‘Volunteer Groups’
The women of Allied PRA were able to donate some time this week on the hottest day of the year so far! The did a fantastic job helping with our backpack program, packing backpacks and sorting food supply. During their time with us, they prepared backpacks for twelve of our schools, serving over 1,000 children in Orange County who would otherwise be without nutritional foods. We are very grateful for their service!
We were very excited to host team members from Target stores throughout the area. We have been working to find a time that works for everyone and finally made it happen yesterday. They did a great job in all three of our main volunteer projects. From sorting medical supplies for distribution to a clinic in Haiti to packing backpacks full of food for children in need throughout Orange County to arranging donations of household supplies for our hundreds of partner agencies. They did a great job, always with a smile. We were very grateful for their help and are looking forward to having them serve with us again soon.
In addition, we are also the recipient of a Target Community Grant for $5,000 which they brought yesterday! Thanks Target for giving your time and support to Bring Health to Kids in Crisis!
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A very big GCHope “Thank You” to the team members from Bank of America who were able volunteer in our We’ve Got Your Back program yesterday. Over 65 volunteers were able to pack over 750 backpacks for Orange County Children in need. We always appreciate teams like theirs where we have to work to keep them busy. We are looking forward to seeing you all again in October or hopefully even sooner!
Thanks again to our friends over at ADP! There were at our warehouse on Tuesday to help with the packing of our backpacks as well as ensuring that the food supply we send to our children each week are of the best quality. If you look back through a couple of our older posts (here and here) you will see that ADP has been sending us volunteers for quite some time now. Thanks for being faithful supporters of our efforts and for Bringing Health to Kids in Crisis!
A big thank you to our friends over at SD Deacon. They have comes several times now to help out with tour We’ve Got Your Back program and they are always a pleasure to have. This time, not only did they work on filling the backpacks for our kids, but also put together school supply packages for them. It is so wonderful to have friends and organizations throughout the SoCal area that are ready to step up and serve these children each and every week. Check out these pictures of SD Deacon in action!
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Back in November, we were privileged to have a group of Moms come with their little ones from Calvary Church in Santa Ana to volunteer in our We’ve Got Your Back Program. This week, we had an entirely new group of Moms do the same thing. I can’t tell you have beautiful it is to see little toddlers giving up their time to serve other children in our own community who don’t always have enough to eat. Thanks Calvary for having some of the best Moms around!!
On Monday we were happy to host the junior high and high school students of Yorba Linda Friends Church. There sent us 100 volunteers for the afternoon! As you can see from these pictures, they helped us out all over campus. From cleaning hospital beds for our international aid projects to preparing produce for delivery to our We’ve Got Your Back kids; from sorting over-the-counter medicine to cleaning the bathrooms. These students were huge help and a joy to be around! Thanks for being the hands and feet of Jesus to the poor, sick and hungry both here in Orange County and around the world!!
We absolutely love our friends down the street at Nutrilite! They have been a great supporter of the We’ve Got Your Back program over the years and we would not be where we are without their partnership!! Yesterday, the plant directors from around the country (and a few from outside of the US. I’m looking at you Brazil!) were all in town for a conference and took time out of their day to come and pack backpacks with us! They were a huge help, lending their experience and skills to a great morning of volunteer work on behalf of children in Southern California who are going hungry. A special thanks to our amazing Board Member, Jim, for making this possible. Thank you all! Can’t wait to see you again!!
The folks over at Macy’s in Brea sent over TWO groups last week to help volunteer in our We’ve Got Your Back program. We are so grateful for their time and willingness. In total, they sent 46 individuals to help us out. They served happily by packing beans and dried fruits for us, as well as organizing and packing backpacks for this weeks distributions to our local schools. We hope to see them again soon!
SD Deacon is a wonderful partner of ours who has supported us financially through the SD Deacon Charitable Foundation and by coming last week to volunteer in our We’ve Got Your Back program. Thanks so much to the entire team, giving up their entire afternoon to pack a ridiculous amount of beans and apricots for the children on our program. They also were able to sort through and organize the backpacks to prepare for the following week’s distributions. We are very grateful for their partnership and support. Come back any time!!
