Supporters Give, Get Love
More than 900 leaders from the Orange County legal community joined the Public Law Center for the Volunteers for Justice 2015 Annual Dinner at Hotel Irvine on June 22.
The event honored philanthropists, companies, and individuals whose efforts have helped transform the lives of the county’s most vulnerable and poorest residents.
Hyundai Motor America was honored as Corporate Partner of the Year for its commitment to the law center’s Conservatorship and Guardianship Clinic at Children’s Hospital of Orange County.
Other award winners included Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, which provided 2,500 hours of pro bono service to law center clients last year, and Anna Strasburg Davis, the director of Public Interest Programs at the University of California-Irvine School of Law, who earned the Attorney of the Year award. Students from UCI Law have contributed more than 40,000 pro bono hours since Davis created the program during the school’s inaugural year of 2009-10.
The event raised a record $725,000, which will be used to support law center programs.
Celebrating 50 Years of Giving
The Community Action Partnership of Orange County celebrated five decades of service to low-income families in Orange County on May 2 at the Balboa Bay Resort.
Close to 300 volunteers, donors, staff and board members attended the black-tie gala, which raised $229,000. The funds will support and expand the group’s programs.
Pimco Foundation, Clearinghouse CDFI, Pacific Western Bank, Banc of California, Ralphs/Food4Less, and AltaMed Health Services were among the event sponsors and underwriters.
Nine people and organizations were recognized for contributions they’ve made to the communities the group serves: OneOC; NAACP of Orange County; Cástulo de la Rocha, president and chief executive of AltaMed Health Services; state Sen. Lou Correa (retired); Doug Bystry, president and chief executive of Clearinghouse CDFI; state Sen. Janet Nguyen; Sisters of St. Joseph Health Ministries; Pacific Life Foundation; and Orange County United Way.
The Future Looks Bright
Capital Group; Wells Fargo; William Blair & Co.; Crescent Capital Group; Gibson Dunn; Littler; First American Title Insurance Co.; Brandywine Global; TCW; Nile Capital Group; Armstrong/Robitaille/
Riegle; and U.S. Bank were among the key sponsors of the Child Abuse Prevention Center’s 17th Annual Bright Futures Celebration. The April 18 event, held at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach, drew almost 300 guests. Business and community leaders joined together to raise $160,000 to prevent child abuse in at-risk families living in Orange County.
Cheryl Osborn, president and founder of Casco Contractors Inc., received the Champion of Children award in recognition of her work as an advocate for children’s causes, particularly in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education.
A Million Ways to Show Love
Business and community leaders joined together April 18 at the 17th Annual Bright Futures Celebration and raised $160,000 to help prevent child abuse in at-risk families living in Orange County.
TCA Architects of Irvine has, over the course of a decade and a half, raised more than $1 million for Habitat for Humanity through its annual golf tournament.
The $110,000 raised at the 15th Annual Charity Golf Tournament on June 11 at the Oak Tree Golf Club in Irvine put TCA over the million-dollar mark. Proceeds from this year’s sold-out event will be used to build and repair affordable homes for low-income families in Anaheim, Cypress, Fullerton and Westminster.
Event sponsors included Adidas Golf, Hyundai Motor America and TaylorMade.
“Partnering with Habitat for Humanity is a natural fit for us,” said Aram Chahbazian, TCA Architect’s president and managing partner. “Our annual charity golf tournament allows us to engage the community in our efforts to promote the organization’s core values through an event that is both enjoyable and well attended each year.”Â
Bits & Pieces
In honor of Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, the iconic 230-foot sign at Angel Stadium glowed bright purple after every Angels victory in June. … THINK Together received a $10,000 gift from Fluor Corp. and a $10,000 gift from Chevron Corp. to provide STEM programming to elementary and middle school students in OC. … More than 70 mothers and their families who successfully completed the Home Visitation Program this year through MOMS Orange County were recognized at the Winning Start Family Celebration on June 13.
