vivian and Sam Hardage’s newborn son was diagnosed with ocular albinism more than two decades ago, few people knew anything about the genetic eye disorder. “There wasn’t a single person doing any albinism research anywhere on planet…