Best Buddies

Generation Give is proud to support the Audi Best Buddies Challenge. Best Buddies is a non-profit organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Thanks to the hard work of committed volunteers, caring staff and donors like you, Best Buddies now boasts more than 1,500 chapters on middle school, high school and college campuses across the United States and abroad.

All the individuals who have been involved with Best Buddies over the past 21 years have helped to make a positive impact on the way society views people with intellectual disabilities.  A full 89% of Best Buddies revenue goes directly into their programs. Your financial contribution is an integral part of their success.

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Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County

For the second year in a row, Generation Give was a proud supporter and participant in the “Take a Swing Against Hunger” Golf Tournament. 

Did you know that in Orange County:

• More than 456,000 people are at-risk of missing meals sometime each month?
• One in three children is at-risk of going to bed hungry?
• Second Harvest Food Bank helps 400 local agencies feed thousands of people in need each month?
• 94.2 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to programs that help feed the needy?

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Haiti Relief

Generation Give matched your money dollar-for-dollar and donated a total of $5700.00 to help two orphanages in Haiti.

Here is an excerpt from the note we received from the Village of Hope & Lazarus Project

Dear Glenn:  What a pleasant way to end my business day by reading your e-mail and learning of this most generous gift in support of the Little Children of Jesus and Grace Mission.  Thank you SO MUCH. I know Gladys (LCJ) and Marie (Grace Mission) will be so appreciative of this support; as are we.   You can rest assured that the work that these two Haitian ladies direct and give their hearts to does have an impact on their communities and to the children for whom they so lovingly care.

Cesar R. Calderon Memorial Fund

Generation Give was honored to host the Cesar Calderon Memorial Fund. $2500.00 has been donated, in the name of Cesar Calderon, to the CHOC Foundation’s Cancer Emergency Fund.  This special fund helps provide items to  patients and families being treated in the CHOC Cancer Institute, such as:

– Meal cards for parents
– Help with gas/ travel expenses
– Help with utility bills/ rent
– Phone cards
– Care bags for parents when child is admitted unexpectedly

These items are especially important in today’s economy and this gift will definitely have a direct impact on patients and families during their stay at CHOC.