Buena Park, Calif. (June 30, 2021) – Giving Children Hope has been awarded a generous grant of $50,000 from Optum California as part of their new initiative to address health inequities in Southern California. This funding will help supply essential food and basic need resources to children and families most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Giving Children Hope Names Pete Bowen as Chief Executive Officer
Buena Park, CA (July 15th, 2021) – After a four-month search, Giving Children Hope is excited to announce the selection of Pete Bowen as Chief Executive Officer, effective July 2021. Bowen succeeds Sean Lawrence who left Giving Children Hope earlier this year after 10 years of service. With a background in non-profits, business, education, and […]
A Drive Towards Hope
Giving Children Hope delivers 30,000 pounds of food to 3,600 children and parents on a weekly basis throughout Southern California. Thanks to the generosity of Golden State Foods Foundation, The Henry L Guenther Foundation, and the Johnny Carson Foundation, Giving Children Hope is able to continue to deliver 30,000 pounds of nutritious food on a […]
Sharing The Blessing of Warmth
At Giving Children Hope we are committed to meeting the needs of our families in crisis. In order to do this, we check in with them on a regular basis to get a better understanding of their challenges and barriers. Our most recent needs assessment revealed many families did not have enough blankets to keep […]
Giving Children Hope Partners with Navajo Nation
Giving Children Hope is working with our partners in the Navajo Nation to respond to COVID-19. Check out these articles which detail the difficult circumstances Navajo people are facing as a result of this virus. “One-third of the homes across the vast, dry reservation don’t have running water, forcing families to haul it in. Many […]
National Christian Foundation names GCHope ‘charity on the frontline’
National Charity Foundation names Giving Children Hope ‘charity on the frontline’. In 1982, Evangelical Christian author and entrepreneur Larry Burkett, financial advisor Ron Blue, and tax attorney Terry Parker founded the National Christian Foundation. Burkett was an American radio personality whose work focused on financial counseling from a Christian point of view. Today, the NCF […]
Posada Celebration held at Giving Children Hope
BUENA PARK – Friday, Dec. 20th, nearly one hundred Buena Park, Anaheim and Fullerton residents gathered for the first annual Giving Children Hope the Posada Celebration. Organizers of this event first had the idea to do the Posada celebration when they met in the We’ve Got Your Back program, a Giving Children Hope program that […]
Dockers and Giving Children Hope
Esquivel and Giving Children Hope Team Up with support from Dockers This article is originally written for Forbes. Find the whole article here! https://www.forbes.com/sites/dockers/2019/11/19/dockers-teams-up-with-forbes-under-30-summit/#7d0325b47531 The road to success isn’t always paved with gold. Sometimes, our beginnings are humble and far removed from our goals. Challenges are twice as tough and the vision of a […]
Qualified Charitable Distributions
Qualified Charitable Distributions Did you know that if you meet certain criteria you may be able to gift money directly from your IRA to Giving Children Hope? To do this you must be over 70 ½ years old, the distribution must be a required minimum and cannot exceed $100,000. The advantage? The Gift satisfies your […]
Giving Children Hope is proud to support the Sixth Annual Quiñceanera banquet
Giving Children Hope is proud to support the Sixth Annual Quiñceanera banquet held at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, by providing gift bags with jewelry, make-up brushes, deodorant, feminine products, and more. “These young women have dealt with more in their young lives than most of us have in our adult lives,” – Adam England, Cheif […]