“We’re celebrating 30 years of social justice, service and community on February 19, 2022 from 3-4PM PST. A pivotal part of this celebration is honoring the very people that have dedicated time, energy, education, piety, and humaneness to our organization. How grand it will be to come back together, share space and time, and bring forward resources to support the continuance of the longest running Episcopal year-of-service program in the country!
Beauty Bus
MARIBEL -HOME VISIT CLIENT
“Human contact! I was looking forward to contact with other people!”
On a late summer morning, Maribel greeted Beauty Bus Lead Beauty Professional, Elena Vazquez, and Beauty Bus Volunteer, Sybrena Miles with great excitement. As a longtime Beauty Bus client, Maribel knew just what to expect. She looked forward to getting her neglected nails freshened up and she knew there were goodies to examine in her Bag of Beauty. But the big treat? Maribel was most excited to chat with her visitors.
“I’ve been stuck in the house the last three or four months. The heat makes my condition worse, so it’s very difficult to get out,” she explained. After setting up and settling in, the conversation among the women ranged from the heat, to summer haircuts, family dynamics, old boyfriends, funky genetics, and ants.
Maribel conveyed the challenge facing many people who live with serious illness: isolation. Beauty Bus is proud to support people who are going through a difficult time. There is magic in bringing the outside world in to people who are isolated. We often hear that it makes people feel “more human” and “more normal.” And we think that’s more beautiful!
American Youth Symphony
AYS’ second Concert in the Park with Elemental Music is just two weeks away on Sun. Dec. 5 11:30am! Join AYS’ brass quintet at Santa Monica’s Tongva Park for a 45-minute concert filled with classic holiday tunes. Come early or stay late for Elemental Music’s instrument petting zoo. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3Befh6I
Save Our Youth
It seems like yesterday when a small group of parents met to discuss their concerns about rising violence among Costa Mesa’s youth. It was 1992 and the city had just experienced its first drive-by shooting. The parents didn’t want their teens to be drawn into gangs or street life. They met with City Manager Allan Roeder and other city staff to express their concerns. With City Councilman Joe Erickson leading the way, the City agreed there needed to be an alternative to the lure of street life, so they provided space at Rea Center, but it was up to the parents to provide and sustain the program. And so Save Our Youth was born. Share Our Selves acted as an umbrella agency until SOY became incorporated in 1993 and had its own federal tax number.
The parents and some community supporters got to work accumulating donated furniture, computers, pool tables, weights and exercise machines, even mirrors and padded gym flooring as well as a boxing ring to attract the kids. Many teenage boys flocked to the new center and when a Girls’ Program was started teen girls also came. The greatest early lift was an amazing donor who contributed money for over 16years to establish an innovative scholarship program which paid students for good grades and awarded them a grant upon graduating equal to the amount of money they earned during their years at SOY. Almost $2,000,000 were allocated to hundreds of SOY graduates who went on to colleges all over California. They draw the money down as they need it for college expenses.
From that humble beginning, SOY is now a full service organization, as these pages illustrate. Its numerous programs serve almost 400 teens. Because of financial cutbacks, SOY is operating with only two dedicated staff and has had to eliminate much of the scholarship program, but a core of dedicated volunteers and growing numbers of donors are helping to keep the Center open to fulfill its mission of serving Costa Mesa’s youth at risk. SOY is extremely grateful for the community support it has received these past 25 years.
OPICA
In just 3 minutes, learn how OPICA provides support for older adults with memory loss and their families.
House of Ruth
LAHR was founded in 1978 to serve homeless women and children, the majority of whom are victims of domestic violence. Since then, we have grown from a four-bed transitional shelter into four separate shelters with 80 beds, serving more than 180 women and children each year. Recently, Bridge funding has allowed us to extend our service to families with both mother and father, as well as single fathers with children.
L.O.V.E. Foundation
Since 2012 L.O.V.E. Foundation has been providing caring support through our community collaborative outreach events and resource and referral events offering food, hygiene, and community love and support for our homeless youth. Through these events, our team of volunteer “Love Warriors” work in collaboration with our “Legion of Love” comprised of local businesses, nonprofit partners, faith-based organizations, and local government partners, surrounding our most vulnerable youth and citizens with kindness, compassion, love, and respect.
The Friends of the Children’s Museum at La Habra
The Foundation for Living Beauty
Our “signature” programs are Wellness Retreats. These retreats are 3-4 day journeys that transport our participants out of the everyday challenges of coping with cancer into a peaceful environment that provides them with opportunities to explore holistic healing modalities while developing a sense of community with other women along the same path. From our special healthy menus, educational workshops and classes that include yoga, guided meditation, art therapy and nature walks, as well as community-building activities, every aspect of their stay on a retreat envelops Living Beauties with compassionate care. Some examples of our retreats include:
Echoes of Hope
Echoes of Hope received a grant to help with their Tomorrow fund. This is more information on that program.
“Leaders of Tomorrow is a hand selected group of aspiring young adults who receive scholarships from Echoes of Hope to obtain their college degrees, transition to adulthood, and advocate on behalf of the organization.
Scholars in this program are required to participate in three of the four quarterly “Days of Hope”. Day of Hope provides opportunities for personal, educational, emotional, and spiritual growth.
In collaboration with Echoes of Hope, some of our Leaders of Tomorrow have ventured into creating their own nonprofits.
Resources for Scholars include, but are not limited:
- Housing assistance
- Textbook/PC laptop assistance
- Grocery store gift cards and/or food vouchers
- Graduation expenses
In addition, scholars are eligible for:
- Empowering workshops
- Paid speaking engagements
Qualifications: Application and two interviews”
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