Father Joe’s to host run/walk today Father Joe’s Villages will hold its seventh annual Thanksgiving Day 5K Run/Walk at 8 a.m. today, Nov. 27 in Balboa Park. The event raises money to help Father Joe serve an estimated 1.7 million meals a year to neighbors in need. Father Joe will be available to autograph one of his commemorative BobbleHead figurines. Organizers said strollers, pets, groups and teams are welcome at the. There will also be a free post-race Continental breakfast with musical entertainment by the Bill Magee Blues Band concert. There will also be a beer garden, pie samples and pie sales. The entry donation is $30 for adults and $15 for children. Kids under 5 are admitted free on race day. For more information, call (800) HOMELESS. Registration can be done online at www.thanksgivingrun.org, or on race day beginning at 6:30 a.m. at Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park. Voices for Children to host toy drive Rosecroft and the Clifton family of Point Loma will again host a toy drive for Voices for Children to benefit kids in the foster-care system who have child advocates. This year’s event will take place on Monday, Dec. 1 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Rosecroft, 530 Silvergate Ave. The event will feature photographs with Santa, cookies and cider. Participants are asked to bring a $25 to $30 unwrapped toy for a boy or girl or a $25 or $50 gift card for a teenager. Rosecroft will again be specially decorated to kick off the event and the holiday season, according to hostess Mary K. Clifton. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or visit voices4children.com. Voices for Children was also the recent beneficiary of another fundraising event hosted by Makua, a ladies auxiliary made up primarily of Peninsula women. Makua held a gala on Nov. 17 to present a check to Voices for Children in the amount of $150,000. The fundraising effort was led by Point Loman Maria Herman, president of Makua. Voices for Children trains court-appointed special advocates who help foster children navigate the system. Guitar donations needed to bolster PLHS music The Friends of Peninsula Arts is issuing a plea for help to aid the Point Loma High School (PLHS) music programs. The organization is currently requesting the donation of new or gently used 6-string, full-size acoustic guitars to help PLHS launch a new guitar class at the school in the fall. Organizers with the Friends of Peninsula Arts said they are willing to pick up the guitars from donors in the Point Loma and Ocean Beach areas. Donations are tax deductible. For information, call vice principal Julie Nydam at (619) 223-3121, ext. 1110, or e-mail [email protected].