Benefiting Nonprofit Organizations
(past and present)
Adaptive Athletic Association’s mission and vision is to promote an active lifestyle for the disabled community (and their families) through the introduction of tennis and other adaptive sports. Our services include staging sporting events; providing professional tennis instruction and coaching to children and adults of any disability (and their families). For more information please call 760.831.2736 or visit www.adaptiveathletics.org.
Alzheimer’s Association is the nation’s leading
voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support, education, advocacy, and research. Its mission is to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health. Its vision is a world without Alzheimer’s. The Orange County Chapter is one of 76 chapters nationwide and is locally funded and governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. For more information please call 949.955.9000 or visit www.alzoc.org.
Alzheimer’s Family Services--For 30 years, Alzheimer's Family Services Center (AFSC) has helped improve the quality of life for families challenged by Alzheimer's disease (AD) or another dementia through services tailored to meet individual needs. AFSC provides dementia-specific adult day
health care (ADHC), a variety of support services to help caregivers manage the day-to-day challenges of care, and community dementia education and outreach services. For more information please visit www.AFSCenter.org or call 714.593.9630.
Audubon House & Tropical Gardens slated for demolition in 1958, was saved by the Mitchell Wolfson Family Foundation, a nonprofit
educational institution. This was the first restoration project in Key West and is still considered the gem of the island's restoration movement. A visit to the Audubon House& Tropical Gardens is an exploration into local history and folklore, while the gardens offer a lush one-acre view of tropical foliage. There are 28 first edition John James Audubon works on display in the house as well. For more information please visit www.audubonhouse.com or call 305.294.2116.
Boys and Girls Club of East Los Angeles enables all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as
productive, caring, responsible citizens. A Boys & Girls Club provides a safe place to learn and grow, ongoing relationships with caring, adult professionals, life-enhancing programs and character development experiences and hope and opportunity. For more information please call 323.263.4955.
Breast Cancer Solutions provides breast cancer patients with direct assistance, community referrals and compassionate support. They provide financial assistance to ensure safe housing, retention of medical insurance, and referrals to local, regional and national resources for our clients. For more information please visit www.bcsurvivors.org or call 866.960.9222.
Canyon Acres Children and Family Services is a non-profit organization committed to providing homes, care, treatment and supportive services for abused, neglected and emotionally troubled children and their families. The goal is to help stabilize children mentally and emotionally, so they might move to a less-restrictive level of care. Ultimately, it is our goal to get all children into strengthened, permanent families – whether those families are biological families or adoptive families. For more information please visit www.canyonacres.org or call 714-383-9400.
Chapman University—The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics develops business leaders who create value for their
organizations by blending the capacity for sound economic reasoning and a global perspective with the qualities of individual initiative, accountability, effective communication, and integrity. For more information please visit www.chapman.edu/ARGYROS or call 7147.997.6684.
The Child Abuse Prevention Center directly serves at-risk children and families in crisis to prevent and break the generational cycle of child abuse. The
Prevention Center’s early intervention programs have welldocumented records of strengthening and improving parentchild relationships and working to prevent abuse before it occurs. Since 1983, the Prevention Center has served more than 200,000 Orange County residents – including nearly 15,000 children, 3,800 parents and 4,300 families in the last year alone. For more information please visit www.BrightFutures4Kids.org or call 714.543.4333.
The Crystal Cathedral Ministry located in Garden Grove, California, is the home base for the international Crystal Cathedral Ministries, including a congregation of over 10,000 members and the internationally televised "Hour of Power." The Crystal Cathedral Ministry's mission and purpose is, as commissioned by Christ, our Lord, to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world as a "Possibility Thinking Faith" that believes "If you can dream it, you can do it!" For more information please visit www.crystalcathedral.org or call 714.971.4000.
