Mother and Daughters Club Assisting Philanthropies’ 65th annual benefit show aiding local charities titled “MADCHELLA Music Festival,” will be held Friday and Saturday, March 14-15, at Point Loma Nazarene University, 3900 Lomaland Drive.
Tickets are now on sale for the show which will start at 7 p.m. on Friday and 5 p.m. on Saturday. The show will also introduce the Class of 2031.
The 2025 show theme, “MADCHELLA Music Festival,” will showcase two evenings of music, giving, and community by bringing the energy and magic of the world-famous Coachella Valley Music Festival to the Peninsula with a MADCAPS twist. The show is more than just a celebration of music and dance – it’s a testament to the power of community coming together to make a difference.
MADCAPS is a private, nonprofit involving mothers and daughters directly serving and supporting established philanthropies. To further this end, mothers actively nurture the training of their daughters in philanthropic commitments, teaching personal responsibility, as well as responsibility to the needs of others. MADCAPS fulfills its mission by receiving generous support from community members.
Tara Glazerman, MADCAPS benefit co-chair along with Bridgette Anderson and Jenna Loftus, has had her daughters participate in the fundraising program. She talked about the significance of their organization, and their show, which has become an annual community tradition.
Of the benefit show’s purpose, Glazerman said: “It gives girls from seventh grade through their senior year of high school, and their mothers, an opportunity to volunteer together and to be able to work directly within their community with nonprofits. That’s a huge part of it.”
Regarding this year’s MADCAPS show and theme, Glazerman noted: “Every year we have a different theme. Last year it was ‘take flight.’ This year it’s an obvious play off the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Each class can pick an artist or two within rock, hip hop, or Latin genres to celebrate the unity and love of music.”
Philanthropic groups benefiting from MADCAPS fundraising include: Habitat for Humanity, San Diego River Park Foundation, San Diego Therapeutic Recreation Services, San Diego Adaptive Sports & Recreation, Challenged Athletes Foundation, PACE (Program for All‐Inclusive Care for the Elderly), Gary & Mary West Foundation/Senior Wellness Center, Autism Tree Foundation, Father Joe’s Villages, UCSD Bannister House, T. Claude and Gladys B. Ryan YMCA, San Diego Humane Society, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego Food Bank, San Diego Rescue Mission and The Lucky Duck Foundation.
Glazerman noted there is an annual selection process to determine the benefit show’s theme and which young women will be participating. She said young women participating in MADCAPS are required to volunteer for 20 hours each. “Girls don’t have to participate in the show but it’s a great opportunity,” she pointed out. “I wanted my daughters to have this experience. Getting mothers and daughters together goes beyond service, beyond the show. It creates lifelong bonds.”
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Mother and Daughters Club Assisting Philanthropies was established on May 24, 1960, when a group of 27 mothers got together to discuss an invitation to form a San Diego Chapter of the National Charity League. They decided against it and voted to form a new organization complete with a new name.
On Sept. 17, 1960, MADCAPS made its debut at a tea for 50 charter members and their 46 daughters, who shared a common goal to volunteer for and support philanthropic organizations. The first MADCAP show raised $569. In the 2024 season, MADCAPS donated $46,000 to philanthropies and the girls completed over 4,353 direct service volunteer hours.
In 1986, due to the popularity of the benefit show and growing audience, the show moved to Correia Middle School, where it became primarily a dance experience. In 2015, the show found a new home at Point Loma Nazarene University in Brown Chapel, where the shows are still performed. For years, each class chose a philanthropy they wanted to support. This changed in 1985 when members decided to modify the program to allow girls, during their six years with MADCAPS, to serve a variety of groups.
MADCAPS membership has grown to include over 400 total members, with 200 mothers and their daughters in grades 7-12 from Hillcrest, Mission Hills, Ocean Beach, and Point Loma. The group participates in year-round activities and fundraising so that all members may fully realize the benefits of community involvement.
Show location: Brown Chapel at Point Loma Nazarene University.
Dates: 7 p.m. March 14, and 5 p.m. March 15.
Tickets are on sale.
