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to be launching a skateboarding arm of our program so that we can work with girls from inland communities and meet them in their community," she says. Of course, this pivot also creates a new need within the organization: providing transportation for the girls to get to where the programs are held. Saunders says this is a primary goal for fundraising as Changing Tides Foundation looks to scale throughout San Diego County in 2026. "I think what makes Changing Tides Foundation so special to me is that we are a community of women who support women and believe in the power of the ocean, mentorship, and community to realize young women's full potential and to help lift them up and empower them," says Saunders. "It's really incredible to see this transformation, just this absolute blossoming of confidence and sense of community, that they develop." changingtidesfoundation.org California Wolf Center "Everything gets a little bit more balanced when you allow your wildlife to be there." For many of us living in San Diego County, the mountain hamlet of Julian is synonymous with many things, from apple pie and autumn pumpkin patches to snowy scenes when winter temps dip, but critically endangered wolves may not be top of mind. eir plight, however, has been the focus of California Wolf Center since 1977, when it was originally founded with two North American gray wolves in its care. In 1997, the center joined efforts to save the Mexican gray wolf from extinction, when only a handful of these animals existed in the wild that were deemed genetically diversified enough to start a breeding program. Over the course of decades, adjustments to the strategy to breed and reestablish the wild population as well as retain genetic diversity in well-managed captive breeding programs throughout the U.S. have led to counts approaching 300 in the wild, with more than 300 still in captivity. >> CALIFORNIA WOLF CENTER: PHOTO BY SEAN MCCRACKEN California Wolf Center