SAN DIEGO - Beats by the Beach
Fundraiser. Saturday, March 5, 2011, Time:
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Ocean Beach Surf and Skate,
4976 Newport Avenue (parking lot)
San Diego, CA 92107. Info:
LanetteJ@OBSurfSkate.com or call (619)
225-2317. Cost: Free.
Beats by the Beach Fundraiser at
Ocean Beach Surf & Skate inaugural event
is a philanthropic festival to raise
funds for the YMCA Youth and Family
Services (YFS), a non-profit, social
service and program provider whose cause
is strengthening the community.
Music, Food, Skate: Ready for
some fun? Listen to live musical
performances by local bands including
Habitat, Tommy Dubs, The New Kenetics
and Rightjahs Blend. Sign up for the
street-course skate contest and meet
pro/am skateboarders Austyn Gillette and
Cano Cardenas . Purchase & chomp on
fresh-off-the-grill burgers donated
entirely from Hodad's.
Fun: Kids can have their
face painted with designs, there's an
Indo Board interactive surf simulator,
and yoga and muay tai workshops. Young
At Art Children's Creative Center in
Ocean Beach will create a mural from
paintings & art created during the
festival. It will be framed and then
displayed inside Ocean Beach Surf &
Skate.
Art Silent Auction: The event
will also feature an art show,
showcasing donated artwork from local
artists, students, photographers and
skateboarders that will be available for
purchase in a silent auction. Raffles
will include gifts from local
businesses.
The Beats by the Beach Fundraiser is
a FREE event, open to the public. The
event is possible thanks to sponsors who
are donating their time & materials to
raise money for a worthy cause.
To supplement program funding and to
help assure that the continuation of
social services are available for youth
and families in San Diego, the YFS must
raise $160,000 in 2011. In hopes to aid
in these fundraising efforts, Ocean
Beach Surf & Skate, Habitat, Alien
Workshop, Dizm Eyewear, SUPERbrand
Apparel and Typical Culture are all
working together, bringing the YFS and
the San Diego community their first
ever, Beats by the Beach Fundraiser.
yfs.ymca.org.
San Diego is the Festival Capital of
California (or one of them, at least.)
Here are some other festivals in the 2nd
largest city in California:
