{"id":245508,"date":"2012-10-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/notes-fundraiser-offers-life-lessons-2\/"},"modified":"2012-10-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T07:00:00","slug":"notes-fundraiser-offers-life-lessons-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/notes-fundraiser-offers-life-lessons-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Notes\u2019 fundraiser offers life lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uptown residents part of \u2018positive portrayal of aging\u2019 photo exhibition<\/strong><\/p>\n

Morgan M. Hurley | Asistente de edici\u00f3n SDUN<\/strong><\/p>\n

with Anthony King | SDUN Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\u2018Notes\u2019
(l to r) Paul Downey, Darlene Shiley, Marion Ross, Philipp Scholz Rittermann and Rosalie Gerevas pose in front of Rittermann\u2019s photos. (Photo by Tim King)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Senior Community Centers (SCC), a 42-year-old nonprofit that focuses on the health and safety of San Diego\u2019s senior community, held a first-time fundraising event on Oct. 11, featuring over 30 black and white portrait photographs of aging and vibrant San Diegans.<\/p>\n

Uptown residents Deborah Szekely and Bill Walton were included in the exhibit, which was called \u201cNotes to our Sons & Daughters.\u201d Szekely is the founder of Golden Door Spa and lives in Mission Hills. Walton, a former NBA all-star basketball player and professional basketball announcer, lives in Hillcrest.<\/p>\n

The Oct. 11 fundraiser was held from 6 \u2013 9 p.m. at the Port Pavilion on the Broadway Pier in Downtown. Event Chair Molly Cartmill oversaw preparations for the evening, which had over 400 attendees and raised more than $320,000 to support SCC\u2019s efforts of promoting a positive and healthy portrayal of aging. Darlene Shiley served as honorary chair and was also featured in the exhibit.<\/p>\n

Other community members in the exhibit included Jerry Coleman of the San Diego Padres; Jos\u00e9 Galicot, founder and director of Tijuana Inavadora; Constance Carroll, chancellor of the San Diego Community College District; and County Supervisor Ron Roberts.<\/p>\n

Escondido photographer Philipp Scholz Rittermann took the portraits, and met with organizers a year prior to joining the project last December. The exhibition is meant to combat ageism by bringing out the \u201cwisdom\u201d of each subject, celebrating their beauty, talents and accomplishments.<\/p>\n

Brent Wakefield, SCC vice president of development, said when Rittermann met with SCC CEO and president, Paul Downey, \u201cthings really started to take shape,\u201d and a great deal of thought was put into the selection process.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe first started to look at seniors in San Diego who give back and who are known for their connection either to the arts or human services areas,\u201d Wakefield said. \u201cWe applied the same criteria to the seniors we serve. They give back and are leaders in our community of seniors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also included with each photograph at the exhibition was a 90-second video of the \u201cnote\u201d shared by each subject at the photo sessions, Wakefield said, identifying the life lessons they learned and wish to pass on to \u201cour collective children.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHappy Days\u201d sitcom-legend Marion Ross was not only the \u201cmistress of ceremonies\u201d for the event, but also one of the photographic subjects. Ross joined the project in February after meeting with Wakefield and educating herself about SCC\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe felt that nutrition of seniors is one of the most vital pieces, and when she heard that \u2018food is medicine\u2019 in our world and [about] our emphasis on nutrition, she was sold,\u201d Wakefield said.<\/p>\n

Ritterman directed the \u201cNotes\u201d reception and the unveiling of the photographs, and was on hand with all the exhibition\u2019s subjects to discuss the process with the evening\u2019s attendees.<\/p>\n

\u201cNotes to our Sons & Daughters\u201d has been made into a coffee-table book, which was available at the event. The photographs will become a traveling exhibit throughout San Diego County.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Uptown residents part of \u2018positive portrayal of aging\u2019 photo exhibition Morgan M. Hurley | SDUN Assistant Editor with Anthony King | SDUN Editor Senior Community Centers (SCC), a 42-year-old nonprofit that focuses on the health and safety of San Diego\u2019s senior community, held a first-time fundraising event on Oct. 11, featuring over 30 black and […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":245509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"\u2018Notes\u2019 fundraiser offers life lessons","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11551,11550,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-news","category-top-stories","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}