Mission Viejo High School is, quite clearly, the home of the Diablos.
Pictures of the devil are everywhere and so is the implication that its teams are ready to send opponents, well, someplace warmer.
In particular, it’s easy to imagine the highly respected football program — South Coast League champions in 2009 and 2010 — bedeviling its opponents.
Less easy (for opponents, at least) might be seeing this same team in a more heavenly role.
Laguna Niguel-based HeARTS for Healing Guild will be honored at the National Philanthropy Day Orange County celebration in November.
It has been chosen as an outstanding philanthropic group for its efforts in advocating and raising money for community art programs to help people dealing with abuse, illness or grief.
The Mission Viejo High School Athletic Department will be honored as Outstanding Youth Group at this year’s National Philanthropy Day Orange County celebration on Nov. 15.
Emotionally touched by the story of an all-star high school quarterback and his disabled classmate facing severe mental and physical disabilities after surviving pediatric cancer, the school’s football players decided to help their peers who have been affected by pediatric cancer.
SANTA ANA, CA- Santa Ana organization Kaiser Permanente will be honored as Outstanding Large Corporation or Business at this year’s National Philanthropy Day (NPD) Orange County celebration, to be held Tuesday, November 15, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Orange County located at 11999 Harbor Blvd in Garden Grove, CA.
Kaiser Permanente has an overall commitment to provide health care services to low-income families in the region that positively impact all sectors of public health, including AIDS treatment, breast cancer, maternity, children’s well-being, senior health, and health care for the uninsured in Orange County.
San Juan Capistrano philanthropists Jim and Sheila Peterson will be honored Nov. 15 for their commitment to improving the lives of Orange County children.
They are the recipients of the Outstanding Philanthropists award, which will be presented on National Philanthropy Day, organized by the an umbrella organization for fundraising groups nationwide.
He is the CEO of Irvine-based Micro
LAGUNA NIGUEL Children from battered homes getting fresh starts. Children with cleft palates getting needed surgery. Children without parents finding new homes.
Megan Mahdi of Laguna Niguel is watching out for children in desperate situations around Orange County and the world.
Her charity’s annual skate-a-thon has raised $86,000 for children.
The man who built much of Orange County — literally, not figuratively – is shifting gears.
Donald Bren, the 78-year-old chairman of The Irvine Co., is spending as much time on philanthropy these days as he is on his business.
What that might mean for the future of his company, or the county, remains to be seen.
Donald Bren and four other Newport Beach philanthropists were honored for their giving at the National Philanthropy Day awards luncheon in Anaheim on Wednesday. Bren, the chairman of the Irvine Co., has given more than $60 million to UC Irvine, both privately and through his Donald Bren Foundation. His other giving has benefitted K-12 education and conservation groups.
ANAHEIM – With the exception of the Girl Scouts color guard, Megan Mahdi of Laguna Niguel was easily the youngest person in the room Wednesday at the National Philanthropy Day luncheon honoring Orange County’s top philanthropists.
But Megan, 15, held her own before an audience of about 900 people there to salute honorees that included such megawatt beacons of local charity as Donald Bren, Phil and Mary Lyons, and Marion Knott. Megan, a freshman at Aliso Niguel High and a former competitive ice skater, was named the Outstanding Youth honoree by the Orange County chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
