St. Madeleine Sophie's Center

It ain't easy feeding SMSC! 👨‍🍳
The Kitchen Crew was at work preparing salads for today's lunch.

Haute with Heart 2024 is almost here! 💃
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🌟 Bonjour! Get ready for the 46th Haute with Heart Fashion Show!✨

Last year was paradise, but 2024 promises to be even more Couture! We can't wait to make more lasting memories. 💃

What's in store for you this year?
🥂 Free-flowing Champagne
👗 A runway show that rivals Paris Fashion Week
🎵 Live music
🛍️ Boutique shopping for that perfect Parisian-inspired piece
🍽️ A delectable luncheon

But it's not just about the glitz and glamour. Your attendance supports a cause close to our hearts. All proceeds help fund SMSC's programs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, nurturing each individual's potential to live life to the fullest.

Say "Oui" to an unforgettable!
🎟️ Reserve your seat now: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/stmadeleinesophiescenter/event/hautewithheartfashionshow/

We are offering an amazing opportunity to see Festival of Arts/Pageant of the Masters up close!
Enjoy À La Mode: The Art of Fashion from the 2nd row, and see every minute detail, while supporting SMSC’s Art Program.

Available dates:
🎨July 18, 8:30 PM (4 tickets)
🎭August 8, 8:30 PM (4 tickets)
👗August 15, 8:30 PM (2 tickets)

With each $100 donation to our Art Program, you can receive a ticket to this exclusive event. Contact our events team at [email protected] or (619) 442-5129 ex. 115 or 121 to redeem. Tickets are available on a first come first serve basis.

The 2024 Pageant of the Masters production of À La Mode: The Art of Fashion will revisit some of history’s grandest spectacles and fashion trends through the magic of living pictures, unforgettable live music, and engaging storytelling. Whether making an entrance or casting a spell, what people have worn through the ages has always been telling. From the splendors of royal courts to today’s catwalks, prepare to be dazzled!

Don't miss this unique blend of fashion, art and theater! Support SMSC and secure your tickets now

Secure your seats for the 46th Haute with Heart Fashion Show 💃

Take a trip to Paris and savor the glamour as you enjoy our dazzling ✨ fashion show, free-flowing champagne, live music, boutique shopping, and a delicious luncheon. Reserve your seat at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/stmadeleinesophiescenter/event/hautewithheartfashionshow/

Proceeds raised by the event will support SMSC's quality services and programs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities that nurture each individual’s potential to live life to the fullest.

Yo Jeff! 👨‍🚒
Help us celebrate the students of St. Madeleine Sophie's Center and their personal successes! Jeff and a group of SMSC students got the opportunity to visit a local fire department where they learned about fire safety and the tools the firefighters use during an emergency!

Hey Victor 👨‍🍳
Help us celebrate the students of St. Madeleine Sophie's Center and their personal successes! Victor's favorite spot to be is working in the SMSC kitchen where he sweeps, mops, washes dishes, preps lunches, and runs the register!

Lady Jane! 🪭

Help us celebrate the students of St. Madeleine Sophie's Center and their personal successes! Jane is known for her unique accessory choices, often donning a lace fan or cat ears. At Sophie's Gallery, you can find her painting or weaving!

Hi Ethan! 🌦

Help us celebrate the students of St. Madeleine Sophie's Center and their personal successes! Ethan enjoys swimming laps at the SMSC Aquatics Center and creating at Sophie's Gallery. He is currently working on a mosaic chicken for the 2024 Wings and Snow Show! 🐔

Happy Fourth of July from St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center! 🇺🇸🎆

As a reminder, program will be closed today but will re-open Friday July 5.

Thank you to Knights of Columbus Council #10094 of Saint Gregory the Great Catholic Church for their generous donation and to Dominick for posing for a picture with Development Director Joe Perucca and student Christina!

Aloha Marisol! ☀️

Help us celebrate the students of St. Madeleine Sophie's Center and their personal successes! Marisol is an outgoing person who embraces her role as a mentor to new SMSC students. She shows them around the ADC department, encouraging her friends to be self-advocates and do their best. Marisol's vibrant personality shines through her love for dancing, leading the class in energetic exercise routines!

Meet Susan 🐯

Help us celebrate the students of St. Madeleine Sophie's Center and their personal successes! Susan is a talented artist who enjoys creating (and selling!) pieces for Sophie's Gallery. Her skateboard titled "Hollywood" was featured in the Passageways show Skate of Mind, showcasing her creativity and passion for the craft. Susan's enthusiasm is contagious, from her love for animals, especially tigers, to her admiration for David Hasselhoff!

June Rubin honors her sister Linda with a generous gift, and thanks to her generosity, all donations during our Haute with Heart fashion show will be matched up to $40,000 and used to fund our programs and services.

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Here's Anthony!

