{"id":12554,"date":"2015-11-02T12:49:42","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T19:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=12554"},"modified":"2015-11-02T12:49:42","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T19:49:42","slug":"boars-crossing-fish-fry-helps-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=12554","title":{"rendered":"Boar’s Crossing Fish Fry Helps Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Boar's<\/a>For the past 11 years\u00a0Boar’s Crossing<\/strong> owner Ralph Burnette<\/strong> has held a Fish Fry Fundraiser<\/strong>\u00a0in August to help raise money for the\u00a0Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad<\/strong>. Over the years he has donated more than $100,000 to the clubs.<\/p>\n

The event brings the community together on a summer afternoon to support the Club while enjoying excellent fish tacos. Raising at least $10,000 annually, much of the donation comes straight from Ralph\u2019s coffers \u2013 with more than $100,000 being donated to the Club over the years. . .\u00a0\u201cWhat I enjoy most is taking the money to the Club staff, and going on a shopping spree with them,\u201d said Burnette. \u201cThey make a list, and get items that are needed but not in their budget. This year\u2019s items included a flat screen in the lobby used for announcements, plenty of sports equipment, and even a computer.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the official word from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad, please follow the jump.<\/p>\n

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FISH FRY AT BOAR\u2019S CROSSIN\u2019 HELPS LOCAL KIDS<\/p>\n

(Carlsbad, CA \u2013 November 2, 2015) Long-standing Carlsbad business owner Ralph Burnette is all about giving back.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome time ago, I was approached by a Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad board member named Richard Macgurn to help out our local kids,\u201d recalls Ralph. \u201cWe came up with a Fish Fry fundraiser, which has taken place on a Friday in August at the Boar\u2019s Crossin\u2019 for the past 11 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event brings the community together on a summer afternoon to support the Club while enjoying excellent fish tacos. Raising at least $10,000 annually, much of the donation comes straight from Ralph\u2019s coffers \u2013 with more than $100,000 being donated to the Club over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I enjoy most is taking the money to the Club staff, and going on a shopping spree with them,\u201d said Burnette. \u201cThey make a list, and get items that are needed but not in their budget. This year\u2019s items included a flat screen in the lobby used for announcements, plenty of sports equipment, and even a computer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Burnette is like Santa Claus,\u201d enthused Program Director Brooke Price. \u201cHe makes us come up with a wish list and then just takes care of everything \u2013 it\u2019s amazing! We are so grateful for his generosity.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s cooking team included Brian Joyce, Tom Koutan, Kristin Paddock, Charles Piccirillo, and Rudy Soto. The serving team included Cindy Chandler, Vincentia Faddis, Elizabeth Macgurn, and Karen Soloman.<\/p>\n

Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad has played an integral role in the Carlsbad community since 1952, providing programs and services to thousands of young people. Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad invites you to tour their Clubhouse, and see how lives are changed on a daily basis. The organization is 100% funded by local donors. For more information, call (760) 729-0207, email info@bgccarlsbad.org, or visit www.bgccarlsbad.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the past 11 years\u00a0Boar’s Crossing owner Ralph Burnette has held a Fish Fry Fundraiser\u00a0in August to help raise money for the\u00a0Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad. Over the years he has donated more than $100,000 to the clubs. The event brings the community together on a summer afternoon to support the Club while enjoying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,37,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12554"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12556,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12554\/revisions\/12556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}