Each year the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego (JCF) facilitates the Peter Chortek Leadership Award (PCLA), an award created by the Chortek Family to foster Jewish communal involvement by rewarding Jewish teens who are practicing Tikkun Olam, repairing the world.
The San Diego Unified School District is working on a plan to have mental health become part of the core curriculum in its schools and it’s thanks to a push.