The Leichtag Latest – July 2014
Dear Friends, Neighbors, and Partners, As we experience a beautiful summer here in Encinitas and advance exciting programs and developments in each of our strategic areas and at the Ranch, […]
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Hunger Advocacy Network Elected Officials’ Breakfast
/in Leichtag News, Self-SufficiencyThe Hunger Advocacy Network (HAN) hosted their annual legislative breakfast on June 20th, featuring Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins. The event brought HAN members together with elected officials and their staff […]
Highlights from the Sustainable Agriculture & Food System Funders (SAFSF) Forum
/in Leichtag News, Self-SufficiencyThree Leichtag Foundation staff members attended the Sustainable Agriculture & Food System Funder’s 12th Annual Forum held June 17-19 in Denver, Colorado. This conference gathered more than 200 funders from […]
Announcing the Sukkot at the Ranch Design Competition
/in Leichtag News, North County Jewish Life, Press Releases, SD-IsraelStatewide Sukkah Design Contest Encinitas’ Leichtag Foundation announces launch of the Sukkot at the Ranch Design Competition; design submissions begin July 2; deadline is August 18 SAN DIEGO, CALIF. (July […]
America’s Largest Jewish Environmental Organization, Hazon, Takes Root in San Diego
/in Leichtag News, North County Hub, North County Jewish Life, Press Releases, Ranch, Recent PressEncinitas, CA / June 26, 2014 Hazon, the world’s largest Jewish environmental organization, joins the North County Jewish Hub, a Leichtag Foundation Initiative based at the Ranch in Encinitas. Hazon, […]
Reveal the Power of Food with Robert Egger – Video Playlist
/in Leichtag NewsLast week the Jewish Food Justice Fellowship welcomed Robert Egger to the Ranch to speak about local food economies, the power of nonprofits, and how collaboration can empower communities. We’ve broken […]
Grand Opening of Leichtag Foundation Pavilion Photos
/in Leichtag NewsThis week was the Grand Opening of the Leichtag Foundation Critical Care Pavilion at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas. Toni and Lee Leichtag loved their North County Coastal community and felt […]
The Power of Food Revealed: Robert Egger’s Visit to the Ranch
/in Jewish Food Justice Fellowship, Leichtag News, Self-SufficiencyThe Jewish Food Justice Fellowship hosted a discussion with Robert Egger, Founder and President of L.A. Kitchen and D.C. Central Kitchen, on June 24 in Barn 2 at the Ranch. Egger motivated the […]
E3 Cluster in Quail Tracks Magazine
/in Ranch, Recent PressIn this summer’s issue of Quail Tracks, Julian Duval, President and CEO of San Diego Botanic Garden, writes about our participation in the Encinitas Environmental Education Cluster. Download the full […]
Save the Date! Sukkot at the Ranch is October 12th, 2014
/in EventsSave the date! Sukkot at the Ranch returns Sunday October 12th, 2014. We can’t wait to celebrate food, farming and the harvest together again. We’ll share more details in the […]
Stacie and Jeff Cook understand commitment. They live it.
Black, Jewish and Queer. These three identities weave the fabric of who I am, but it took a long time to believe that they could exist together.
Lee and Toni Leichtag established the Leichtag Foundation in 1991 following the sale of their business. Lee and Toni were lifelong entrepreneurs with a passion for innovation and for supporting talent. They believed that only with big risk comes big reward. Both born to families in poverty, Toni to a single mother, they strongly believed in helping those most in need and most vulnerable in our community. While they supported many causes, their strongest support was for young children and the elderly, two demographics who particularly lack voice in our society.
Lifelong Baltimoreans, Rabbi George and Alison Wielechowski and their sons, 11-year-old Lennon and 9-year-old Gideon, are more than pursuing the good life in Southern California. Having moved to San Diego more than three years ago, they are fulfilling a lifelong dream.
You would think that as the executive director of San Diego LGBT Pride, Fernando Zweifach López Jr., who uses the pronoun they, has done all the coming out they possibly can. A queer, non-binary individual who has worked for many years on civil rights issues, López also speaks openly and often about their father’s family, Mexican-American migrant workers who tilled the fields of rural California.