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Fundraising and planned giving professional Martha A. Farrington, J.D., of Newport Beach has joined nonprofit Age Well Senior Services as director of Fund Development. “We are pleased to welcome Martha aboard and know her experience and expertise will help us meet our development...

A sock, some googly eyes and a few craft materials can make a big difference in the life of a child going through a traumatic experience. Creating a sock puppet is just the type of activity that will engage a child’s mind in a fun project and help take it off the stressful, and...

Hundreds of Newport Beach and other Southern California residents will come together next weekend to walk for a cause and grant wishes for kids life-threatening medical conditions across Orange County. Make-A-Wish Orange County and the Inland Empire will host its annual Walk For...

In celebration of its 30th anniversary, HKA, Inc. Marketing Communications is going to give one lucky OC-based nonprofit organization a year of PR and marketing services at no charge. HKA has developed the Locally PRoud program to give back to the community that has supported its...

Employees at a local nature center will now be able to reduce their carbon footprint even more by completing their errands via bicycle, thanks to a charitable group of mothers and daughters. The Newport chapter of the National Charity League recently donated two giant escape...

More than 300 people attended the 53rd Annual Adoption Guild Patroness Tea at The Pacific Club in Newport Beach, which was bathed in a sea of spring colors and soft floral arrangements for the occasion. While guests dined on light tea fare, Julie Brown, Executive Director of Holy...

Kids and community members gathered at a Corona del Mar campus over the weekend to help others in need. It was all part of Harbor Day School’s Spring into Service event on Saturday, the school’s  semi-annual community service day. The day provides the Harbor Day community to...

About 50 people helped a Corona del Mar High School club’s goal of making a child’s wish come true over the weekend. CdM Make-A-Wish Club held their first every Wish Day event on Saturday. Guests gathered on the track field on campus and enjoyed games, music, baked goods and...

A Corona del Mar student club is hoping the community will come together this weekend to help make one local child’s wish come true. The CdM high school Make-A-Wish Club is holding “Wish Day” on Saturday between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the school’s field. The event will be a fun...

Debra Miller, CEO/Founder of CureDuchenne in Newport Beach, has been selected as a semifinalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Orange County region.  The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas...

The fight to end homelessness for Orange County kids is one step closer now, thanks to another Orange County kid. Samantha Schroff, president of Newport Harbor High School’s Youth for Hope club, will present a $25,000 donation on Tuesday to Project Hope Alliance, an Orange...

Eelgrass, ocean acidification and related topics were among those discussed at a local group’s monthly meeting this week. Garry Brown, founder and president of Orange County Coastkeeper, discussed the organization and coastal issues at the Speak Up Newport meeting, held Wednesday...

Farm-to-Table Dinner Benefits Nonprofit An upcoming event pairs a charitable cause with fresh, organic food for an experience diners aren’t likely to soon forget. ZucchiniXpress, a local organic fruit and vegetable delivery service, will host an interactive Farm-to-Table Dinner...

The Boys and Girls Club of the Harbor Area hopes you will be “the one” to make a financial gift of support this year. The local nonprofit, which has been serving kids in Orange County for more than 70 years, has launched its annual fundraising campaign, “It Just Takes One,” with...

With the sole purpose to raise funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County’s “High School Bigs” mentoring program, Angelitos de Oro generously donated $285,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of OC during a special presentation held last month at Bayside Restaurant in Newport...

It’s amazing what a deep clean, few coats of paint and some new carpet can do. For a local church and outreach program, it can help change lives. And that’s just what a group of young men did over the weekend. The National League of Young Men, Newport Mesa chapter, spent most of...

More than 300 people kicked off a local nonprofit’s service campaign over the weekend, with the hope to end homelessness for Orange County kids. Camp Project Hope was held Sunday at the Chuck Jones Center by 24 carrots at South Coast Collection (SoCo) in Costa Mesa. The event...

Nearly 80 local luminaries recently celebrated an upcoming charitable dance competition. The cast party for the Assistance League of Newport Mesa’s “Dancing for Tomorrow’s Stars” was held Jan. 23 at Black, Starr & Frost jewelry store in Newport Beach. The league is a...

A local teen is collecting coins for a good cause and wants her peers to spare some to help make a positive change in the community. Isabel “Izzy” Bellino, 16, of Newport Coast, a junior at Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, started the campus club, Spare Change for...

Michelle Hoops smiled and blew kisses to the people standing around the small arena watching her sit tall while riding Peanut, a 19-year-old quarter horse. Hoops and Peanut mosey around the small dusty yard behind a house in Newport Beach during their weekly session at the Back...