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Philanthropists Malin and Roberta Burnham announced Tuesday a $20 million donation to their two-year-old Burnham Center for Community Advancement to spur the organization's mission of promoting civic engagement.
It’s not mathematically correct, but I’ve long believed that 1+1=3 — that people working together can accomplish more than each person working on their own.
Burnham is a philanthropist who founded the Burnham Center for Community Advancement. He lives in Point Loma. The time has come for Americans to set aside our differences before they tear us apart and come together to tackle the real problems we face. For 50 years, I have dedicated my life to philanthropy in my home city of San Diego. For the last 20 years, I have extended that commitment to Tijuana, and to bringing these two great cities together. Along the way I have developed a philosophy I call “Community Before Self.” Five years ago, I wrote a book on the subject.
By Bill Althaus bill.althaus@examiner.net Kellen Heinzman has never worn a cape, subdued an arch villain with a well-placed karate kick or leaped a tall building in a single bound. But the Blue Springs South Junior ROTC Cadet Captain is a hero – a real-life hero – who recently saved a couple when their pontoon boat caught fire near the Lake Jacomo Marina. Heinzman, who works at the marina, heard one the members of the marina crew yell, “Fire,” and the South senior couldn’t believe what he saw. “Their pontoon was on fire, and it was about 20 or 30 yards from the dock,” said Heinz...