Cheers For Charity 2025

Net proceeds will benefit Brain Biology & Behavioral Health Initiatives ​at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego.

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THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS 2024 EVENT DONOR
THANK YOU TO OUR 
​CHEERS FOR CHARITY 2024 SPONSORS
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Platinum Donors
Lynne & Norm Lurie
 Ray Frey Auto Center 
Advanced Test Equipment Corporation​​

​ Gold Donors
Connie & Don Anderson
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​​Silver Donors
Joan Barnes
​Bloomingdale's
Gaetano's Pizza Restaurant
Debbie Fields
Oasis Dentistry
Pacific Coast Commercial
Schuyler R. White & Son, Inc.
Catherine Somers
​Summit Financial
Rowena & Marc Treitler
Donna Wehrung & Ghislain Arsenault
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Bronze Donors
Anonymous Donor
Marsha & Ross Bouman
​Etsy Shop for Vintage Treasures
​Debbie Fields
Floyd Humphreys
​Hair Drezzers On Fire 
Kim Knouse
Ling & Bouman, Certified Public Accountants 
Leisa & Rich Loos
Norman Lurie Pottery
Teri Meeks & Hardy Gold
​Misleh Dental Partnership
Lynn & Steve Robinson
Charles & Gerry Ruibal
​Pamela & Evelino Ruibal
Tierrasanta Junior Women's Club
Town & Country Resort
​THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS
​CHEERS FOR CHARITY 2024 VENDORS
Our 2024 Masters of Ceremonies - NBC 7's Audra Stafford and Joe Little
Audra Stafford is excited to be back emceeing Cheers for Charity alongside her husband Joe Little!

Audra has been covering the news in San Diego County for more than two decades as a television news writer, producer and reporter and fill-in anchor for NBC 7.  She also spent several years as a correspondent for the syndicated lifestyle show California Life and for BroadwayWorld.com and is the host of Broadway/San Diego’s annual Season Preview TV special.
Throughout her career, Audra has interviewed many of the entertainment industry’s finest actors, directors, producers, and musicians, including Tom Cruise, Robin Williams, Jerry Bruckheimer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Idina Menzel and Frankie Valli, just to name a few.

​Audra is the recipient of seven Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Pacific Southwest Chapter. She also received two Student Emmys while at San Diego State University, where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Television, Film and New Media Production. GO AZTECS!



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​Joe Little loves to tell stories. Some take viewers as far away as Pakistan. Some are contained inside a dumpster. Joe is a television news reporter and the Director of Storytelling at NBC 7 in San Diego. He shoots, writes, and edits his own stories.
 
His mantra: "If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it." It served him well as he moved across the country as a television news reporter and anchor in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and California.
 
Joe’s coverage of the 9/11 attacks is among his greatest accomplishments.  He was four miles away from Shanksville, Pennsylvania when United Flight 93 crashed.  Joe was one of the first reporters on the scene.  His accounts are included in a book called Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report on 9/11.
 
Joe received his masters from Syracuse University in 1999.  However, he credits George Mason University with building a strong foundation for his career.  In 1998, he earned his BA in Speech Communication.  While at Mason, Joe was a proud member of the Men's Basketball Team (Career Totals: 2 points, 3 rebounds).  In 2010, the Mason Department of Communication and the College of Humanities & Social Sciences named him the Alumnus of the Year.
 
The father of two amazing sons is married to fellow NBC 7 Reporter Audra Stafford.
Thank you to our Auctioneer Jenn Ragusa from The Ragusa Group/The Ragusa Property Management