Help us celebrate the students of St. Madeleine Sophie's Center and their personal successes! Anthony loves spending time at the gallery, where he gets to create alongside his friends. In the past year, he has worked on printmaking and jewelry design, creating unique pieces like glass bead necklaces and bell chimes!

Take us to your leader Anthony! 🖖🛸

We are celebrating the students of St. Madeleine Sophie's Center and their personal successes! Anthony is an exceptional artist always working on something new or tweaking an old design. Never confined to one medium, Anthony has experimented with pencil drawings, digital art, painting, mosaics, and scratchboards. Currently, he is designing a Perresian-inspired collection for our upcoming Fashion Show!

Howdy Cody! 🤠

Help us celebrate the students of St. Madeleine Sophie's Center and their personal successes! Cody is the Treasurer of the Self-Advocacy Board at SMSC and recently, Cody greeted golfers at the Swing with Santa tournament. He along with two other SMSC representatives made guests feel welcome and acted as a spokesperson for SMSC!

👋 Help us celebrate the wonderful of Kristin!

Kristin is an incredibly talented artist who loves attending art classes at Sophie's Gallery, where she can explore her creativity alongside friends. Over the past year, she has participated in a variety of captivating art projects, including painting, printmaking, mosaics, quilting, and jewelry-making. Kristin's guitar print was featured in the 2023 Passageways: The Music in Me!

Hello Madam President!

Help us celebrate the students of St. Madeleine Sophie's Center and their personal successes! Beth is the elected President of SMSC's Self-Advocacy Board. Under her leadership, the board sponsored a successful food drive over the holidays, collecting goods for the Salvation Army in El Cajon. Beth enjoys taking art classes at Sophie's Gallery, focusing on painting, mosaics, and printmaking!

To support Beth, her fellow classmates, and SMSC's quality programming, consider donating today!

St. Madeleine Sophie's Center welcomed a group of Sacred Heart students and chaperones for their yearly summer service trip. This program allows girls from across the US to engage with and build meaningful relationships and encourage critical analysis, informed action, and civic responsibility through direct service, advocacy, proximity, and community partnerships.

To celebrate their last day with us SMSC celebrated the only way we know how, with a dance party in the garden! Complete with certificates, popsicles, and a little bit of Miley Cyrus, it was a party at SMSC!

Thank you to the Sacred Heart Girls for all your hard work this week! Hope the memories last a lifetime!

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Hey Kristian! 🌳

Join us in celebrating the students of St. Madeleine Sophie's Center, their individual achievements, and personal successes! Kristian likes working outside in the garden- watering, potting, sweeping, raking, he does it all!

To support Kristian, the students of the garden program, and SMSC's quality programming donate today!

Joining in the celebration of Juneteenth today! This annual holiday commemorates June 19, 1865, when the final enslaved people in Texas learned they had been freed.

Read this month's Cultural Corner to learn more about the history of Juneteenth and read the full Sophie's Gazette for everything SMSC - https://stmsc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-June-Gazette.pdf

Hey Rick! 🫐

Join us in celebrating the students of St. Madeleine Sophie's Center, their individual achievements, and personal successes! Rick loves working at the gallery, and is "happy to do arts and crafts". Rick painted a piece inspired by his favorite song Blueberry Hill for the 2023 Passageways show The Music in Me!

To support Rick, the fellow artists of Shophie's Gallery, and SMSC's quality programming by giving today!

Mark Grant, SMSC parent and Padres TV analyst, did a recent interview with MLB writer Shaun O’Neill. In it, he talked about the joy in fatherhood and the special time he and his son, Aidan, get to share on their routine drive to SMSC! 🤎💛

Mark Grant a dad first to autistic son, then a Padres broadcaster SAN DIEGO -- Fatherhood, like a baseball season, is a long haul. Those best suited for either bring consistency through good days and bad. In that regard, Mark Grant is an All-Star dad. Grant, a big league pitcher at age 20, never quite achieved All-Star status in his eight seasons

Happy Father's Day from St. Madeleine Sophie's Center! 🎉

Today, we celebrate all the amazing dads, father figures, and hardworking men who make a difference in our lives. Read Jennifer's story about the history of the day and her own dad in this month's gazette! --->https://stmsc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-June-Gazette.pdf

CEO Debra Emerson recently had the opportunity to talk with K**I News about our funding deficit and the much-needed rate increase. We hope California Governor Gavin Newsom will adopt the Legislature's budget plan and reinstate the $1 billion investment as promised!

St. Madeleine Sophie's Center discusses increased rates on K**I

Leave your mark and sponsor a tile at the St. Madeleine Sophie's Center Aquatic Center! 🌊

To learn more about sponsoring a tile contact Development Director Joe Perucca at [email protected]

TONIGHT! Join us for the free public reception for Shifting Gears, a collection of prints, keychains, tote bags, zippered bags, umbrellas, bandanas, and more!

Melina proudly holds up a handwoven tote bag made on a Saori floor loom
and machine-sewn by Sophie’s artists!