Newport Beach-based CureDuchenne, a global nonprofit dedicated to funding and finding a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, hosted its second annual Ladies Luncheon Newport Beach on October 14 at the exclusive Shady Canyon Golf Club in Irvine. The event raised awareness about Duchenne muscular dystrophy and support for programs like...

Corporate volunteerism is alive and well in Orange County. Most local companies offer volunteer opportunities, but some go all out to help their local communities. One of those is Johnson & Johnson MedTech, who hold an annual event called Week of Caring, an employee-powered volunteer initiative that concentrates hands-on service...

The Corona del Mar-based Samueli Foundation has made its largest single day tranche of grant announcements in organizational history, alerting 138 Orange County-serving nonprofit organizations that they are grant recipients from the newly created Breakaway Fund. The Breakaway Fund launched in May with a $5 million budget, but the Samueli...

More than 240 guests gathered at Big Canyon Country Club in Newport Beach on September 25 for the 19th annual Keep the Promise Wine Tasting Benefit at Big Canyon Country Club in Newport Beach. As one of Orange County’s premier wine tasting benefits, the evening grossed over $400,000 for The...

Hoag celebrated a milestone in the fight against addiction and mental health challenges with the October 2 groundbreaking of the CareMar Recovery Center, a state-of-the-art facility to be built on the Newport Beach campus. According to information from Hoag Hospital, CareMar Recover Center will transform recovery care in Orange County. The...

The Gentlemen’s Haberdashery, one of Orange County’s longest running fundraisers and events, raised a record-breaking $700,000 on Thursday, Oct. 2 at the Balboa Bay Resort. Nearly 400 community members and philanthropic leaders attended the event, where Orange County’s most prominent executives and leaders took to the runway in a full...

Nearly 10,000 people came out to Pacific Life at Fashion Island to support Susan G. Komen’s mission to end breast cancer at the annual More Than Pink Walk on Sunday, Sept. 28. With a goal of raising $790,000, the Komen More Than Pink Walk raised nearly $750,000—but there’s still time...

On Thursday, Sept. 18, around 100 guests arrived via Balboa Island Ferry to the elegant home of R.D. Olson to enjoy a Soiree on the Bay to benefit the Balboa Island Museum. A saxophonist serenaded the arriving guests as they disembarked the ferry. Planned, sponsored and created with a touch of...

Charity food and wine events are popular ways to raise funds for local organizations. At the 27th anniversary of The Balboa Bay Club’s Gentlemen’s Smoker held on September 11 at the Balboa Bay Club, cigars and spirits were added ingredients along with the cuisine and vino. Unfolding on the Club’s beachfront...