Make a Wish

Make A Wish Foundation

The Gentle Barn

the Gentle Barn!

When you have a long day, you always LOVE a friend who brings you a treat!

My dear friend Kristin brought these Great-American-Bakery-Hunt-worthy cupcakes for us.

Needless to say, I didn't even have time to squeeze in a picture of the cupcakes.

The wrappers were the only evidence that they ever existed!

Boys Hope Girls Hope

Boys Hope Girls Hope: Inspire. Empower. Nurture. Succeed.

Opportunity Village

Opportunity Village is a not-for-profit organization that serves people in our community with intellectual disabilities, to enhance their lives and the lives of the families who love them. Opportunity Village is dedicated to helping people with severe intellectual and related disabilities become the very best they can be. Through vocational training, community employment, day services, advocacy, arts and social recreation, people with severe disabilities are able to find new friends, realize future career paths, seek independence and community integration and unleash creative passions.

Children's Bureau

Children's Bureau: A Leader in Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment

CARE: Defending Dignity, Fighting Poverty

Ronald McDonald House Charities

Ronald McDonald House Charities!

Give Kids the World

Give Kids the World: A 70-acre, non-profit "storybook" resort located near central Florida's most beloved attractions, where children with life-threatening illnesses and their families are treated to weeklong, cost-free fantasy vacations.

OPCC

Learn more about the OPCC. Here's the OPCC in a snapshot:
OPCC, (formerly the Ocean Park Community Center), is a network of shelters and services for low-income and homeless youth, adults and families, battered women and their children and people living with mental illness. Founded in 1963, it is a community-supported organization in which staff, volunteers and clients work together with mutual respect to address the effects of poverty, abuse, neglect and discrimination. OPCC’s success with our clients stems from the full range of services provided by our ten main programs the Access Center, Campion Mental Health, Daybreak Day Center and Shelter, k9 connection, Night Light, Safe Haven, Samoshel, Shwashlock, Sojourn Services for Battered Women and Their Children and Turning Point.

Skirball Cultural Center

The Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles has grown to be one of the largest, most dynamic Jewish culture institutions. The New York Times called it, "a lesson to connect the eye to the heart and mind."

Happy Father's Day!

Celebrating some of the world's greatest servants today... fathers!

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers, grandfathers, and all sorts of fathers of the world. Thank you for raising daughters and sons to follow in your footsteps!

Happy Father's Day!

National Public Radio

Find something for everyone on NPR!

NPR started in 1970 and now is on 797 public radio stations across the country. This publicly and privately funded radio station features produces and distributes news and cultural programming.  

Listen live!

Venice Family Clinic

An INCREDIBLE organization. Learn about the Venice Family Clinic!

SEAGURLS

My dear friend Whitney has recently joined SEAGURLS, a team of 5 wonderful women who will swim 25K across the Long Island Sound as a part of  St. Vincent's Swim Across the Sound benefitting the St. Vincent's Medical Center Foundation. The SEAGURLS will swim in honor of of a teammates father - and for everyone in our lives who has been touched by the disease.

Please consider supporting Whitney and the SEAGURLS. She is an incredible individual who shares lots of love - and fun - with all of her friends.

Learn more about Whitney's team  - visit her blog!

Support Whitney - visit her fundraising page. 

Since 1987, the SWIM has a unique niche, providing cancer education, screening, and prevention programs at low- or no-cost for the underinsured and uninsured. In addition, the SWIM helps individual cancer patients on a case-by-case basis with specific needs, such as the funding of wigs and prostheses, medication assistance, free transportation to treatments and appointments, day-care scholarships and support groups.

Team in Training

Race for a good cause, Team in Training!

Right to Play

Right to Play!

Stand Up To Cancer

Stand up to cancer!

Give Flowers

Brighten someone's day. Give them flowers!

The Cara Program

Check out The Cara Program.

James Beard Foundation

Celebrating, nurturing, and preserving America's diverse culinary heritage and future... James Beard Foundation.

Children's Miracle Network

One dollar at a time, miracles made possible. Support Children's Miracle Network.

Pike Place Foundation

Angel Flight

Angel Flight: Free air transportation in response to health care and other compelling human needs.

Heifer International

Heifer International: Ending world hunger through sustainable sources of food and income. Amazing.

Soles4Souls

Soles4Souls

Another pair donated every 7 seconds. Over 14 million pairs donated in total. The goal in 2011? 11 million pairs.

Ten Thousand Villages

Looking for a gift? Learn more about Ten Thousand Villages.

Mick Ebeling: The invention that unlocked a locked-in artist

Bone Marrow Drive - Congrats, Kaiser Maui!

Hawaii has about 70,000 registered marrow donors.
Every year, 20-25 matches are discovered amongst those 70,000 donors.  

If you do the math, it comes to:
State of Hawaii: 1 match/2,800 recruits.

 Kaiser Hawaii has recruited a total of about 2200 donors.
Kaiser Maui has recruited roughly 1700 donors.

Of the Maui recruits, they have already matched 4. Math?
Kaiser Hawaii: 1 match/550 recruits
Kaiser Maui: 1 match/425 recruits

Unbelievable. Did we target recruit? Definitely. Did we take all comers? Absolutely.

Were we successful? Just ask those 4!

Congratulations! This is why we do it.
Please know that we will continue our quest in recruiting the

Minorities and Multiethnic donors for good cause.
Malama Pono

Changing the Present

Changing the Present!