BWC donates to local nonprofits

BONSALL – In many respects, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to measures that altered the way many people have grown to be accustomed and virtually stopped the way they interact with others in their social, family and business circle.

The Bonsall Woman's Club found a way to continue with their calendar of events. And this time of the year they meet to discuss where several dollars are returned to the community in the form of charitable donations. Hence, the club's board has been remarkably busy with workarounds to the standard monthly meeting.

Via the magic of the electronics medium, mail, etc., they "met" in session and approved a list of suggested recipients for this year. One of the board members and past president, Marlene Rantanen, said she was "glad to see much of the higher donations went for food."

Fallbrook Food Pantry; Love on Your Back, a program to help schoolchildren by providing backpacks are filled with food to ensure a balanced meal other than what they receive during the school day, and Fallbrook Senior Center received funds for meals.

Two new local organizations were added this year: the YMCA on U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, and the Angels of Rawley Foundation, which was established in 2017.

The Angels of Rawley name came from founder Stacie Dasinger, who lost her 8-year-old dog, Rawley, to a horrible skin disease. In her grieving, she began to take dogs from a high kill shelter by transporting, fostering and coordinating a rescue program for the animals. In October 2016, she was told to return three potentially neurologically challenged dogs back to the high kill shelter. She sought the help of family and friends who took in the three and started what is now Angels of Rawley Foundation. These three little dogs have been the "foundation" of why the team at Angels of Rawley loves to do what they do, which is to save lives, no matter the breed or need.

Dasinger said, "I know because of Rawley, this is where I am supposed to be and what I am supposed to be doing to carry on her legacy."

For more information on the Bonsall Woman's Club, visit https://wwwbonsallwomansclub.org.

Submitted by Bonsall Woman's Club.