Here's what our Community Service committee has done recently:

March 2008 - "Bunnies for Babes" our annual drive for stuffed bunnies, we collected 30 bunnies this year which will find new homes with the children at the Polinsky Children's Center. Polinsky Children's Center opened in 1994, it is the emergency shelter for children in San Diego County. The facility accommodates abused, abandoned and neglected children in age-appropriate, home like cottages. The San Diego Chapter of NACE hopes the bunnies will provide the children something soft and cuddly to love.

February 2008 - The San Diego Chapter of NACE had the opportunity for 'global community services' by supporting Operation Thin Mint through Girl Scouts of America. The San Diego/Imperial County Council of Girl Scouts developed this program in 2002, since it's creation they have sent 1,087,157 boxes of cookies overseas. They are sent to Military Troops in Iraq, Afganistan, Kuwait, Korea, the Persian Gulf, the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean. This year our Chapter sent 55 boxes of cookies to the Troops, as the Girl Scouts say "NACE - Thank You for Your Support". For more information you can visit - http://www.girlscoutssdi.org/site/productsales/documents/FAQOTM2007.pdf

October 2006 It was a night to remember as we came together to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the San Diego Chapter of NACE. We raised over $4600. for our beneficiaries through our silent auction and raffle. There were some great items donated that offered terrific bargains for the participants.

This year, we've chosen Friends of Scott as the foundation to direct our community service and fundraising for. Friends of Scott is a non-profit organization that was founded in memory of Scott Delgadillo who lost his life to childhood cancer. The Friends of Scott Foundation (FSF) is committed to helping children with cancer and their families. San Diego NACE will help to contribute money and support, to ensure they receive the emotional and financial support needed to cope with this devastating disease. FSF strives to bring Childhood Cancer Awareness to the community

August 2006 San Diego NACE amassed several hundered toothbrushes and tubes of toothpaste, which is a part of building a "Back to School Backpack" for a hundred kids. At the October Gala Fundraiser, we'll finish the job, putting together school supplies and much more for a final presentation.

Here's AnnaMaria Sanfilippo taking a limo full of kids to the Del Mar Races.

Nancy Chagnon Baron surrounded by bunnies. Click on the image.

April 2006 - Bunnies for Babes - Thanks to all who either brought a bunny, or contributed cash to the cause. Over thirty bunnies, traveling in my trunk, no-muss, no-fuss, were delivered to Children's Hospital to share their softness with the kids!

December 2005 - Holiday Party-Toy Drive,  at our Holiday Party 2005, at Humphreys Half Moon Inn, we collected a large quantity of unwrapped gifts which went to appreciative children and families for Christmas, and put smiles on many faces for our San Diego neighbors in need.

April 2005 - Clothing Drive- we are continued our clothing drive and asked all SDNACE members to get into their closets and donate any mens or womens gently used business clothes to the "From Welfare to Work Program". We also put out the call for slightly used prom dresses which was answered with many replies, and smiling faces for San Diego high school graduates whose prom nights will be much more unforgettable.

Jan Holcomb, left, and Sylvia Peralta run the donations department at The Polinsky's Children Center. Click on the image.

March 2005- "Bunnies for Babes" — SDNACE delivered 131 stuffed bunnies to The Polinsky's Children Center in time for Easter. Thanks to our members generous donations!

May of 2003, we hosted the “Taste of Nace”, which benefited the NFL Youth Education Town. We even had Billy Ray Smith, former San Diego Charger as our MC. Highlights included our “Tacky Tourist Contest”. 23 food and beverage purveyors, strolling magicians, steel drum music, and numerous NACE supporters came together to create and enjoy the first Taste of Nace.

August of 2002, we participated in “Little Race for Little People”. This is a fundraiser, with proceeds that benefits the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Children’s Hospital. Our members raced a dinghy around a pre-determined course on Shelter Island.

May 2002, our Fundraiser to benefit the Make a Wish Foundation’s Wish Kid, Lael Carpenter, we created a “Wands, Wishes and Wizardry" event at the Abby in Hillcrest. Wizards wandered around serving appetizers, and Magicians performed their magic. Dramatically presented desserts with flames and spun sugar left everyone in awe. Our silent auction which included donations of airline tickets and free skydives, generated a plentiful donation amount, which helped our Wish Kid take the Disney Cruise she’d been dreaming of. This could have only happened as a result of all the generous donations from our members of gifts and food and beverage.