Nonprofit Spotlight: Goals for Life

Goals for Life is an educational program that teaches at-risk youth in underserved communities the skills and strategies needed to succeed in life.  Founded by former NFL player Reggie Berry, Goals for Life sends former professional football players into schools to teach students goal setting and provide them with the tools needed to achieve their full potential. The thirty week program has been implemented in numerous schools throughout Southern California.  To date, over 100 players have impacted and helped change the lives of more than 20,000 youth.



Goals for Life mentors and kids

Reggie Berry played with the San Diego Charges and World Football League before launching Goals for Life.  The group’s mission is to reach students “before they have fallen through the cracks and end up dropping out, in prison, on drugs, parenting prematurely, or worse, dead.”  The program’s curriculum has been designed to help students "understand, embrace and practice success principles."

Dia de Los Muertos Festival Comes Alive

San Pedro's Dia de Los Muertos Festival on November 1^st was a lively event that overflowed with Latin American entertainment, including mariachis, folklorico and Aztec dancers; great cuisine and creative costumes.  Presented by the San Pedro HistoricWaterfront Business Improvement District, the 6^th street activities also included an alter of rememberance, art exhibition and Artists’ Village with handmade crafts.

The festival took place during the city’s First Thursday ArtWalk, which is held every month between 4th and 8th streets.  During FTAW, San Pedro art galleries and studios remain open late into the evening, and the streets are filled with music and some of the finest gourmet food trucks in the area, including  the Grilled Cheese Truck, Asian Fusion, Slummin’ Gourmet, Lobsta Truck and Waffles del Liego.