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Locals Host Food Drive for Homeless Children in Orange County
Sarah and Tiffany heard that We’ve Got Your Back has been low on food and was in great need of breakfast cereal. They ran a food drive at their work, McCarthy Building Companies along with Sierra Landscaping Company, Inc., and were able to donate an entire pallet of cereal! Because of these great efforts, We’ve Got Your Back will able to serve approximately 3,500 children and their families!
Thank you Sarah and Tiffany for feeding Orange County’s homeless children!
We’ve Got Your Back is always in need of food such as cereal, and right now, fruit. You can host a food drive at your school, work or church. We are only able to supply Orange County’s homeless children with well-balanced meals with the help of YOU!
My Hands Have a Voice Testimonials
If you missed the My Hands Have a Voice art exhibition to end human slavery, here are some testimonials from some of the attendees and participating artists:
“I’m so glad to have seen that movie call and response at the my hands have a voice show. I have decided to do my part and help out with abolishing human trafficking/slavery. I am going to give 25% of all my [art] sales to help free the slaves, and start bringing awareness to my own community through art. THANK YOU FOR OPENING MY EYES!” – Todd Sanders, artist
“Just wanted to let you know that the exhibition was great. Thanks for allowing our class to have the opportunity to learn and spread the word of this atrocious issue.” -Mike Cook, artist
“Congratulations on such a great event last weekend. The turnout was great and the entire event was wonderful. I was blessed by you giving me a chance to be a part of it as an artist.” – Jennifer Kwan, artist
“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Thank you for making the students feel so worthwhile and honored. Coming to our class, inviting them to the event, photographing their work, and asking for their opinion on camera showed a level of commitment and caring that most of them have never experienced. You broke down their defenses. I believe that due to your honesty and integrity the students will take themselves and their art more seriously. I could ask for nothing greater.
And yet, there is something greater. The students were floored to see bids for $100 on their work. They could not believe that their efforts would be rewarded and in turn, that your organization could benefit. The students are forced to acknowledge that their work may/can create change. And for that I am deeply grateful!” – Sarah A Meyer, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, Cal Poly Pomona
Messiah Lutheran Church Helps Feed Homeless Children
On Sunday, May 17, Messiah Lutheran Church presented Giving Children Hope with a check for $7,707.13 for the We’ve Got Your Back program!
Every year the children in Sunday school do a service project for Lent. This year the kids were given mini backpacks to collect spare money and change during Lent for Giving Children Hope. On Palm Sunday the kids deposited the coins into “BIG” backpacks during their Children’s Worship Hour. The kids collected just over $700. The balance of the money was donations by the congregation. Usually church members can donate $10 for the cost of an Easter Lily for the Sanctuary for Easter services. Instead of lilies this year, the church asked the congregation to donate to Giving Children Hope. The children also came to fill backpacks full of food.
This money will help Giving Children Hope continue to feed homeless children in Orange County.
GCHope wants to thank Messiah Lutheran for making a difference in our community!
Feeding the Homeless Children of Orange County
Every week, Giving Children Hope delivers backpacks full on nutritious food to 300 homeless children in Orange County’s elementary schools.
This week, a little girl who receives a backpack each week, expressed her joy when she received her food, which is enough to feed a family of five. She said that her family had just finished their last can of soup for dinner the night before and would now be able to eat.
Through We’ve Got Your Back, we are able to ensure that children like her don’t go hungry.
When you donate to We’ve Got Your Back, you are bringing hope to the local community.
Giving for Living Extends Help to Local Community
When Rose Perez, the Practical Care Ministry Leader at the Cornerstone Church, learned about Giving Children Hope’s Giving for Living program, she knew that there were families in the local community that could use assistance.
She explained that right now there are not any diaper assistance programs in place for families with small children who find buying necessary items difficult. Some families are larger and do not qualify for government assistance which is why Perez came to Giving Children Hope in an effort to meet these families’ need.
“I had a 19-year-old girl with two small children, [with a] husband that was unemployed and she could not work due to her pregnancy. We assisted her with food, clothing [for the baby] and diapers. She was so grateful that we were able to help her because there were times she had one diaper left and did not know what to buy: either food or diapers for both her small children,” recalled Perez.
In another case, a desperate mother wanted to take her one-year-old child out of diapers because it was an expense she couldn’t afford. “She was glad we could help her and her daughter could be potty trained like any other child in the U.S.” said Perez.
Giving for Living provides clothes and items such as diapers for those in need in the local community.
