Preserved for Posterity
Community and real estate developer FivePoint Holdings LLC has created an opportunity for Orange County residents to be part of history by participating in Stories from the OC, an interactive experience and cultural archive that invites people to listen to and learn from each other’s life experiences. It debuted this month at Cadence Park in Irvine, part of FivePoint’s Great Park Neighborhoods, and continues through the end of the year at no cost to participants.
The effort invites residents to share personal stories, memories and reflections in any language with a family member or friend. The conversations are recorded through the StoryCorps app and preserved for posterity at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, the largest single collection of digitally recorded human voices ever gathered, with more than 250,000 stories currently.
“FivePoint believes strongly in creating spaces and opportunities where people from all walks of life can connect, feel energized and experience something meaningful,” said Chairman and CEO Emile Haddad. “Stories from the OC is the perfect extension of our mission to introduce experiences that enrich people’s lives and move humanity forward.”
Wow! for WHOW
The second annual War Heroes on Water sport fishing trip took place Aug. 15 through 18. The event was established by Anthony Hsieh, founder and CEO of loanDepot LLC, working with Freedom Alliance, an educational and charitable organization that honors and supports America’s military.
WHOW is intended to show appreciation to service members, raise awareness of the challenges veterans face after their tours are complete, and raise funds for organizations dedicated to supporting veterans. Some 45 wounded war veterans joined Hsieh on a three-day deep-sea sport fishing trip to Cabo San Lucas.
The kick-off celebration took place Aug. 15, the night before departure, at Hsieh’s Newport Beach home. It was attended by more than 400 guests and included a silent auction benefitting the WHOW tournament and its veterans. The evening raised $500,000, five times more than its inaugural event last year.
“WHOW changes lives,” said Hsieh. “It certainly has changed mine. I thank our event supporters, our veterans, our partner, Freedom Alliance, and the yacht owners who graciously donated their sport fishing vessels, their crews and their time. This magnificent combination of patriots is what makes our WHOW event such an amazing success.”
WHOW trip sponsors included Docutech LLC, ServiceLink NLS, Corlead LLC, Lendilio LLC, Lending Tree LLC, the Wisdom Cos., Radian Guaranty Inc., Call & Jensen, CoreLogic Solutions LLC, Lower My Bills, Harry’s Marine Service, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Ahead of the Game
Hoag Hospital Foundation surpassed its $627 million Hoag Promise Campaign goal 18 months ahead of a Dec. 31, 2020 target, thanks to more than 22,000 donors who made 83,000-plus gifts.
Hoag will continue raising funds in the campaign until its end date to meet or exceed clinical fundraising priorities.
“Healthcare will never stop evolving and innovating, and Hoag will never relinquish its vision of providing leading-edge care in all of our service lines,” said Flynn Andrizzi, Ph.D., president, Hoag Hospital Foundation. “Philanthropy is the key to clinical leadership, and we will continually raise funds to build on what we’ve all accomplished to date. Our goals are mile markers, not stopping points.”
Hoag Promise Campaign priority areas support innovation across the organization including precision medicine, developmental therapeutics, recruiting and retaining physicians with endowed chairs; early adoption of technology such as 3D virtual reality surgical imaging; building facilities countywide; and continuing education through nurse scholarships and physician fellowship programs.
Bits & Pieces
Plasticos Foundation, a nonprofit organization providing reconstructive plastic surgery, added four business leaders to its board: Philippe Schaison, Ph.D., CEO, Soltego; Thomas Girardi, founding partner, Girardi Keese law firm; Paul Little, CFO, senior vice president, treasurer, Sientra; and Caroline Van Hove, COO, Sienna Biopharmaceuticals … The
Angels Baseball Foundation presented Laguna Food Pantry with $10,000 to help further its mission to help end hunger … Human Options, an OC-based nonprofit working to end relationship violence, received a $4,500 community services grant from the city of Mission Viejo to support the group’s comprehensive Safe Options for seniors program services.
