This blog post was written by one of our dedicated volunteers, Skyler Schulze. Skyler has been volunteering with Giving Children Hope for several months and was a huge asset to our Christmas program. — The spirit of the season was very much alive for Christmas at Giving Children Hope. It’s through the immense generosity of […]
A Heroic Mom
Those that sponsor a wish list through Giving Children Hope are asked to spend up to $25 on each child, but there are a few donors that go far beyond to make a child feel special. For some of the children in WGYB, this is the only gift they receive for the year. It breaks […]
Christmas Wrapping Parties
Christmas is our favorite time of year here at Giving Children Hope. The warehouse becomes Santa’s workshop with an army of elves helping to prepare the gifts for each deserving child in We’ve Got Your Back. This year we had close to 150 elves — I mean, volunteers — donate their time in the evenings […]
Beds for Christmas
On the Saturday before Christmas, a group of barely caffeinated 50 volunteers loaded Premier Chevrolet trucks with mattresses to deliver to some very deserving families in Buena Park. Hundreds of families were surveyed to find out if there were family members in need of a warm bed to sleep on. With a group of passionate […]
American Martial Arts Academy Gives to Children in Need
It all began when a GCHope volunteer suggested that her kid’s martial arts studio do a toy drive for GCHope during December. This small idea grew to be a contagious movement throughout the community and turned into a toy, food, and cash drive for the vulnerable children GCHope serves. In one month the American Martial […]
Wrapping for Homeless Children
The Christmas season means three things to GCHope staff: presents for thousands of children, Wrapping Parties, and controlled chaos. GCHope has finished the process of distributing thousands of donated gifts to the underprivileged children in We’ve Got Your Back (WGYB). We are so grateful to the companies, churches, groups, and individuals for showing up this […]
The Generosity of Others
It truly was a magical night. We gathered with families in our WGYB program to celebrate Christmas and to give ten very special children a present they will always remember. One of GCHope’s treasured partners, Edwards Lifesciences, wanted to do something extra special for a few lucky kids GCHope serves, so we put our heads […]
Christmas from GCHope
It has been a very Merry Christmas at Giving Children Hope this year. Thanks to all our toy donors and the Fullerton Toy Collaborative, we were able to give out more than 4,000 toys!! GCHope delivered presents to thirty-eight schools that have students enrolled in our WGYB program who might otherwise not receive a present […]
Wrapping Parties!
Cut, tape, fold, and repeat! For the past two weeks, GCHope has been busy with our annual Wrapping Parties for the presents donated to children in our WGYB program. We had more than 200 people join us in the effort to make this Christmas special for so many children. This year, thanks to Fullerton Toy […]
Quatro Cafe Wrapping Competition
This week GCHope got to be a part of Quatro Café’s third annual “Wrapping Competition” along with other organizations such as Make A Wish, American Red Cross, Harbor Area Boys and Girls Club, HIS House, American Family Housing, Boys Hope Girls Hope, THE Breast Cancer Fundraiser, Veteran’s First OC, and Beckstrand Cancer Association. Each charity […]