This past weekend, we honored Mike DeEmedio and Michael Grimes (the two Mike's) with the Larry Himmel Good Neighbor Award! Together, they purchased Ocean Beach Hardware after the previous owners announced their plans to close the store. The 100-year-old store will now remain open thanks to the two Mike's and their dedication to the community of Ocean Beach! Photo Credit: Point Loma-OB Monthly #Foundation

This past weekend we partnered up with the California Barber and Beauty College for the Prom Project. We selected Hoover High School and had students come out and get their makeup done, hair cut and everything else in preparation for prom. #Foundation

We visited Interfaith Community Services for our 3rd Annual Santa Visit. Over 50 homeless kids wrote letters to Santa a couple weeks ago. Last night, Santa came back with gifts. Check out the smiles and some tears. #Foundation

Last spring we got a call the from principal at St. Mary's school up in Escondido. St. Mary's is one of the lowest funded schools in San Diego as it's numbers have been dwindling over the past several years. They identified their top issue for the upcoming school year being the actual curriculum. They learn from Stemscope Lab Kits, which is a software that helps kids of all different levels. The cost for their overall curriculum was $16,000, which the Larry Himmel Neighborhoo

This past weekend, we teamed up with Assistance League of Greater San Diego to provide 50 kids with $100 gift cards to Target in order to buy school clothes! #Foundation

Families lined up bright and early on Saturday morning to help their little ones get ready to go back to school. 30 kids were in line by 9 a.m. There were so many lined up in fact, the event actually opened doors early to accommodate the crowd. Over 50 instructors and students with the California Barber & Beauty College provided the new looks, and the Larry Himmel Neighborhood Foundation gave out school supplies. “It feels good to give back after growing up here and being abl

Yesterday, we celebrated Robert Barrientos Day in Escondido! In 12 years, Robert has transformed one of Escondido's toughest neighborhoods and made it a peaceful place to live. Ed Gallo presented Robert with a proclamation announcing June 23rd, Robert Barrientos Day. We also presented Robert with the Good Neighbor Award! As the San Diego Union Tribune said, "The area is now a community in the truest sense of the word. People watch out for one another and, if there is a proble

We partnered up with Words Alive to fund their book drive this May. Over 6,000 books will be distributed to kids in lower income communities! Literacy is important!!! #Foundation

Today we took a drive out to Julian to give Stacy Peyakov a Larry Himmel Neighborhood Foundation Good Neighbor Award. Stacy has helped members and schools in Julian for years. Providing food for local high schools to opening up her home to local teams, Stacy is always there to help! Saturday, April 21 will be Stacy Peyakov Day! So glad we were able to be apart of this special day for Stacy to see first hand how much she has helped the people in her community! #Foundation

Riley Special Day School is unlike any school in San Diego. The elementary school located in Claremont, specializes in helping students with learning difficulties. The students of Riley have social/emotional/behavioral needs that require a small, specialized setting that will provide them intense, individualized support in the areas of academics and emotional well-being. Earlier in the school year, we announced that the LHNF adopted Riley! We now are focused on helping those