{"id":427107,"date":"2025-12-05T19:09:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/427107\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T19:09:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:09:14","slug":"sd-mayor-todd-gloria-to-co-host-holiday-celebration-for-burn-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/427107\/","title":{"rendered":"SD Mayor Todd Gloria to co-host holiday celebration for burn survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Todd-Gloria-2.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Todd-Gloria-2.jpg\" alt=\"Todd Gloria\" class=\"wp-image-259061\"  \/><\/a>Todd Gloria gives the state of the city address. (File photo by Salvatore Giametta)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Todd_Gloria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria<\/a>, in collaboration with the Burn Institute and the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, will join over 250 burn survivors, family members, firefighters and community leaders for a holiday celebration this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration, which aims to lift the spirits of burn survivors and their families, will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Fire-Rescue Station 45 at 9366 Friars Road in San Diego, for a day of \u201cjoy, connection and seasonal festivities,\u201d according to event organizers.<\/p>\n<p>At 11:45 a.m., Santa is scheduled to make a grand entrance on a fire department engine. Firefighters and volunteers will also be serving a barbecue lunch followed by holiday-themed crafts and activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe holiday party is central to our mission \u2014 to provide ongoing support, community, and connection for burn survivors and their families,\u201d Burn Institute Executive Director Peter Callstrom said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Gloria and SD Fire-Rescue Chief Robert Logan are expected to speak at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1972, the Burn Institute has helped burn survivors and their families cope with the psychological and physical effects of their injuries.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the Burn Institute can be found at www.BurnInstitute.org.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013City News Service<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT\n\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Todd Gloria gives the state of the city address. (File photo by Salvatore Giametta) San Diego Mayor Todd&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":427108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,198792,1582,276,6561,11090,3549,7264,198793,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-427107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-burn-institute","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-celebration","13":"tag-holiday","14":"tag-san-diego","15":"tag-sandiego","16":"tag-sd-mayor-todd-gloria","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}