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We invite you to consider adding these
“alternatives” to your gift-giving plans this Christmas.
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Click the logos to learn more.
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Casa Teresa Founders's Guild
The Guild has worked tirelessly for more than 40 years to raise funds and build supportive programs and services that give respite and hope to homeless pregnant women over 18 and their children. They maintain their own residential homes with individual case management, educational and other services for the journey toward successful independent living.
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Creative Identity
At its sites in Anaheim and Laguna Beach, adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities participate in Music Performance, Expressive Arts and Pre-Vocational Education programs, with opportunities to display their talents at community concerts and art exhibitions. Your support helps these adults expand their skills and horizons. During the COVID-19 pandemic and temporary facility closures, participants are provided virtual creative opportunities through live video classes, in-home visits and wellness calls.
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Glenn Martin Elementary School
The St. Mark community began taking this Santa Ana public school under its wing decades ago, variously providing funding and volunteer support toward enriched special programming, overnight camps and other projects for its predominantly Hispanic students from lower income, working families.
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Habitat for Humanity of OC
Habitat believes that safe and affordable housing is foundational to helping families and communities grow and thrive. Your contributions help bring volunteers from all faiths and backgrounds together to provide decent, affordable home ownership to hard-working families from throughout Orange County.
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Human Options
Ending the cycle of relationship/domestic violence, which threatens everyone, means taking a comprehensive approach. Through donations and volunteerism, OC-based Human Options is able to provide educational and legal services, options for seniors and military families, transitional housing, emergency shelter, counseling and support. Hotline: 877/854-3594.
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Laundry Love, Santa Ana
Everyone needs to get their laundry done. This coalition of local nonprofits, churches and concerned citizens has a simple, straightforward goal of raising money so that low income and homeless people can wash their clothes. In the process, healthier communities are coming together to inspire hope, love and transformation.
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Orange County Justice Fund
OCJF seeks to assist immigrants in detention with ties to Orange County to obtain effective legal representation, post bond for release and reunite them with their families. This collaboration of attorneys, law professors and grassroots leaders has as its mission the building of a strong infrastructure to advance immigrant justice in the OC and beyond. Volunteers and donations in any amount are much appreciated and are vital to the life of this effort.
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Party Pepper-Uppers
Here’s a delightful idea: Deliver fun-filled “birthday-parties-in-a-bag” to children in need to brighten their special day. In this difficult, distancing year the need is greater than ever. To date, well-over 5,000 parties have been packed up and distributed to Boys & Girls Clubs, Ronald McDonald houses, military families, women’s shelters, and others in our local communities. Help keep this happy work on track!
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Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
PDA is the emergency and refugee program of the PCUSA. Their Rapid Response Team coordinates and collaborates with presbyteries, churches and other organizations to ensure the timely distribution of resources, short and long-term. This summer and fall as high temperatures and drought continue, they have been serving all along the fire-ravaged West Coast.
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Project HOPE Alliance
Since 1989, Project HOPE has been on a mission to end the cycle of homelessness in Orange County – one child at a time. Their holistic approach engages educational, psycho-social, financial and other critical needs of K thru age 24 in the public schools. During the pandemic, Rapid Response funds are being raised to help homeless children stay connected with learning through access to technology (laptops, Wifi, printers), as well as basics like hygiene, food and fresh produce.
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Second Harvest Food Bank of OC
Second Harvest invites you to be part of a solvable problem – hunger in the OC. A $1 donation here will provide 3 meals to the hungry poor.
Coordinating with an extensive Partner Network, last year a whopping 42 million pounds of food was distributed to 350 OC locations. If you enjoy social media, check out their COVID-19 “virtual volunteers” option and help amplify their message.
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Serving People In Need
SPIN has a long and inspiring record of restoring OC’s homeless families in crisis to permanent housing and self-sufficiency. SPIN’s housing program includes: move-in costs, rental assistance, case management, employment leads, health advisories and access to SPIN’s pantry. Since 1987, SPIN has helped over 76,000 families. Last year, they achieved an extraordinary success rate of 92%. Plus, 88 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to SPIN clients.
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Although we are highlighting local charities in 2020, we still want to make it easy for you to connect with other Market favorites. For your convenience, here is a list, with their websites/links:
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