4th Annual Donation Drive

Thank you to the more than 80 companies, community organizations and individuals that generously volunteered their time and resources to help homeless mothers and their children. Click here to see more details. Your support in 2010 helped us collect:

• 102,229 diapers
• 157,093 baby wipes
• 9,413 jars of baby food, cereal, finger food, etc.
• 4,434 (hygiene items, strollers, car seats, blankets etc.)

2010 grand total is 273,169!!!! This is an 88% increase from the 2009 totals!!! Since 2008 we've collected 536,379 "essential" baby items and distributed these much needed donations to hundreds of homeless mothers and their infants in Orange County.

Unfortunately the needs continue to grow. Families are still the fasting growing segment of the homeless population. Our goal for 2011 is "500,000"

Please save the dates and help us reach (and even surpass) our goal.

2011 Essentials for Young Lives Campaign Dates:
Kick -Off: Saturday, April 29, 2011 at Irvine Spectrum Center®

Campaign Week: May 2 - 6, 2011

More details coming soon.

Press Conference At State Capitol

Monday, April 26, 2010 HomeAid in partnership with First 5/Children and Families Commission launched the first Essentials for Young Lives drive in the California State Capitol in Sacramento. View the press conference.

State Legislators Kick-Off Essentials for Young Lives at State Capital

Essentials for Young Lives was launched at the California State Capitol. At a press conference today Senator Lou Correa expressed his personal support, "Many families in California have been affected by this economic recession. They have lost their jobs, their homes and some of those affected are the most vulnerable among us. Please open your hearts to help. What seems like small things to us, mean a great deal to them." Read more...

Essentials for Young Lives Drives Public Drop-Off Sites

Across the United States approximately 1.5 million children in the course of a year have experienced the feeling of not having a home. In California, more than 100,000 homeless children are younger than six years old.

This Mother's Day please take a moment to help homeless mothers and their children. Donate "essential" baby items: diapers, baby wipes, baby food and baby products (wash, lotion, etc.)

Monday, April 26 thru Thursday, April 29

Current Drop-off locations:

Aliso Viejo:

Integrated Real Estate Resources, Inc., 36 Argonaut, Suite 130

Chino Hills
Office of Assemblyman Curt Hagman, 13920 City Center Drive, Suite 260

Garden Grove -

Habitat OC Restore, 12827 Harbor Blvd.

Huntington Beach

Office of Assemblyman Jim Silva, 17011 Beach Blvd., Suite 570

Huntington Beach Mazda, 16800 Beach Blvd.

Irvine -

Office of Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, 3 Park Plaza, Suite 275
Building Industry Association, 17744 Sky Park Circle, Suite 170

Change a Life Foundation, 5 Corporate Park, Suite 210

LSA Associates, Inc. 20 Executive Park Suite 200

Michael Brandman Associates, 220 Commerce, Suite 200

Voyagers Bible Church, 6000 Irvine Center Drive

Laguna Niguel

ASID Orange County 23811 Aliso Creek Road, Suite 108

Lake Forest-

PCM, 23726 Birtcher Drive

Newport Beach -

Metro Estates, 120 Newport Center Drive, Suite 160

Tri-Pointe Homes, Inc. 20201 SW Birch St., Suite 100

Orange

Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1855 N. Orange-Olive Road

Santa Ana -

Cal Pac Sheet Metal/OC Metals, 2720 S. Main Street, Unit B

OC Hyundai, 1405 Auto Mall Drive

Habitat OC Restore, 2200 South Ritchey

Tustin -

Transpacific Management Services, 15661 Redhill Avenue, Suite 201

Tustin Mazda, 28 Auto Center

YMCA Orange County Click here to see the complete list YMCA drop off locations.

Villa Park

City of Villa Park, 17855 Santiago Blvd.

To learn more about becoming a drop-off center click here.

Homeless Moms and Their Babies Need Your Help - Hold an Essentials for Young Lives Drive April 26 -29

Mothers and children are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population. They need our help. This Mother's Day take a moment to help homeless mothers and their children.

Hold an Essentials for Young Lives drive in your company/club/school/church OR be a community drop location. Your generous efforts will help hundreds of homeless mothers in our community have "essential" items (diapers and baby wipes) for their babies.

Kick-Off Saturday, April 24 at Irvine Spectrum Center®

Collection dates are April 26 - 29

Click here for more details

Register Online and start planning your drive.

2010 Essentials for Young Lives

April 26 - 29, 2010

Mothers and children are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population. They need our help. Hold an Essentials for Young Lives Drive in your company/organization OR be a community "Essentials" drop location.



It's easy:

1. Designate a collection site in your office.


2. Ask colleagues to donate "essential" baby items OR


3. Allow us to publicize your company/organization as an "Essentials" drop location.


4. HomeAid Orange County will pick-up your donations and deliver them to 16 HomeAid service provider partners serving homeless children and their families.

Essentials Needed:

• Diapers (sizes newborn to toddler)


• Baby wipes


• Baby food


• Baby products (wash, lotion, etc.)


• Baby bottles

Collection Dates:

Monday, April 26 - Thursday, April 29, 2010

To sign up or for more information email Carolyn Baker at carolyn@homeaidoc.org

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

Click here see pictures.

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