Compiled by Jessica C. Lee
Medieval Times: $10,000 for Buena Park Language Center
Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament in Buena Park gave $10,000 to the Speech & Language Development Center in Buena Park. Half of the money will go toward the center’s educational and speech therapy. The other half will go toward the center’s Morning Sky school and residential program. The Speech & Language Development Center is a nonprofit comprised of a private school and therapy center that caters to kids and young adults with language, learning and behavior disabilities. The Morning Sky school and residential program provides educational and therapeutic services for youth behavioral development.
The Orange County affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, formerly the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, gave $1 million to 18 breast cancer support groups in Southern California. The grants will help the groups provide breast cancer services for underserved women. Seventeen are based in Orange County:
– Asian American Senior Citizen Service Center in Santa Ana
– Breast Cancer Survivors in Lake Forest
– Community Care Health Centers in Huntington Beach
– Cordelia Knott Wellness Foundation in Orange
– From Chrysalis to Wings in Rancho Santa Margarita
– Green Foundation in Brea
– Kids Konnected in Laguna Hills
– Laguna Beach Community Clinic in Laguna Beach
– Latino Health Access in Santa Ana
– Mission Breast Center in Mission Viejo
– Orange County Breast Center Coalition in Irvine
– Orange County Rescue Mission in Santa Ana
– Pink Ribbon Club Foundation in Irvine
– Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties in Orange
– Share Our Selves Free Medical Clinic in Costa Mesa
– Vietnamese American Cancer Foundation in Fountain Valley
– YWCA of North Orange County in Fullerton
The Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County and South Coast Plaza raised more than $1 million from the food bank’s 14th annual fashion show and luncheon. About $900,000 was from underwriting. More than 500 people attended the event. The money will go toward renovating a warehouse building donated by the Navy at the former El Toro Marine base. The building stands to double the food bank’s capacity. Second Harvest Food Bank is a nonprofit that works to eliminate hunger in OC.
Merrill Lynch & Co. gave $120,000 to the University of California, Irvine. The money will be used for the Savings and Growth for Education scholars program. The donation will be distributed over three years. The scholars program promotes the values and affordability of higher education.
A Charity for Charities, a San Clemente-based nonprofit that raises awareness of and funds for other nonprofits, raised $31,000 at its third annual Holidazzle 1946 Swing Time Party. The money was donated to Breast Cancer Survivors in Lake Forest and Project Access in Newport Beach. Breast Cancer Survivors provides living expenses for patients who cannot work while undergoing medical treatment. Project Access provides resources to health, education and social services for poor families.
Junior Achievement of Orange County/Inland Empire, an educational provider of business, career development and financial literacy for kids, raised more than $58,000 at its third annual Stock Market Challenge. The money will go toward Junior Achievement’s programs. More than 150 people attended, including 40 high school students sponsored by local companies.
Sage Credit Co. in Irvine donated $10,000 to the Orange County California State Assembly. The money will be used toward a grant-writing workshop directed by New York-based Foundation Center. The workshop provides free training on grant research, grant writing, fundraising and other aspects of the grant seeking process. Sage Credit was named a Diamond Sponsor for the donation.