Direct Connections to Africa is a non-profit organization, pairing individuals in the village with individuals in the U.S. of common interests. Thus we help people of Malawi, Africa with educational
supplies, scholarships to enable children to continue elementary and secondary education, recreation, job development and medical needs. For more information
please visit www.dctafrica.net.
Epidermolysis Bullosa is a rare and life threatening genetic disorder which causes the skin to tear and blister at a slight touch and requires daily bandaging of the wounds. The EBMRF is an all volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping medical scientists learn more about EB, its causes, the development of successful treatments and ultimately its cure. For more information please visit www.ebkids.org.
Families Forward - For more than twenty-five years Families Forward has helped families in financial crisis to achieve self-sufficiency and return to being
productive residents of the community through housing, counseling, food distribution, life skills and other services. For more information please visit www.Families-Forward.org or call 949.552.2727.
The Foothill Education Foundation’s mission is to provide Foothill High School with the financial support needed to maintain, enrich and expand the school's
educational programs. The Foothill Education Foundation is operated by a board
of 26 members, all of whom are parents of Foothill High School students. Since its inception in 1989 the Foothill Education Foundation has raised close to $2 million and directed these funds exclusively toward academic programs, educationalmaterials, and curriculum expenses.
For Families of Active Military endeavors to offer stability, strength and support to the military and families of active military on an emergency and proactive basis, whether it be physical, emotional or financial. For more information please visit www.FFAMSocal.org or call 714-403-7165.
Harbor Point Charitable Foundation provides funding and awareness of adult health issues by supporting SF Bay Area organizations that educate, conduct research and provide help to those experiencing a health crisis. The Foundation also provides funding for organizations increasing the quality of life for Bay Area children through education, health care and social enrichment programs. For more information please visit www.hpcharitablefoundation.org or call 415-383-6784.
Kids for Peace is an international, nonprofit organization dedicated to uplifting our world through love and action. Their mission is to cultivate every child's innate ability to foster peace through cross-cultural experiences and hands-on arts, service and environmental projects. Once a small neighborhood group of children, Kids for Peace has grown to over 50 chapters worldwide. Each chapter, made up of boys and girls of all ages, meets regularly to fulfill their peaceful mission. For more information please visit www.kidsforpeaceUSA.org or call 760.730.3320.
Kids Konnected’s mission is to provide friendship, understanding, education, and support for the children who have a parent with cancer, or
have lost a parent to cancer. When a parent gets cancer the entire family is affected. Children facing the same fears and similar experiences can be helped by others in a similar situation. Kids helping Kids is what we're all about. With "Kids Konnected" you don't have to be alone anymore! For more information please visit www.kidskonnected.org call 800.899.2866.
SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE® Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became
Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures.
For more information please visit www.komenoc.org or call 714.957.9157.
Make A Wish Foundation of Orange County and the Inland Empire grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.The Share the Love Charity Event helps this chapter grant wishes to children in the Coachella Valley. For more information please visit www.wish.org or call 949-476-9474.
Manhattan Beach Athletic Foundation sponsors numerous Booster Clubs and their efforts to raise money to support school activities. Donations received are directed to the Booster Clubs for athletic, physical education and certain academic enrichment programs of the Manhattan Beach Unified School District. For more information please visit www.mbathleticfoundation.org.
National Christian Foundation (NCF) is the largest Christian grant-making foundation in the world. Over the past three decades, they have become the nation's largest provider of donor-advised funds focused primarily on Christian givers. For more information please visit www.nationalchristian.com or call 949.263.0820.
Orange County Community Tennis Association (OCCTA) is a volunteer based, nonprofit organization, whose mission is to promote tennis through education, programs and events such as: Tennis After School, Ladies Evening Doubles League (LEDL), Senior Sirs, Pre-Novice Jr. Satellite Tournaments, Calendar, Quarterly E-Newsletter, and much more. For more information please visit www.occtatennis.com.
