Community
Gratitude
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ince Thanksgiving is a time to reflect
upon those things in our lives for which
we are most thankful, we share with you
the thoughts of leaders in the community.
Rusty Gage
President Salk Institute
Angie Lasagna
VP, Community Relations and
Media Affairs Mission Federal
Credit Union
Beth Sirull
President and CEO Jewish Community Foundation San
Diego
I’m grateful for the warm community - Jewish and
not - that surrounds me in my new home of San
Diego, for the many new friends I’ve made here over
the past year and a half. I’m appreciative equally for
the wonderful community of family and friends I have
around the world. And, I’m thankful that I am alive,
healthy, and able to fully experience gratitude.
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I am most thankful for my
children, every minute of every
day. I have been blessed with a
life of bounty, with the comfort
of loving relationships and
surrounded and encouraged
by the people I work with
and encounter. I am thankful
that I am able to give back
to the community. So many
organizations in San Diego
are doing incredible work to
help the less fortunate among
us and creating pathways of
success for youth.
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I’m most thankful for my
family, friends and health.
But I’m also incredibly
grateful for the opportunity
I have to go to work every
day with extraordinary
colleagues at the Salk
Institute, where I can pursue
my scientific research.
Besides its remarkable
architectural beauty, it is the
people who make up the
Salk community, including
our supporters, who really
make the Institute so
special. Finally, I am always
grateful to live in San Diego;
it doesn’t get much more
fulfilling than that.