This morning a very cool local event took place. The annual Ocean Beach Pier Pancake Breakfast was held near the end of the long OB pier!
Proceeds from the breakfast are used to fund the OB Food and Toy Drive, which benefits many families in the beach community who could use a helping hand. This tasty event is put on each year by the Ocean Beach Town Council!
Enjoy a few photos!
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I wasn’t expecting to write this blog. But I have to.
During this morning’s Ocean Beach Street Fair, I took a few photos of a smiling lady in a Dr. Seuss Cat in the Hat hat. My senses were so dazzled by all the cool sights and activity round about me that I didn’t really notice the important purpose of her booth.
As I left the festival, I popped into the local library to use the restroom. And there, standing behind the front counter, was the Cat in the Hat hat lady! She greeted me–she was a librarian! She had noticed me taking photos.
They’re for a blog, I said. Help us raise a million dollars, she said. I laughed, promised I’d try!
It wasn’t until this afternoon, as I looked closely at my photographs, that I realized she wasn’t kidding! The Ocean Beach branch of the San Diego Public Library really does need to raise money! Check out the poster which I enlarged!
So now I have to keep a promise.
Please help the Ocean Beach public library raise funds for much needed improvements!
Here is their Facebook page. It contains contact info.
Is this a cause you’d like to support? You might like to help them out! The OB Library is overdue for expansion. Spread the word! Let’s get it done!
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This blog’s purpose is simple. It is to enjoy San Diego, to spread a little sunshine, and to help people who are doing good deeds or undertaking worthy causes.
Here are a few charities and positive organizations that would be grateful for your assistance.
Please click to learn more:
Please help Stuff the Bus to fight hunger!
Foster homes needed for loving San Diego cats!
Free books for teachers, schools, hospitals and prisons.
Ocean Beach Public Library needs activism and help!
Big red shoes help families heal in San Diego!
San Diego walking superheroes fight brain tumors!
The Salvation Army celebrates service in San Diego.
Spreckels Organ raises funds for Operation Rebound.
Cool Corvette car show benefits San Diego USO.
Art made of coins helps Rady Children’s Hospital!
Glean Queens of San Diego need your help!
Help Westview High School Music Outreach succeed!
Fill the Boot in San Diego to help burn victims!
San Diego breast cancer walkers: the final mile!
Wasted grocery food turns to art in Balboa Park.
20 Ways To Help the Homeless in San Diego.
Kids’ NewsDay benefits Rady Children’s Hospital!
Photos of cool pancake fundraiser on the OB Pier!
Photos of Coastal Cleanup Day in Ocean Beach!
Habitat for Humanity builds a house downtown!
San Diegans donate used textiles for charity.
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Here are a few more thoughts about why I blog:
Writing a blog opens up an amazing world.
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Our leisurely walk through Balboa Park has been interrupted by a great pic I got this morning!
Outstanding kicker Nick Novak and other Chargers players were out on busy street corners to help with Kids Newsday, which raises money for Rady Children’s Hospital! They were handing out newspapers filled with cool articles written by kids while collecting donations from passing motorists.
In this photo, Nick is being interviewed by a Union Tribune journalist in Mission Valley. You can see other participants holding yellow signs across the intersection.
I just got home from my walk today, when lo and behold, on the corner of Ninth Avenue and Date Street right next to the Tweet Street playground are a couple of friendly folks collecting used and unwanted textiles. Here’s a pic!
Their website is www.rippletextilerecycling.com and they raise money by collecting old, stained or torn clothing, bedding, towels, shoes, stuffed animals . . . you name it! Wearable and useable items are sent to developing nations. The other stuff is ground up and converted into new products. They earn 10 cents a pound, and the proceeds are donated to local charities.
The money raised today will go to the YWCA Cortez Hill Family Center!
Please check out their website and make a note of their upcoming events!
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