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About Great Community

Great Community is a program under "Athletes for Education" a Non-Profit organization. Great Community program concentrates on military and community cancer patients here in the greater San Diego area.

Founded in 2007 by cancer survivor Omar Carranza, it is his mission to give back to the community that has helped him through his diagnosis, treatment, recovery and re-entry into "regular" life.

Through fund raising, donations and grant solicitation Great Community plans to accomplish the goals of providing support, advocacy, education and information to patients and their families affected by cancer.
**View: 2007 Report**


Great Community Bone Marrow Drive

Bone Marrow Drive 2008: March 22nd at Plaza Bonita Mall

 
Recent Events

Celebrity Pairing Pre-Party and Auction
Saturday, May 10
4-8 pm
At the Omni Hotel
675 L. Street Downtown
Food, Drinks and Auction prizes!

Athletes For Education Golf Tournament
Monday, May 12, 2008
La Costa Resort and Spa
2100 Costa Del Mar Road, Carlsbad
Featuring Celebrity Athletes & Their Beneficiary Programs

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Total Combat Cage Fighting with Injured Military Veterans

Total Combat Cage Fighting with Injured Military Veterans
Saturday, April 26, 2008, Great Community sponsored injured military veterans to attend the Total Combat Cage Fighting event in downtown San Diego.Click here to view the photos


ANTHOLOGY - Amber Ojeda Music


This live concert helped out Great Community San Diego which is a charitable organization dedicated to Cancer patients and their families.
www.amberojedamusic.com

 

 

 

Great Community Expansion:

Great Community (GC) is expanding its efforts to help create a better tomorrow for our military members. When GC started our main objective was supporting military cancer patients and their families. Even though this is still our first objective, we have now added a second, our injured military members returning from the war in Iraq.

Total Combat Cage Fighting with Injured Military Veterans

In the past couple of months we have been working closely with our new vets and rewarding them with special visits to meet Charger and NFL players, trips to special events like UFC fights, boxing matches, Padres games, and celebrity parties.

This will be a full time journey for Great Community and its staff starting 2009.

We are asking the community to come together and help us keep our efforts going. Great community is now a part of Athletes for Education (AFE) a full 501(C)3 located in San Diego . AFE is an organization composed of current and former athletes, entertainers, business and community leaders. They serve as mentors partnering together to help our youth in the community help themselves. By hosting special events and raising funds to benefit youth programs, we look to achieve our goals of a better community.

GC goal is to reach $125,000 by the end of the year. This will allow us to triple our efforts in 2009.

The money raised will benefit our military cancer families, creating special events for our injured military and program management.

Please help us by donating. Thank you!

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For More Information, Contact us via e-mail carranza61402@hotmail.com
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