By Greg Hardesty / Behind the Badge OCSD Originally published in Behind the Badge. The rumbling of the helicopter blades slicing through the morning air reverberated throughout the classroom. “We’re not under attack,” Sheriff Don Barnes assured the three-dozen high school students.…
By Margot Roosevelt / Orange County Register Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG Originally posted on the Orange County Register. Not far from Newport Coast’s glittering enclaves, Fullerton’s tidy subdivisions, Disneyland’s fantasy rides and Irvine’s corporate towers lies another…
The 19th Annual Orange County Community Indicators Report Highlights Economic Trends and Brings Urgent Countywide Issues to Light Santa Ana, Calif. (July 30, 2018) – An annual report released today identified Orange County’s homelessness crisis and affordable housing shortage as…
Originally posted in the Garden Grove Unified School District News. More than 40 Garden Grove Unified School District students are engaging in a powerful summer internship experience through Orange County United Way’sYouth Career Connections program, which combines work-based learning with…
By Susan B. Parks / Los Angeles Times' Daily Pilot Originally posted on the Los Angeles Times’ Daily Pilot. Health, education and financial stability require determination and concentration. But who can concentrate when their stomach is growling? Unfortunately for too…
Irvine, CA, June 27, 2018 — Orange County United Way is proud to partner with United Ways of California on the release of Struggling to Stay Afloat: The Real Cost Measure in California 2018, a new statewide report on financial…
By Jessica Peralta / Los Angeles Times' Daily Pilot Originally posted on the Los Angeles Times' Daily Pilot. Every morning third-grade teacher Jennifer Swan-Altieri starts her students off with a motivational mantra: "What if it's too hard?" she asks. "We…
More than 2,500 local children benefit from day-long literacy-focused program Anaheim (August 3, 2017) – On August 3, Orange County United Way, KPMG LLP, KPMG Foundation, and Beta Alpha Psi (BAP), came together for a one-day effort to support…
At Westminster High School, ground-breaking program supported by United Way’s Destination Graduation initiative is graduating 100 percent of its participants, nearly all moving on and succeeding at four-year colleges Westminster, CA – Recent published studies have shown that Orange County…
Second Annual “FACE 2024” Scorecard Report Unveiled before 200 business, community, government and education leaders National Alliance to End Homelessness CEO, Nan Roman addresses how communities across the US are finding solutions Irvine, CA – Orange County United Way provided…
