Coronado’s Scott Aurich Named To Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation Board
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Coronado’s Scott Aurich Named To Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation Board
Earlier this year, Coronado Realtor Scott Aurich was named to the Board of Trustees of the Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation for a three-year term. Aurich and his wife Wanda were co-chairs of the 2010 Miracle Makers Gala, which recognizes philanthropic support for the hospital. Photo by David Axelson
.Posted: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:19 pm
Updated: 2:23 pm, Thu May 19, 2011.
Coronado’s Scott Aurich Named To Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation Board 0 comments
Scott Aurich, a Coronado resident since 1987, has been named to the Board of Trustees for Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation. His three-year term started at the first of the year and Aurich provided a brief overview of the foundation and the hospital. “They raise tens of millions of dollars each year and they cover an area from Riverside to the Mexican border.”
Aurich’s interest in the work of Rady Children’s Hospital actually had its genesis in Houston, Texas when his wife Wanda delivered their son Scott into the world. “He was born at six months and weighed 1 pound, six ounces,” recounted Aurich. “He spent four months in intensive care at Texas Children’s Hospital. Scott had eye surgery, heart surgery and came out fantastic. The combination of technology, prayers and everything else worked. He was so sick and little when he was born. For him to come out the way he has is incredible.”
Fast forward 24 years and Scott the Younger has graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University. He is now working on a teaching credential that will allow him to teach special needs children.
Scott the Elder’s story also starts in Houston and includes a stop at Baylor University, where he majored in “Physical education and football,” Aurich said, smiling while recounting his college days. “I was a walk-on at Baylor and I went there because Baylor had the worst secondary in the Southwestern Conference. I played on the kickoff and punt return teams, traveled with the team and we had an incredible year. The next year they recruited six defensive backs and I red-shirted my sophomore year. Then I transferred to Stephen F. Austin State University. I graduated from there and got a degree in education. I did my student teaching at an elementary school with a broken neck.”
As you might guess, the problem with the broken neck didn’t slow down Aurich too much. Out of college, he got a job in site sales for a condo conversion in the Houston area. The financial backers of that project were investors in a project called Real del Mar in Mexico and Aurich was named marketing director for the development.
“We came to Coronado Thursday and stayed at the Del,” Aurich recounted. “Friday I saw the property, which was located seven miles into Mexico and Saturday we rented a house. We moved out here two weeks later. It was the second smartest thing I have done, after picking Wanda as my wife. I met Wanda in real estate when she was working with a real estate attorney. I do believe Coronado is the best place to raise a family or retire in the country. But we have roots in Texas and it was hard to leave.”
As a side note, the Aurich family’s first rental was the first of 15 residences they have had in Coronado. Scott has designed the family’s last three homes himself and says that their new house currently under construction is meant to be his last move. I got the impression that notion was negotiable.
Aurich has focused on real estate sales since 1998, when he found out that real money in real estate was found in sales, as opposed to construction. “I have had Sun Isle Realty the whole time. We recently merged with Pacific Sotheby’s, which is truly an international real estate brokerage. They have offices in 42 countries around the world. They have a lot of really significant and trophy-type properties. I like to stay close to Coronado. Ninety-nine percent of my sales have been in Coronado and I’m primarily focused on the Village, but have some listings in the Shores.”
Aurich has a long list of community interests including coaching 16 seasons of youth sports in Coronado. He also coached the defensive line in for one season for the University of San Diego football team under then Head Coach Jim Harbaugh. “I had a great time doing that for one year. It was like a fantasy football camp for me.” Aurich has also served on the Coronado Schools Foundation Board of Directors, was the president of the Coronado Board of Realtors in 1997 and served a stint as chairman of Sandicor, the regional real estate multiple listing service.
But his current involvement with the Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation clearly is important to him. “Wanda was a roving ambassador at the surgical care unit and volunteered doing that. The she was able to be a neo-natal cuddler in the neo-natal intensive care area. When parents couldn’t be there during the day, she held babies and cuddled them. She did that for a number of years and after her initial involvement, we were asked to be the Co-chairmen of the Miracle Makers Gala last year. Then they asked me to be on the board.”
The Gala is an important annual event for the foundation, according to Aurich. “It’s an appreciation dinner for all of the people who work during the whole year to raise funds for the hospital. It includes people from all walks of life. The attendees range from Costco employees to construction company owners. They have the common goal of trying to help the hospital run well.”
Aurich has communicated with the Top 300 realtors from around the county, inviting them to participate and several have responded that they will attend the function. The 2011 Miracle Makers Gala will be held June 11 at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel. The cocktail hour commences at 6:30 p.m., with the event running from 8:30 p.m., to midnight.
“It’s not a typical auction,” Aurich explained. “It’s just a gathering. You have the opportunity to make a pledge, but there is no pressure to do so. People can just come for a night of fun. They have a video about things that are going on at the hospital. It’s a ‘thank you’ from the hospital for the volunteers.”
If anyone from Coronado is interested in attending the Gala, contact Scott or Wanda and they can coordinate seating in the same area with them and other local residents. The black tie event is $250 per person, which relatively speaking is light on the pocket book as far as major fundraisers go. Aurich added, “It’s a real community-wide event. The Gala is about raising money and awareness.”
For additional information regarding the 2011 Miracle Makers Gala, contact Rady Children’s Hospital at 858-966-5988.
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