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Kimberly Hunt

Billy Ray would come into the studios once a week to be on back to a community that has embraced her. She started out
air with Channel 10 sportscasters to discuss the Chargers. locally finding time to dedicate to many charities focusing on
He would pass by Kimberly, give her a friendly hi and a wave issues involving children, women, and law enforcement. One
but that was as far as it went. During one of these visits of her most passionate causes is the 11-99 Foundation which
Carol asked me, “Hey Kimberly, what about Billy Ray, have raises money for the families of fallen officers killed in the line
you ever thought about him.” And Kimberly replied, “He’s a of duty. This is a cause close to her heart since her father
really nice guy, an incredibly nice guy, but he has never even was a 30 year veteran of the California Highway Patrol and
remotely acted like he wanted to ask me out.” Carol decided even more so, having lost her grandfather, a police officer,
to play match maker to her dear friend and approached Billy in the line of duty. Kimberly quickly adds, “That organization
Ray, asking him the same question and dropping a sugges- is near and dear to my heart. We owe these men and wom-
tion that maybe he en in law enforcement a
should think about huge debt of gratitude.”
asking Kimberly
out. This little nudge This is another thing that
from Carol was all he Kimberly and Billy Ray
needed and soon af- have in common; he too
ter he called and invit- has many charities with
ed Kimberly to lunch. which he is involved.
They never stopped One of his favorite is the
dating from that Wounded Warriors of
lunch on, and after Camp Pendleton. He
two years they were has a foundation and he
married. Billy Ray raises a lot of money that
14 played professional goes for local military.
football, following in With two parents so
his father’s footsteps, deeply involved in giving
for three additional back to the community,
years and today also it is no wonder that the
finds himself on air as trait has also rubbed off
a sportscaster. They on Savannah. At a very
live in a beautiful early age she learned
home in San Diego the importance of help-
with their 16 year old ing those who need
daughter Savannah. assistance. As Kimberly
One would think with states, “In the past few
the busy schedule of years I decided that I
a news anchor and wanted to do more. I
a family life, full of wanted to keep support-
volleyball games and ing the local charities,
family and business but I also wanted to look
events, that there outside my community.
would be little time for And the fact that I had a
the lady behind the teenager made it impor-
news desk to venture tant to me that I teach her
beyond her daily du- about the world around
ties. This is furthest her and that we need to
from the truth when help those in need.” As
it comes to Kimberly a result, Savannah now
Hunt. Not only has she embraced numerous local and inter- has her own charity that helps refugees, that she works with
national charities, she has passed the passion on to her 16 through the International Rescue Committee here in San Di-
year old daughter Savannah who at this tender young age ego In addition she is a young ambassador for “Opportunity
already has her own charity which she works at feverishly International.” Both Kimberly and her daughter are involved
to help make a difference. Together they are doing just that. with this charity.
Several years ago Kimberly decided that she needed to give
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