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Gaining acceptance to one of the nation’s most acclaimed universities, Stanford, is a major accomplishment. To excel in this highly competitive Palo Alto, California university environment, a student must possess not only intellect but also drive. To maintain a stellar GPA while successfully participating in diverse extracurricular activities, the Stanford student must be an exceptional scholar. Don Diego Scholarship Foundation’s top $10,000 scholarship recipient of 2014, Carolyn Kravitz, has all these attributes and more.

The Don Diego Scholarship Foundation assists in bringing school children to the San Diego County Fair to participate in the Fair's Plant*Grow*Eat program.

The Don Diego Scholarship Foundation Board of Directors has elected Jon Liss as Board Chair. Liss, a Rancho Santa Fe resident who previously served as Vice Chair, replaces Paul Ecke III.

The Don Diego Scholarship Foundation Board of Directors has elected Jon Liss as Board Chair. Liss, a Rancho Santa Fe resident who previously served as Vice Chair, replaces Paul Ecke III.

The Don Diego Scholarship Foundation is featured as the first segment on KOCT’s February 2016 “Oceanside Spectrum.” The show will air throughout February. On the show, Chana Mannen, who began working for the San Diego County Fair in 1970 and who has been Executive Director of the Don Diego Scholarship Foundation since its establishment in 1986, highlights the Foundation’s rich, 30-year history. . .

It takes just $150 to ensure your place in the iconic history of the Del Mar Fairgrounds where legendary celebrities such as Bing Crosby hobnobbed with racegoers and daredevil performers thrilled fairgoers with breathtaking, high-wire feats. Your customized brick at the Don Diego Legacy Fountain in the Plaza de Mexico will live forever. . .

The 2015 San Diego County Fair has ended, but thousands of elementary school children will always remember the day they won a ribbon for growing their prize radish, arugula, nasturtium or other edible from seed through the Fair’s Plant*Grow*Eat program.