A Photo Worth a Thousand Words

Framed painting of two men under tree

  Your donations help build a better world for our residents!   Double Your Donation Today!   When you give, you enable the Mountain Shadows Foundation to light up our residents’ days with activities that uplift them – mind, body, and spirit.  Activities that bring joy, hope, and just plain fun into their lives.  Activities…

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Father’s Day to the Tune of Life

Man, woman in wheelchair, dog on lakeshore

  Double Your Donation for Rachel!   Joy, sorrow, tears, laughter – to all of these, it has been said, music gives voice.     As we begin our month-long celebration of Mountain Shadows fathers, perhaps we will see in the story below that this is true … and yet we believe, beyond the chords and…

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Spring is the Mischief in Me: The Bunny Visits

Easter bunny with smiling people in wheelchairs

  “Spring is the Mischief in Me.” ~Robert Frost     Mischief sparkles in Riverside resident, Justin’s eyes, during a recent visit from the Mountain Shadows Spring Bunny.   “Spring is the whimsical wanderer, blooming beauty along her path.” ~Angie Weiland Crosby   Whimsy and beauty bloomed upon the path of San Diego and Riverside…

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With Eyes of Wonder: The Aquarium of the Pacific

Boy watching colorful aquarium coral and fish

  Aquarium of the Pacific   “It was amazing just to see the wonder and amazement in the residents’ eyes.”  Kerensa Jones, MSCH-Riverside       A seal plays peekaboo with MSCH-Riverside residents, Nazaria and Alfredo, at the Aquarium of the Pacific, in Long Beach.   “The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one…

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Lisa Shea Board Bio

Eight people posing by nighttime city skyline

  The Inner Light: Lisa Shea New MSF Board Member     The magical New Zealand glow-worms   “True goodness is like the glow-worm in this – that it shines most when no eyes except those of heaven are upon it.  Julius Charles Hare     Also known as arachnocampa luminosa, the glow-worm is endemic…

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Adaptive Skiing 2025

Adaptive skier smiling in sit-ski with instructor

  Mountain High Adaptive Ski Program       Residents Laurie, Jimmy, Gary and Kara pose with Mountain High Resort staff.   Nestled in the San Gabriel Mountains, the Mountain High Adaptive Ski Program offers skiing, snowboarding, and snow tubing for individuals of all abilities.   Gary in sit-ski.   Thanks to your generous donations,…

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Love in a Box

Pink Valentine-themed toy train decorated with roses

  It’s a LOVE Box!!!   Will you help us fill it? Mountain Shadows Community Homes – San Diego, Apple House Residents create the winning Valentine’s Day Box – “The Love Tree”.   While the incredible Love Boxes shown here were created by our residents for Valentine’s Day, we believe our residents deserve LOVE all…

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11th Annual Biggs Poker Ride

Bikers riding motorcycles down suburban street

  Rev Up!!!    11th Annual Biggs Harley-Davidson Ride for Mountain Shadows     Biggs Harley-Davidson – just across the street from Mountain Shadows in San Marcos, CA   Eleven years ago, Howie Wahl, Director of Marketing & Public Relations, Biggs Harley-Davidson, noticed the Mountain Shadows buses going in and out of Mountain Shadows Outreach…

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Christopher Groves

Painted rainbow arch and blue clouds

  The Rainbow Connection:   Resident Christopher Groves Finds What’s on the Other Side Rainbow Painting on Canvas by Christopher Groves     Christopher Groves – one of our beloved, original Mountain Shadows residents, at the opening of Mary Triplett Park.   By Sheryl Wilde   Why are there so many songs about rainbows And what’s…

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Boots & Bling

Three men in cowboy hats against barn backdrop

  Boots & Bling Dance A Wild West, Rip-Snortin’ Good Time     Residents, Lionel and Anne, from Oak house work in cahoots to spread country cheer.   Yeehaw!!!!   Nearly 100 Mountain Shadows residents recently celebrated at the Boots and Bling Dance, a country hoedown at the Mountain Shadows campus in San Diego.  …

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