| | | Display: News - Images - Sections This month in GivingFind children’s health care for every need at Children’s HosFrom colds to cancer, fevers to fractures, whenever health care is provided for children battling life-threatening or life-changing injuries and illnesses, you see the impact of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and its mission to create hope and build healthier futures.  Alzheimer's GREATER LOS ANGELESThe cost of this disease is bankrupting local individuals, and the money you donate or raise by participating in our events remains 100% local, allowing us to help at no cost. We are also raising money to support innovative research in the Greater LA area, with 20% of walk4ALZ proceeds committed to research. Discovery CubeAt the Discovery Science Foundation, we inspire kids and educate families to help make smart choices and better the world around us through a hands-on, science based approach. PATH: Stay home, donate to help the homelessYou can help someone move off the streets into a permanent home. Instead of attending a fancy black-tie fundraiser, fighting traffic, and paying a babysitter, we’re asking you to enjoy a wonderful evening at home with your friends and family. Festival of Arts: Art MattersIn 1932, during the Great Depression, the Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach was founded as way to help struggling artists. Fast-forward 85 years: the Festival continues to develop full and enriching art opportunities and experiences for Orange County and beyond. Tilly’s Life Center empowers and inspires teensTilly’s Life Center (TLC) is a youth-focused, 501(c)(3) nonprofit aimed at empowering all teens with a positive mindset and enabling them to effectively cope with crisis, adversity and tough decisions. The center’s mission is to inspire today’s youth to reach their full potential as productive, kind, happy, and responsible individuals. Join our fightOur community’s problems are complex and interconnected. We can’t focus only on education for a child who is hungry and doesn’t have a stable home, access to healthy foods or the opportunity for an active lifestyle. And finding a job doesn’t always mean a parent will have the income needed to support a family. Support spcaLA, founded as first voice for voiceless in LAspcaLA is not a chapter of any group or government agency. In fact, there is no national spca or humane society. Donations fund animal cruelty investigations, disaster response, violence-prevention programs, pet adoptions, and a host of shelter services. Children’s Foundation of America helps make it merryHouses decorated with lights, the smell of cookies baking and the sound of carols being sung. Rather than a joyous time, for many children in foster care, the holidays are a reminder of what they are missing. Regardless of the circumstances, being removed from whatever semblance of “family” and “home” a child has experienced is traumatic. Make a Life-Changing Difference for L.A. Children and FamiliesExperiencing or witnessing violence. Living in unsafe environments. Suffering abuse or neglect. Coping with intergenerational poverty and trauma.Too many children in Los Angeles live with toxic levels of stress, which dramatically harm their brains and bodies. MOMS Orange County: Delivering bright futuresFortunately, Martina found MOMS Orange County. Each month, she was visited at home by a MOMS’ Maternal-Child Health Coordinator who befriended her, educated her about having a healthy pregnancy, and screened her for health risks. Martina also attended group classes where she gained further information and met other parents. Great things start at St. Anne’sOpened in 1908 as a safe refuge for unwed mothers, St. Anne’s has evolved into one of the most highly regarded social-service agencies in Los Angeles. We offer residential care, supportive housing, family education and mental health services, early childhood education and workforce development. San Fernando Valley Interfaith Council (VIC) celebrates 53 yearsTo combat hunger, loneliness and isolation, the San Fernando Valley Interfaith Council (VIC) provides hot nutritious lunches at 15 dining centers for seniors 60 and older, giving them the opportunity to socialize and enjoy wellness and recreational activities. Irvine Barclay Theatre: Hula, Opera and Organs... Oh my!In 2018, Irvine Barclay Theatre is significantly expanding its acclaimed ArtsReach initiative with an eclectic menu of arts experiences. Stressing hands-on interaction, the innovative educational programs offer students unparalleled access to the Barclay's main-stage artists. Create opportunities for children and adults with special needsYou can help ECF provide them with a lifespan of services from 15 community-based sites throughout L.A. County, including: early childhood development programs, K-12 specialized education, school counseling and mental health services, employment training and placement, and supportive residential opportunities. Consider donation to Eli Home to provide life-changing programsWith the support of family, friends, and volunteer professionals, the group initiated a shelter home program for abused children and their mothers that has provided emergency and transitional housing programs, job training, extension and referral services, and community renewal programs to more than 40,000 people. Giving to good causes the ‘Stressless’ wayKnown as the innovators of comfort, the company’s Stressless seating is endorsed by the American Chiropractic Association for proper head, neck and lumbar support. 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Our programs work together to build safe, nurturing and resilient families—from pregnancy to parenthood and childhood to adulthood—for generations to come: • Infants, toddlers and preschoolers thrive in our Early Learning Centers while their parents go to work • Families in crisis get intensive counseling and the resources they need to rebuild healthy, stable lives • Young mothers living at St. Anne’s learn to parent and create safe homes for their children • Former foster youth receive child care and career counseling Thriving families. Brighter futures. Learn more at: www.stannes.org or call (213) 381-2931 ext. 212 |
