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Encinitas nonprofit enlists home gardeners in the fight against hunger
Healthy Day Partners, which recently launched a Homegrown Hunger Relief program, also creates educational gardens and farms.
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Encinitas-based nonprofit Healthy Day Partners has launched a program that lets local gardeners donate their produce to people in need.
The program, Homegrown Hunger Relief, is especially timely as food scarcity rates have skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have enough fresh food to end hunger right now, what we lack are the systems that create equal access to healthy food for everyone,” explains Mim Michelove, CEO and president of Healthy Day Partners.
Friday, Jan. 29
• Kiwanis Club of La Jolla meets, 12:30 p.m. online. Ari Novy, president and chief executive of the San Diego Botanic Garden, will speak. Email
ljkiwanis@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
Sunday, Jan. 31
• La Jolla Open Aire Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Girard Avenue at Genter Street. (858) 454-1699.
Monday, Feb. 1
• Rotary Club of La Jolla meets, 10 a.m. online. Joint meeting with the Haifa Club in Israel. Guests are welcome.
Genealogy buffs hold online class Tuesday
An Intermediate Genealogy Class, presented in a live online webinar by the North San Diego County Genealogical Society, will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. Jeanette Shiel will discuss “Researching New York State Records.”
The webinar is free; registration required at nsdcgs.org. For questions, call (949) 310-1778.
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GIA offers virtual activities for gem buffs
The Gemological Institute of America offers a number of free virtual activities and resources that are available to the community. For example, folks can learn about the latest gemological research and new discoveries in Gems & Gemology GIA’s quarterly journal including the most recent issue on colored stone origin and every issue, back to 1934 at gia.edu/gems-gemology. GIA also offers access to important books on gemology, mineralogy, gems and jewelry in the digital collection of rare and historical books from GIA’s Cartier Rare Book Repository and A