Saturday, June 20, 2009

2009 Essentials for Young Lives was a Great Success!

More than 70 companies, community organizations, individuals and nearly 3,000 YMCA of Orange County children participated in the Essentials for Young Lives program in partnership with the Children and Families Commission of Orange County. They conducted drives throughout the county and collected:
Diapers - 32,897
Baby Wipes - 86,048
Food Items - 4,247
Misc. Items (baby products, wash, lotion, etc.) 13,126
TOTAL: 136,318 Essential Baby Items

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Thank you to the following companies and organizations for their generous support:

1900 Ocean Apartments
Anaheim Family Justice Center
Anonymous (Private Party)
Assemblyman Chuck DeVore
Assemblyman Mike Duvall
Assemblywoman Diane Harkey
Assemblyman Jeff Miller
Assemblyman Jim Silva
Balboa Insurance Group
Bank of America
Before The Stork 4D
Bellini Baby to Teen
Building Industry Association of Orange County
Cal Pac Sheet Metal, Inc.
CARE Club/Orange Coast College
CareMeridan
CB Richard Ellis, Inc.
Change a Life Foundation
Children and Families Commission of Orange County
CHOC Children’s (5th Floor)
Comerica Bank
DaVita
DK Chappell, Inc.
Empire Homes
Experian
First American Title Company
Hampton Products International Corp
Hardwood Creations
Hayes Martin Associates, Inc.
Hunsaker & Associates
Interiors by Valerie
Irvine Spectrum Center®
Jackson, DeMarco, Tidus & Peckenpaugh
Jamba Juice
Kingsfield Church
Las Palmas Apartments
Lennar
Lucas & Mercier Construction
Lyon Apartment Companies
Materials Matter
Michael Brandman Associates
Michael Stricklen
Momentum Textiles
Newmeyer & Dillion, LLP
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company
O.C. Ravens Football
O.C. Metals
One Step Ministries
Pacific Terra Holdings, LLC
Porter Novelli
PPC Enterprises, Inc.
RE/MAX Real Estate Specialists
School Readiness Nurses
Signature Party Rentals
Snyder Langston
St. John’s Middle School
State Senator Lou Correa
State Senator Tom Harman
State Street
Stroller Strides, Newport Beach
TD Service Company
TDAC Development
The Coca-Cola Company
The Travelers of Gulliver’s Restaurant
Transpacific Management Service, Inc.
Tustin Police Department
United States Postal Service (Grand Ave., Santa Ana)
Wahoo’s Fish Taco
Warmington Group
William Lyon Homes
Women of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Women of ELCA, Pacifica Synod-Rejoice, Son & Surf and Saddleback Clusters
YMCA of Orange County