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Drop off your Salvation Army Donations at Coles Fine Flooring!

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:30:14 +0000

Coles Fine Flooring in San Diego now has a small item drop off station to donate your gently used goods to the Salvation Army. Coles is proud to help the people who make up our community by participating in various public service events for groups such as CALA (Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse), CCMS (Community Council for Music in Schools) and the Music Matters program, the Humane Society , YMCA, and now the Salvation Army. Coles is a family owned and operated business committed to helping the San Diego community, and has done so for over 63 years. Now is your chance to help; donate your small items at our main Coles Fine Flooring location at 1170 W. Morena Blvd. in San Diego. Thank you, San Diego, for your donations and helping us to serve America’s finest city.

George Coles to be chairman for the 24th Annual Fur Ball Gala

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:31:50 +0000

George Coles, president of Coles Fine Flooring, will be a chairman for the 24^th annual San Diego Humane

Society and SPCA’s Fur Ball Gala on August 14. The Fur Ball Gala raises funds to support its programs and services for both animals and people in the San Diego region and strives to strengthen the human-animal bond in our community.

This year’s Fur Ball theme is inspired by the old Hollywood style and is being called “Casabarka”. As in previous years, this year’s Gala will feature an amazing assortment of items and lifestyle packages available for purchase in both a live and silent auction. Some of the prizes include a fabulous dinner for 30 at Pamplemousse Grille, a pet-friendly weekend retreat for four guests at a private mountain-top estate in Jamul, a wine party for 10 at Indigo Grill, and even an opportunity for your pet to be the cover model for the San Diego Humane Society’s 2011 calendar!

All net proceeds for this event will benefit the animals and vital community programs and services of the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA. Tickets are selling quickly; more than 600 guests and 250 dogs are expected to attend the Gala. For more information about this event please call (619)-243-3401. Coles Fine Flooring is proud to support the Humane Society and SPCA!

Music Matters at Coles Fine Flooring!

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:50:26 +0000

Music Matters has been a five-year duet between Coles Fine Flooring and Jazz 88.3 radio collecting over 200 instruments this year in order to benefit students of San Diego and inspire future generations of musicians. Throughout May and June, Jazz 88.3 FM and Coles Fine Flooring collaborated on their sixth annual Music Matters drive to collect musical instruments. Flutes, violins and other instruments are refurbished and repaired by the Community Council for Music in the Schools (CCMS), a nonprofit organization. CCMS places the instruments with music teachers in San Diego Unified School District (including elementary, middle and high schools) for loan to students in school music classes, bands and orchestras.

Every year, San Diegans are encouraged to dig into their closets, attics, garage, or under the bed, to find their old musical instruments that may be just collecting dust awaiting its next musical maestro. Donating is as easy as bringing a musical instrument to one of Cole’s seven stores and showrooms across San Diego County. Coles is proud to do its part and collected more than 200 instruments this year!

’Music Matters’ is simply another way that we are able to give back to the San Diego Community as well as further music education for young people, said Mark DeBoskey Station Manager for KSDS. “The goal of this program is to provide instruments to children who want to play music, yet might not have the financial means to buy their own.”

Look for Coles and Jazz 88.3 in May 2011 to donate instruments for next year’s drive. THANK YOU SAN DIEGO for your incredible support of this worthy cause!

Coles & YMCA Together for the Holidays

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:54:25 +0000

YMCA Youth & Family Services cordially invites you to Angels Among Us- a new holiday-themed gala celebrating “angels” who have enhanced the lives of participants in Youth & Family Services programs.

Join us Thursday, December 3^rd 2009, from 5:30 – 8:30 pm

Location: Coles Fine Flooring

1170 W. Morena Blvd, San Diego, 92110

(619) 276-5140

The evening will include:

Recognition of Guardian Angels
Silent auction
Karastan premium rug raffle
Adopt-a-Family auction
Hors d’oeuvres
Cocktail and deluxe martini bar

Below are just a few of the over 100 items that will be available for bid at the Angels Among Us Silent Auction:

7-day cruise for two to Alaska, the Caribbean, Mexico or Canada
One week stay at a romantic Costa Rican villa in Playa Hermosa Bay
50 bottles of wine from around the world
Big Bertha Diablo Driver, WH XG #1 Putter 5” and Stand Bag from Callaway Golf Company
Two all-day adult ski passes to Park City Ski Resort and private ski lessons

Tickets: $40/person or $75/couple

Tickets can be purchased via:

Email to bhowe@ymca.org
www.yfs.ymca.org/english/angels.html
At the door (day of the event)

All proceeds benefit runaway and homeless youth, current and former foster youth, and families throughout San Diego County. Learn more about YMCA Youth & Family Services at www.yfs.ymca.org

Humane Society Telethon Success

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:03:06 +0000

The 2009 Telethon supporting the San Diego Humane Society & SPCA was held Sunday, March 8th. Our own George Coles was an honorary host of the successful event, which raised nearly $300,000!

KSDS Announces 5th Annual “MUSIC MATTERS”

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:02:11 +0000

KSDS Jazz 88.3 FM, a broadcast service of San Diego City College, has announced that it will continue the “Music Matters” program in support of music education in local schools for a fifth consecutive year.

For one month, February 1-February 29, San Diegans can donate their used musical instruments at any Coles Fine Flooring location (colesfineflooring.com) in San Diego County, or at the KSDS Business office on the City College campus. All instruments will be completely refurbished by the Community Council for Music in the Schools (CCMS) and then distributed among San Diego City School music programs.

Since introducing the program in 2005, over 240 instruments have been donated to the San Diego City Schools. The goal in 2009 is to match this number of instruments, greatly benefiting school-aged children in San Diego County.

’Music Matters’ is simply another way that we are able to give back to the San Diego Community as well as further music education for young people, ” said Mark DeBoskey Station Manager for KSDS. “The goal of this program is to provide instruments to children who want to play music, yet might not have the financial means to buy their own.”

Additional information and drop-off location information is available at 619-388-3037 and www.jazz88.org.