Partners, Volunteers of the Year Honored

SeaWorld San Diego's Nautilus Pavilion was the scene last week for one of the great celebrations held each year by San Diego Unified, the 28th Annual Community Recognition Event. Each school brought its best partners and volunteers to be honored for their services and contributions to the children of San Diego.

Partners of the Year: The Rice Family Foundation (Encanto Elementary School); MALS-11 Devilfish MCAS Miramar (Sandburg Elementary School); SPAWAR Systems Center, Pacific (Pershing Middle School); Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (Kearny High School Construction Tech Academy); and Mossy Automotive Group (District Relations Office).

Volunteers of the Year: Guadalupe “Doña Lupe” Alvarez (Kimbrough Elementary School); Eliazar Sandoval (Lindbergh Schweitzer Elementary School); Bill Mayo (Ocean Beach Elementary School); Barbara Shortill (Challenger Middle School); and Marilyn Bradford (Mark Twain High School).

Special thanks to SeaWorld San Diego and California Coast Credit Union for once again sponsoring the event. Read more. For more information, please contact Ellen Tiffany, manager, Community Relations, at or (619) 725-5594.

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