PT in the Community Recap of CSM 2023

We raised just over $26,000 for the local communities of San Diego, CA!

Facilitated a successful blood drive with the San Diego Blood Bank

Volunteered with it's All About the Kids. Packing meal bags for 177 families. Donated $2,200 to further support the organization, funding over 4,400 meals for families in need.

Assembled over 420 care packages to support local shelters, including Catholic Charities, Father Joe's and the YMCA. These care packages were a mixed variety of hygiene kits, snack kits, and mindfulness kits.

In collaboration with Catholic Charities and their Senior Housing locations, performed health and fall screens on over 50 older adults. Emphasis on baseline vitals and balance.

Visited with high school students at The Monarch, talked about PT profession, and provided their athletic department with various supplies and equipment. The Monarch serves children experiencing homelessness.

Supported Reality Changers with equipment for their after school programming, including medicine balls, resistance bands, exercise mats, balance equipment, and more. Reality Changers prepare youth to become first-generation college graduates and agents of change in their communities.

Donated $2200 to each of the following local organizations to support their efforts in San Diego:

• PT for All
  • (funding PT services for low-income individuals)
• San Diego Family Health Centers
  • (funding over 145 PT visits for uninsured and low-income individuals)
• The Challange Center
  • (supporting PT services & fitiness programming for a variety of individuals)