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Dear San Diegans,

I hope you’re well.

As you may know, Disney is giving away a free Disneyland pass to each person who volunteers for one of our beach cleanups. We have three more events remaining. They will be on March 13, April 10 and May 1.

New volunteers can click http://jcsm.org/pbcleanup/register/ to register. Please hurry because they could hit 1 million free tickets and stop accepting new registrations at any time. Please spread the word to your friends, family, co-workers and students.

Thanks for caring about our coastline! Our February 27 cleanup was a success with 633 people helping to clean Pacific Beach! We hope to get that many people or more for our other events. Thanks for your support.

Sincerely,
Jason Gastrich

PB Cleanup |  Register |  Facebook |  Flyer |  T-Shirts |  Donate | Subscribe/Unsubscribe

In addition to registering, you MUST pay using the PayPal link below OR by submitting your deposit at the Welcome Tent on Sunday or at College Group on Wednesday. The total cost is $50. Your registration is not complete until we have received your deposit.

$25.00 Non Refundable Deposit

Full Payment $50.00 Deposit $25.00

Full Payment due March 27th

San Diego CityFest, a coalition of churches in San Diego, needs a few volunteers to help with some office work in preparation for a Pastors and Leaders enrichment conference.

If you are available Thurs, Feb 24th or Fri, Feb 25th, contact MawiPatten@DIVEintoFLOOD.com.

Sorry for the long subject line!  My name is Kuangkai Tai, and I represent Chinese Bible Church of San Diego up in Rancho Bernardo.  Last year, we held our 1st Annual Ultimate Frisbee Tournament to benefit Hope Harvest International on 3/14/09 at Doyle Community Park.

Hope Harvest International was started by one of our sisters to promote orphan care in Southern China.  More information here at  www.hope-harvest.org.

This year’s tournament/fundraiser is on 6/5/10 at the same venue, Doyle Community Park.  Please contact me at kuangkai@yahoo.com if you’re interested in participating!

Take care, and God bless!!

Psalm 68:3-5 says

But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God;
may they be happy and joyful.

Sing to God, sing praise to his name, extol him who rides on the clouds ^[a]—

his name is the LORD—and rejoice before him.

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.

Imagine thousands of people like you partnering to leave the biggest footprint of love imaginable in Southern California. San Diego CityFest has been invited to San Diego to partner with local organizations and churches in a Season of Service from April 2010-September 2010 culminating in a two-day celebration festival!

OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED:

Festival: September 11-12, 2010: Give a few hours of your time. Get a lot of memories. Sign up individually or as a group. Positions range from artist merchandise to greeting to clean-up crew (don’t knock this one – everyone loves a good-looking festival site!) Sign up online – website available soon www.festivalvolunteer.com

Pre-Festival:
Before the September 11-12 festival, there are also different events as well as office work that we will need assistance with. These dates will vary, and would be volunteer opportunities that could last anywhere from one hour to an entire day working an event.
-Give anywhere from an hour of your time to many hours of service (call for detailed information)

Imagine tens of thousands of kids, young families, and grandparents enjoying top quality contemporary Christian music. Picture the city’s young extreme sports crowd catching their breath during demonstrations by professional skateboarders, and thousands of kids giggling and jumping at the sight of Bob and Larry in the Family Fun Zone.

Contact San Diego CityFest Volunteer Coordinator today
858.523.1002 or kim.marr@palau.org.
www.sandiegocityfest.com

I’m new to Flood thanks to a chance friend who invited me before I even moved to CA. Since high school I’ve been growing out my hair to donate to Locks of Love. Recently I had an idea to do more.

There is a woman in my hometown church who owns a salon and I was going to try to get with her to organize a Locks of Love event where people could come and donate their hair or (if their hair wasn’t long enough) could get a trim, style, color, whatev and have all or part of the money earned donated to the charity. I never ended up doing it because of the winter holidays and my move to San Diego didn’t leave me with enough time to organize it.

I am looking to get my hair chopped soon, but before I did, I was wondering if anyone was interested in taking on this idea with me to create an event. I’m still new to the area, so I don’t have the resources or connections like I had back home, so I’m not really sure who to ask and I’d need help setting it up.

Shoot me an email if interested or have any ideas: workingwriter31@yahoo.com

–Angela–

January is National Mentoring Month, a time to celebrate accomplishments and re-commit to serving children in San Diego County.  As a grateful partner of The Flood, Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) would like to invite you to join us in our January FUNdraising events. 

Tuesday, January 26th (4pm-10pm) – Join us at Stone Brewing Company’s World Bistro for an evening of great food and drink.  Come dine in the Bistro and 15% of your sales will be donated to BBBS. Location: 1999 Citracado Parkway, Escondido 92029.

Thursday, January 29th (5pm-9pm) – Join us at the Lucha Libre Gourmet Taco Shop for “Chow for Charity”.  Order up fresh Mexican food and see a real Lucha Libre wrestler! Proceeds from the evening will be donated to BBBS.  Location: 1810 W. Washington St, San Diego 92103

Project 7 is awarding $15,000 to seven different organizations. Three of the finalists are Friends of Flood organizations. Amor Ministries, Invisible Children and Plant with a Purpose are all finalists in different categories for a Project 7 contest. To vote and help these Friends of Flood win go to http://www.project7.com/causes/house/ .

Remember that Sunday a few months ago when we prayed together for the Kearny High School campus and faculty? Here’s an opportunity to love on the KHS staff in a tangible way…

Help us host a KHS Faculty Appreciation Breakfast on Tuesday, January 12th, 7:30am-8:30am. Opportunities to serve include:

+ PRE-EVENT: Purchasing/preparing food in the days ahead (reimbursement available)
+ Help setup/host the breakfast
+ Arrive at 8:30am to help clean-up
+ Any creative ideas you have to affirm & appreciate the teachers & staff are welcomed!

Contact MawiPatten@DIVEintoFLOOD.com to help!

Saturday, February 13th, 8am-4pm, 4s Ranch Boys & Girls Club (Rancho Bernardo)

Join us for our annual flag football tournament! Start putting your teams together and get ready to dominate the field! This is a great opportunity to invite friends, coworkers, & family members to experience our rad community. Men’s Teams and Powder Puff Teams can pick up a team sign up sheet at the Flood Welcome Tent starting Sunday, Jan 3rd, or sign up early by emailing Patrick Dunn.

Cost: $175/team (max 16 players per team)
Contact: Patrick at PDunn3218@yahoo.com