About our Unit:
The Scripps Ranch Unit advocates and raises funds for Rady Children's Hospital and also has several fun social events throughout the year. We usually meet on the third Monday of each month from September through June, with a social at 6:30 P.M. and the business meeting beginning at 7 P.M.
Most of our members live in Scripps Ranch or nearby communities including Rancho Bernardo and Poway.
The Scripps Ranch Unit advocates and raises funds for Rady Children's Hospital and also has several fun social events throughout the year. We usually meet on the third Monday of each month from September through June, with a social at 6:30 P.M. and the business meeting beginning at 7 P.M.
Most of our members live in Scripps Ranch or nearby communities including Rancho Bernardo and Poway.
Opportunities to Get Involved:
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Work with your hands:
Provide patients and their families with necessities and help the Hospital fulfill its mission of ensuring the best possible care for kids such as:
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Work with kids:
Volunteer at at Alexa's PlayC (Playful Learning Academy for Young Children.) This is an early education program offered through Rady Children's Hospital's Autism Discovery Institute for children ages 18 months to 5 years. It is a unique inclusion program designed to integrate early education for typically developing children and children with autism. Members are welcome to volunteer for an hour at a time to read or play with the children. |
Work with Auxiliary Members:
With Rady Children’s Hospital affiliated events happening all throughout the year, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved with other volunteers just like you. Examples: Semi-annual and annual meetings of the Auxiliary, holiday gift-wrapping at UTC, Holiday Ice Rink at Liberty Station, attending fundraising events hosted by other units, monthly Education Seminars, unit socials. |
Causes We Support:
In 2024 the Scripps Ranch Unit's major event raised funds for the Department of Neuroscience to help fight Pediatric Inflammatory Brain Disorders. In the past we have fundraised for the Department of Endocrinology to fight Type 1 Diabetes, the Medical Behavioral Unit/Eating Disorders Treatment, Autism, the Heart Institute, Child Life Services, The Center for Healing Arts, Audiology, NICU, Neurosciences, the Institute for Genomics Medicine, the Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, and many more.
PAST FUNDRAISING EVENTS
All donations and net proceeds from Joining Hands for Rady Children's 2024 benefitted Rady Children's Neuroscience Institute, Pediatric Inflammatory Brain Disorders.
Photos from our Joining Hands 2024 Luau Event:
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All donations and net proceeds from our 2023 event, Disco for Diabetes, benefitted the Department of Endocrinology to fight Type 1 Diabetes.
Photos from our 2023 Disco for Diabetes Event:
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Other unit events:
Tacos and Tequila Event, February 2024
Gift Wrapping at UTC
March 2023 Chili Cook- Off!