Giving Back to San Diego During NPC22

As planners prepare to come together for the 2022 National Planning Conference in San Diego, APA is proud to have offered several opportunities for attendees to give back to our host city.

helping the unsheltered

In 2020, an estimated more than 7,000 residents in San Diego were homeless. While planners across the country focus on a variety of approaches to help the unsheltered, attendees at NPC22 took a few minutes and helped the community in need.

In partnership with the Downtown San Diego Partnership Foundation, APA hosted a space for attendees to assemble personal hygiene kits for the unsheltered community in San Diego.

NPC22 Update

With the help of our NPC22 attendees, APA met the goal of donating 1,000 personal hygiene kits to the unsheltered community in San Diego.

At NPC22, APA donated 1,000 personal hygiene kits to the unsheltered community in San Diego

NPC22 attendees stopped by throughout the conference to assemble 1,000 personal hygiene kits to support the unsheltered community in our host city of San Diego.


Logo for the Downtown San Diego Partnership Foundation's Clean & Safe Homelessness Services Team
Downtown San Diego Partnership Foundation
The Downtown San Diego Partnership Foundation was formed in 2001 to support the economic prosperity and cultural vitality of Downtown San Diego. The Foundation supports special projects and initiatives to benefit Downtown's neighborhoods, community, and public spaces. The Clean & Safe Homelessness Services Team is committed to reducing Downtown homelessness through connections to appropriate interventions. This includes administration of the successful Family Reunification Program which reconnects unsheltered individuals with their loved ones as a diversion from homelessness.

APA Divisions Day of Service

APA Divisions partnered with the City of San Diego for their annual Day of Service on Friday, April 29, 2022. Attendees helped support the community of Southeastern San Diego, in the vicinity of 47th Street Station.

The three available volunteer opportunities were:

  • Scholars Corridors: Creating Safe Pathways to School Walking Audit
  • Restoring Our Land: Review of Chollas Creek Park Designation and How to Preserve 47th Street Park Cleanup
  • For The Culture: Preparing for the District 4 Cultural District Charette

Top image: iStock/Getty Images Plus, Dumitru Ochievschi


About the author
Brenna Donegan is the senior communications associate at APA.

April 20, 2022

By Brenna Donegan