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Mission Possible<br />
A Quarterly Community Relations Report<br />
Sustainability<br />
Champion Along<br />
San Diego Bay<br />
“America’s Favorite Pastime” for “America’s Finest” Youth<br />
(L-R): Mission Fed’s Kyle Means, USR, Carmel Mountain, Cindy Sandback,<br />
Senior Regional Business Development Officer, Cathy Stoll, Marketing &<br />
Community Relations Specialist, Sara Hernandez, AVP, Collections Manager,<br />
and guest Alicia are joined by the Padres Friar.<br />
Mission Fed joined the San Diego Padres, their Pad Squad<br />
and over 550 kids and their families at Opening Day for the<br />
San Diego Padres Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities<br />
(RBI)! Held at the Jackie Robinson YMCA, the event was<br />
sponsored by Mission Fed for the third year in a row. RBI is<br />
a Major League Baseball youth outreach program designed<br />
to: increase participation and interest in baseball and softball<br />
among underserved youth; encourage academic participation<br />
and achievement; increase the number of talented athletes<br />
prepared to play in college and minor leagues; promote<br />
greater inclusion of minorities into the mainstream of the<br />
game; and teach the value of teamwork. We’re honored to<br />
be able to provide our region’s youth the opportunity to<br />
play ball and acquire successful life skills along the way.<br />
CELEBRATING THE VIPS IN EDUCATION<br />
Mission Fed’s Ericka Beltran, Assistant Branch<br />
Manager, National City, Sally Preston, Branch<br />
Manager, Little Italy, and Sam Cardoso, Branch<br />
Manager, Terra Nova and guest.<br />
Thanks to the generous support<br />
of partners throughout San Diego,<br />
including Mission Fed, the 9th annual<br />
Farm to Bay celebration was<br />
a resounding success. The event’s<br />
proceeds support The Living Coast<br />
Discovery Center’s wildlife, education<br />
and sustainability programs and inspire<br />
San Diegans to connect with coastal<br />
animals, plants and habitats native<br />
to our region. Congrats also to the<br />
Living Coast for officially making<br />
Farm to Bay a Zero Waste event,<br />
meaning that over 90% of event<br />
waste was diverted from the landfill.<br />
Way to champion sustainability!<br />
Everyone who has a role in the education of the next<br />
generation is a VIP in our book! As part of School<br />
Staff Appreciation Days, Mission Fed recognized<br />
the inspirational and passionate work by those in our<br />
community’s educational field with a free day at the<br />
San Diego County Fair. All Mission Fed branches offered<br />
San Diego County teachers and staff of public or private<br />
schools, district offices, colleges and universities four free<br />
admission tickets to the San Diego County Fair to use on<br />
School Staff Appreciation Days. It’s important for us to<br />
reward those who dedicate their lives to education and<br />
we hope this year’s offer provided a fun time at the fair.<br />
Growing into Healthy and Successful Adults<br />
Mission Fed was honored to sponsor the Promises2Kids Guardian<br />
Scholars Awards Reception on July 26. Guardian Scholars Education<br />
encourages foster youth to pursue higher education through community<br />
college, trade school or a university degree. Promises2Kids annually<br />
provides over 3,300 current and former foster youth in San Diego<br />
County with the tools, opportunities and guidance they need to address<br />
the circumstances that brought them into foster care, overcome the<br />
difficulties of their past and grow into healthy and successful adults.<br />
We’re happy to be part of this program that supports our youth and<br />
future leaders and we look forward to seeing the positive impact that<br />
these Guardian Scholars will make throughout the community!<br />
(L-R): Mission Fed’s Enrique Meza, Community Relations Officer,<br />
and Cathy Stoll, Marketing & Community Relations Specialist,<br />
kick off School Staff Appreciation Days.<br />
(L-R): Mission Fed’s Francisco Vargas, Senior Financial Services<br />
Representative, and Ogy Mustur, Linda Vista Branch Manager.<br />
Branch Spotlight: Linda Vista<br />
With 31 branches serving nearly 235,000 members all over San Diego County, Mission Fed and our employees make<br />
meaningful connections throughout the community. It’s these Mission Fed Moments which remind us that “your<br />
success is our bottom line” is not just a tagline, but a daily goal. One Mission Fed Moment comes to us from the<br />
Linda Vista Branch Manager Ognjen “Ogy” Mustur. Two years ago while participating in the Mission 2 $AVE<br />
program, Matty met Ogy and his Linda Vista Branch Team. At that time, Matty was in transitional kindergarten<br />
at Bay Park Elementary. Since then, Matty and his grandmother became friends with the branch staff and stop by<br />
to provide updates on Matty’s entrepreneurial spirit. Matty recently started his own business creating tie-dye<br />
T-shirts and as a token of appreciation, he gave his first to Ogy! On behalf of Ogy, his team and over 540 team<br />
members, Mission Fed applauds Matty and his grandmother’s efforts and thanks them for the heartwarming gift.