Monarch School, a public-private partnership between the San Diego County Office of Education and the nonprofit Monarch School Project, is the only comprehensive K-12 school in the country designed exclusively to educate and support youth experiencing homelessness. Monarch provides students with a safe, stable learning environment where they can persevere through the trauma of homelessness that has affected them and their success in education.

Visit www.monarchschools.org for more information.

Shelter to Soldier

Shelter to Soldier is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that adopts dogs from local shelters and rescue organizations and trains them to become psychiatric service dogs for post-9/11 veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress (PTS), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and/or Military Sexual Trauma (MST). The program also places emotional support animals (ESAs) with active duty military and veterans, and deploys the Shelter to Soldier Canine Ambassadors, a team of therapy dogs and their volunteer handlers, to provide visits of love and comfort to local military, veterans and their families.

Visit www.sheltertosoldier.org for more information.

Curebound raises and invests strategic funding in translational cancer research projects aimed at accelerating new discoveries to clinical application. With over $23 million raised and invested into collaborative cancer research, the organization has funded 90+ innovative research grants with 6 clinical trials currently underway. Curebound is founded on the deep-seated belief that cures are possible and that through the power of collaboration and the spirit of community, we can create cures in our lifetime. 

Visit www.curebound.org for more information.