Irvine Company Chairman and dedicated philanthropist Donald Brenwill be honored with a special 25th Anniversary Legacy of Giving Awardat the 2010 National Philanthropy Day (NPD) Orange County awards celebration. Ranked by Business Week as one of the 50 most generous philanthropists in the nation, it was estimated in 2008 that Bren had given more than $1.3 billion. Click on www.donald-bren.com for more information about Donald Bren’s vision.
The Association of Fundraising Professionals is accepting submissions for the 2010 National Philanthropy Day awards.
Orange County philanthropists can be nominated by individuals and organizations, and will be honored in eight categories, including outstanding founder, philanthropist, philanthropic group, youth/youth group, small/large corporation/business, volunteer fundraiser and lifetime achievement. Deadline for submissions is May 27.
The Association of Fundraising Professionals is accepting submissions for the 2010 National Philanthropy Day awards.
Orange County philanthropists can be nominated by individuals and organizations, and will be honored in eight categories, including: outstanding founder, philanthropist, philanthropic group, youth/youth group, small/large corporation/business, volunteer fundraiser and lifetime achievement. Deadline for submissions is May 27.
ANAHEIM It can be a gesture as simple as a wave to a fan, a Sharpie-scribble of an autograph on a kid’s trading card or a shake of a soldier’s hand.
It can be a visit to children’s hospital bedside, a tour of a military base in the middle of the Mojave desert, a pep talk to a 5-year-old boy shaking in his first pair of skates, or a moment to ask a grandmother, “How are you?” and to listen to her answer.
ANAHEIM – They give when nobody is looking. They help without expecting anything in return. They pick up others because it’s what people are supposed to do for each other.
Those are just some of the traits held by the locals honored Wednesday at the National Philanthropy Day luncheon in Anaheim.
National Philanthropy Day was dreamed up 24 years ago by Doug Freeman, an Irvine-based financial adviser. Since then, more than 1,000 people have been honored for their work in helping others. This year, John and Elizabeth Stahr, of Corona del Mar, were named Lifetime Achievement winners, for their support of nonprofits over the past 40 years.
NPD Orange County has become the most prominent philanthropic recognition event in Orange County with more than a thousand individuals, businesses and support organizations honored since its inception in 1986.
The 24th Annual NPD Awards Luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at Anaheim Marriott Hotel, 700 West Convention Way, Anaheim.
About 750 people attended the 23rd annual National Philanthropy Day awards luncheon last week, netting $40,000 for the Orange County Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, which will use the money to advance philanthropy.
Alan Greeley, chef at Golden Truffle restaurant and catering in Costa Mesa, was one of eight Outstanding Honorees, chosen from more than 130 volunteers, donors and business people nominated for recognition.
Corona del Mar resident Michael Harrison spends so much time at the 210-acre nature preserve that he’s preparing for wilderness education activities for local youths that his business partners aren’t sure that he still works, Harrison joked.
The volunteer has led the fundraising campaign to make a $30-million Outdoor Education Center in South Orange County a reality as well as adding his expertise in real estate development and construction by supervising the effort on a daily basis.
Doug Freeman spent years saying “please” just to get a “thank you” for America’s most charitable citizens.
“I thought it was such an obvious thing to do,” Freeman said of his long-waged campaign to create National Philanthropy Day, an annual, federally recognized moment to honor philanthropists and not-for-profits.
“What surprised me was that it took so long to convince people that it was appropriate, to acknowledge it.”
