Orange County United Way

What an inspiring tour of the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care Plaza with the President and CEO of the new facility, Chad Lefteris! Our deepest thanks for hosting and sharing insights about the future of healthcare in Orange County. We are excited about the many ways #UCIHealth will be #DoingMore4OC. 🎉

We are thrilled to welcome our new Treasurer and seven new members to our Board of Directors! 🎉 Hugh Conners was elected Treasurer and will serve a one-year term. He is currently Senior Vice President and Regional Banking Manager at BMO. Our new board members are Jacqueline Akerblom (Retired - Grant Thornton LLP), Greg Custer (Whittier Trust), Ryan Flynn (The Weir Group PLC), Julie Miller-Phipps (Collaborative Innovation Partners), Edward Mora (U.S. Bank), Niza Oun-Nguyen (Mariner Wealth Advisors), and Nisha Verma (Dorsey & Whitney LLP). Please join us in thanking these incredible individuals for bringing unique insights and a shared passion for our mission. Together, we’ll empower Orange County students to succeed, support families in achieving financial security, help our unhoused neighbors find homes, and connect everyone to the assistance they need. 👏

What an accomplishment! Hooray for Destiny, a Youth Career Connections℠ Start-Up Bootcamp participant! 🎉 Destiny, the oldest of four siblings, plans to be the first in her family to attend college and possibly study abroad. She shares that the #YouthCareerConnections program has allowed her to believe that she can be successful and that her business idea can be achieved. 🌟 For more information on supporting #StudentSuccessOC #TheOCWay, through volunteer or corporate opportunities, please visit https://lnkd.in/eGjMbZJ5.

Join us for a day of fun, competition, and community spirit at our debut #JourneyTo100 Golf Tournament on Monday, September 9, 2024! This esteemed event will be held at the Huntington Club and will be part of our centennial celebration, bringing golfers and philanthropists together for a great cause. ⛳ Interested in supporting, but not a golfer? You can still be part of the excitement by joining us for our awards dinner. Tickets are $100 with opportunities to participate in a silent auction and a raffle for incredible prizes. Register here: ocuw.to/golf-tournament Proceeds from the event support Orange County United Way’s mission to improve lives in our community.

In the race to show how powerful community partnering can be, 361 Degrees is making major strides! 🏃 In support of our #JourneyTo100 centennial celebration, 361 Degrees is offering a special-edition sneaker that gives back! Treat yourself to this stylish, comfortable, and brand-worthy shoe and support a 100-year-long legacy of community impact! 👟 Don’t miss the $30 discount for the #361Centauri shoe, with 20% of proceeds going to Orange County United Way’s local work to empower our community #TheOCWay! Learn more about this incredible partnership here: https://lnkd.in/d495smes

Some wonderful volunteers from L3Harris Technologies joined Orange County United Way for an exciting event where they assembled 280 School Supply Kits! 🎉 The kits were dropped off at Madison Elementary in Santa Ana to support students’ summer school and back-to-school needs. 📝 Thank you to all our volunteers who are supporting #StudentSuccessOC! For information on how your organization can get involved #TheOCWay, please contact Doug McKay at DougM@UnitedWayOC.org. 📧

BIG THANKS to 7 Leaves Cafe for their partnership and shoutout to everyone who contributed to our sock drive. It was truly inspiring to see our community come together and make an impressive impact #DoingMore4OC. A total of 2,500 socks were collected and donated to local residents experiencing homelessness. If your company or organization would like to partner with Orange County United Way to make a difference in our community #TheOCWay, connect with Bo Bonanni at bobonanni@unitedwayoc.org. Make sure to check our social pages for other impactful opportunities like this in the future!

We have always been in awe of Mike Johnson’s passion for community involvement and the way he champions Orange County United Way. It’s an honor to have him serving on our 2-1-1 Orange County (211OC) Leadership Council and spearheading support of this vital service. Mike says, “We are the go-to resource to connect the unconnected, matching them to the right agency and helping them stabilize and progress every step of the way. That will have the most profound and enduring impact on our community.” For more about Orange County United Way’s Standard of Excellence and to read more success stories, please visit our Annual Report here: https://lnkd.in/gEy4xrQ6

Can you really make a difference as a volunteer? Yes! In more ways than you can imagine! 💯 Christina Baldwin, is an e-Mentor for Orange County United Way’s e-Mentorship program. She says that sharing laughter and trust #TheOCWay with her student program participants is her favorite part. Since the program’s inception in 2020, 710 students have participated with a 100% success rate of graduating high school on time, contributing to #StudentSuccessOC! 🎓 If you are interested in helping empower and teach essential life and career skills to Orange County students, please register here: https://lnkd.in/gEXW8fFf

Volunteering is so much fun, they came back to do it again #TheOCWay! 🎉 Repeat volunteers from Burns and McDonnell gathered to assemble 250 school supply kits, which were distributed to students in need throughout the Anaheim Elementary School District. 📝 To find out how your organization can get involved #DoingMore4OC and support #StudentSuccessOC, please contact Doug McKay at DougM@UnitedWayOC.org.