Orange County Ovarian Cancer Alliance is comprised of Ovarian Cancer survivors, friends and family members who have been touched by Ovarian Cancer, and medical and health care professionals. We truly understand what hearing the words “You have Ovarian Cancer” means. We are an all volunteer organization and serve as a non-profit advocacy group. OCOCA works to educate the community about Ovarian Cancer. Education and awareness is the key to early diagnosis...and early diagnosis is the key to survival. Our goal: Saving women’s lives. For more information please visit www.ovarianoc.org or call 714.974.0697.
The Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation provides research for the disease that takes the lives of more children than any other – cancer. The foundation provides funding for researchers all across the USA and its research has led directly to survivors in all 50 states and in many countries around the world. PCRF has played an important role in boosting the survival rate for children with cancer form 15% to 80% in the past two decades. Every day about 35 kids are diagnosed with cancer. Your support will help PCRF to find cures and build happy families. For more information please visit www.pcrf-kids.com or call 949.859.6312.
The Wooden Floor in Santa Ana, previously known as Saint Joseph Ballet, is an after-school organization that for 26 years has promised hope and opportunity to nearly 400 low-income youth annually. Dance education and performance are the core transformational elements through which youth change the way they think about themselves and develop the ability to reach their full potential. Academic programs, pre-collegiate mentoring and college scholarships ensure that our students succeed in school and are college ready. For more information please visit www.thewoodenfloor.org or call 714.541.8314.
Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance is dedicated to finding a cure for tuberous sclerosis complex while improving the lives of those affected. The goal is to bring about a day when no one has to endure the devastating effects of TSC. For more information please visit www.tsalliance.org or call 800-225-6872.
UCI MIND is internationally recognized for its research accomplishments in disorders of the brain, particularly those that are age-related. UCI Mind seeks to conduct research to enhance the quality of life for the elderly by identifying factors and life-style approaches that promote successful brain aging. For those suffering from age-related memory problems, their goal is to diagnose disease, identify means for effectively treating it, and provide help to families and caregivers. For more information please visit www.alz.uci.edu/ or call 949.824.3253.
UCLA Foundation-Bruins Guardian Scholars Program provides current and former foster youth with necessary resources to excel at UCLA. Through academic enrichment opportunities, public outreach activities, financial assistance and monthly career workshops, this program aims to dramatically increase the success rates of foster youth transitioning out of care. For more information please visit www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/bgs
United Labor Agency of Nevada’s mission is to improve the quality of life for workers and their families and the community at large by providing direct services and access to services to meet their immediate needs and to engage and empower members of organized labor to improve the community as a more responsive place to live, work, raise a family and to retire. For more information please log on to www.ulan.org or call 702.648.3500.
US Variety the Children’s Charity is dedicated to improving the lives of children in our local communities and around the world. The Kids on the Go program aims to help kids gain mobility, confidence, freedom, independence and the chance to join in the life of their community by providing funding for walkers, wheelchairs, specially-designed adaptive bikes, strollers, prosthetic limbs and other devices to families with the most need. Other programs include Golden Hearts and Variety at Work. For more information please visit www.usvariety.org or call 323.954.0820.
WISEPlace is a community of housing and hope for women in crisis. Formerly the South Orange County YWCA, WISEPlace has an 85 year history of caring for local women, children and families. By meeting basic needs such as housing, food, clothing, physical and emotional nourishment, as well as vocational and life skills training, WISEPlace is one of the few places homeless women can go to begin again. For more information please visit www.wiseplace.org or call 714.542.3577.
Woman Sage is a non-profit, membership organization dedicated to educating, empowering and fostering mentoring relationships among women at midlife. Woman Sage focuses on financial literacy; women's health; the self, inner and outer beauty; careers and transitions; caregiving; and relationships. Woman Sage offers a newsbased Website, a quarterly journal, annual conferences, monthly salon meetings and a network of special interest groups on topics of interest such as book clubs, dining, theater, civic engagement and travel. For more information please visit www.womansage.com.
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