Community Involvement

Senior Human Resources Consultant Sandra Fichter is a Board Member of the Veterans Association of Nowrth County (VANC), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Oceanside, California. The Board is currently active in refurbishing an existing structure to create the VANC Resource Center which will provide a resource center for all veterans from all branches of the military and all eras (including Active duty personnel).

The center allows veterans and their families a place to meet, network, receive support, be connected to needed resources and benefits from the more than 30 veteran organizations that make up VANC. The facility will also serve to sponsor social and patriotic functions. While in construction, the all volunteer organization, is providing needed support to veterans, active military and their families.

Senior Human Resources Consultant Lisa Kay is involved in the NCL (National Charity League) and Las Patronas. For more than 50 years, National Charity League, Inc. (NCL), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has thrived as one of the nation's most distinctive and well-respected mother-daughter membership organizations. Today, NCL has more than 160 Chapters with more than 40,000 actively engaged members – women and daughters in grades 7 through 12 – in 17 states. NCL is the only such volunteer force of its kind serving local communities around the United States. Annually, NCL members volunteer approximately one million hands-on hours in local communities, and as many or more supporting their own non-profit Chapter corporation.

Las Patronas is a philanthropic organization with a long history of giving. Since its inception in 1946, Las Patronas has donated approximately $15 million to nearly one thousand charitable institutions in San Diego. Las Patronas is committed to providing financial assistance to nonprofit organizations in San Diego County that provide valuable community services in the areas of health, education, social services and cultural arts, and to continuing our tradition of service to enhance the quality of life in our community. The funds distributed to these organizations are generated through year-long fundraising efforts.

Founder Renee Sheetz Davies is a Board Member of the San Diego Bowl Game Association (SDBGA) which presents the annual Holiday and Poinsettia College Bowl games in San Diego. The San Diego Bowl Game Association is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The mission of the two bowl games is to create tourism, exposure, economic benefit and civic pride for San Diego and its citizens by producing the nation's most exciting bowl games and festivals of events.

The Holiday Bowl initially was conceived to annually feature the Western Athletic Conference champion against a nationally-ranked opponent. After the breakup of the WAC in 1997, the Holiday Bowl signed agreements with the Pac-10 and Big 12 conferences. Currently, the third selection from the Pac-10 serves as the game's anchor team to oppose the fifth selection from the Big 12. In its 32-year history, the Holiday Bowl has generated over $500 million in economic impact. The 2009 game brought 43,944 visitors to San Diego who filled 43,951 San Diego hotel room nights and contributed $40.7 million to the local economy. San Diego based Bridgepoint Education is the current title sponsor for the Holiday Bowl. Bridgepoint Education selected Promises 2Kids as the Bowl's San Diego community charitable recipient.

The Poinsettia Bowl was developed to continue to support the SDBGA's efforts to increase economic benefits to San Diego. The first game was played between the Naval Academy and Colorado State University in 2005. The 2009 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl generated an economic impact of $10.59 million for the San Diego area. Direct visitor spending totaled $5.49 million, while $5.1 million was derived from indirect spending. Total attendance was 32,665. SDCCU selected Make-A-Wish Foundation as the Bow's San Diego community charitable recipient.

Technical Recruitment Consultant Ana Maria Grace is an active member and recipient of the San Diego Performing Art League's Star Award for her volunteer work at North Coast Repertory Theatre. North Coast Rep's mission is to create a platform where artist and audience thrive through the intimacy of live theatre, recognizing the power of theatre to challenge complacency, revitalize the imagination, nurture the unexpected and embrace the variety and diversity in our lives. Located in Solana Beach, in the heart of San Diego's Coastal North County, the theatre boasts an award-winning Mainstage season, with performances year-round to over 40,000 people in its intimate 194-seat setting. In addition, the theatre involves thousands of young people each year in the Theatre School @ North Coast Rep's education and outreach programs