{"id":71108,"date":"2025-11-26T19:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/71108\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:45:07","slug":"8-san-diego-nonprofit-events-to-attend-this-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/71108\/","title":{"rendered":"8 San Diego Nonprofit Events to Attend This December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Father Joe\u2019s Villages Holiday Village at the Bayfront<\/p>\n<p>Through December 8<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegomagazine.com\/everything-sd\/father-joes-villages-culinary-arts-program\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Father Joe\u2019s Villages<\/a> is hosting its second annual <a href=\"https:\/\/my.neighbor.org\/take-action\/events\/holiday-village\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Holiday Village at the Bayfront<\/a>. Patrons and businesses are invited to sponsor one of the decorated trees in the Hilton San Diego Bayfront lobby to raise money to support Father Joe\u2019s Villages\u2019 mission to prevent and end homelessness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hazard Center Barnes &amp; Noble Book Drive for ArtReach<\/p>\n<p>Through December 15<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stores.barnesandnoble.com\/store\/1978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Hazard Center Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a> shoppers have the opportunity to help kids get creative this holiday season at its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artreachsandiego.org\/barnes-noble-holiday-book-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">book drive for ArtReach<\/a>. Donated books will complement ArtReach\u2019s programs, providing art materials, and help San Diego youth create.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegomagazine.com\/things-to-do\/food-banks-donations-san-diego\/?utm_source=internal&amp;utm_medium=internal_link&amp;utm_campaign=highlight_embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Feeding-San-Diego-Banner-Find-Food-scaled-e1611906672309-1024x683.jpg.webp.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-117278 wp-post-image\" alt=\"San Diego food bank from local nonprofit Feeding San Diego\"   data-mwl-img-id=\"117278\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>San Ysidro McDonalds Donation Drive<\/p>\n<p>December 1<\/p>\n<p>The San Ysidro McDonald\u2019s will collect donated gifts for kids at the <a href=\"https:\/\/ofno.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Nazareth Orphanage in Baja<\/a> California. The children\u2019s wish lists, clothing and shoe sizes, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/xiomigao1h4fm0wvsowfy\/AMXlL5B6IkBbiPGOjv5gDXI?rlkey=jfcdvsjmhk53f7n0qj7bdfo9b&amp;e=2&amp;st=7wlvfbfb&amp;dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">needed items can be found here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Designing Dreams\u2019 Hope for the Holidays Gala<\/p>\n<p>December 5<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingdreamsusa.org\/ourmission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Designing Dreams San Diego<\/a> will host its fourth annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingdreamsusa.org\/events\/%20hopefortheholidaysgala\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Hope for the Holidays Gala<\/a> at Liberty Station. Proceeds from the nonprofit\u2019s largest fundraiser of the year will help the organization transform the bedrooms of children with cancer into \u201csanctuaries of hope and healing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arc of San Diego\u2019s Winter Wonderland Fashion Show &amp; Luncheon <\/p>\n<p>December 5<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegomagazine.com\/charitable-sd\/volunteer-diaries-adam-young-the-arc-of-san-diego\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arc of San Diego<\/a> will enjoy an afternoon of glamour at its annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-sd.com\/winterwonderland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Winter Wonderland Fashion Show &amp; Luncheon<\/a> at the US Grant. Proceeds from the Shimmer &amp; Glimmer\u2013themed event will benefit The Arc of San Diego\u2019s programs for kids and adults with disabilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>St. Germaine Children\u2019s Charity Silver Tea Fundraiser<\/p>\n<p>December 9<\/p>\n<p>Philanthropists Danny and Sally Lawrence will open their La Jolla home for this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/stgermainechildrenscharity.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">St. Germaine Children\u2019s Charity Silver Tea<\/a>. The tea will raise money for local agencies working to prevent child abuse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>34th Annual Poinsettia Ball at Ecke Family YMCA in Encinitas<\/p>\n<p>December 13<\/p>\n<p>The Magdalena <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ymcasd.org\/locations\/magdalena-ecke-family-ymca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ecke Family YMCA<\/a> in Encinitas will host its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classy.org\/event\/34th-annual-paul-ecke-jr-poinsettia-ball\/e710264\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">34th annual Poinsettia Ball<\/a>. This year\u2019s theme is A Midwinter Night\u2019s Dream and its goal is to increase access to the YMCA\u2019s health and wellness programs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Animal Pad\u2019s Tinsel &amp; Tails Holiday Extravaganza<\/p>\n<p>December 19<\/p>\n<p>Dogs are welcome at <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegomagazine.com\/everything-sd\/animal-pad-san-diego-adoption-shelter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Animal Pad\u2019<\/a>s fifth annual <a href=\"https:\/\/theanimalpad.org\/events\/tinsel-tails-holiday-extravaganza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tinsel &amp; Tails Holiday Extravaganza<\/a> at Liberty Station. The event will include a \u201cPawliday Market\u201d with local vendors, festive photos, food trucks, kids crafts, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Father Joe\u2019s Villages Holiday Village at the Bayfront Through December 8 Father Joe\u2019s Villages is hosting its second&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[22572,3177,74,76,75,420],"class_list":{"0":"post-71108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-charitable-sd","9":"tag-everything-sd","10":"tag-san-diego","11":"tag-san-diego-headlines","12":"tag-san-diego-news","13":"tag-things-to-do"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}