by Brian Haslip | Jan 19, 2024 | Orange County
On November 30th, 2023, StandUp for Kids and the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony among invited sponsors and business partners. The commemoration marked a milestone of StandUp for Kids OC: achieving 20 years of service to homeless youth...
by Brian Haslip | Jan 19, 2024 | Orange County
On November 18th, StandUp for Kids held its annual Friendsgiving Luncheon at Crossing Church. Inside a modern, welcoming loft space, our staff and volunteers set up a dining area and food display for the invited families and their case managers. This annual gathering...
by Brian Haslip | Jan 18, 2024 | Orange County
Nothing embodies the season of giving like the StandUp for Kids’ youth holiday party! On an early December morning, youth, their families, staff, and volunteers gathered for festivities at the Crossing Church. Tables were lined with candy canes and decorated with red...
by Brian Haslip | Jan 17, 2024 | Orange County
Among the StandUp for Kids – Orange County Advisory Council stands Stacy Gorgie, VP, Branch Manager of Umpqua Bank, who has enriched our organization with her support and involvement for several years. Stacy is a factotum of our community, devoting her time to...
by Brian Haslip | Jan 17, 2024 | Orange County
As we celebrate National Mentoring Month, we want to highlight the value of our mentorship program here at StandUp for Kids. At StandUp for Kids, we assign each youth two mentors that they meet with on a weekly basis. These mentors help the youth create a plan and...
by Brian Haslip | Dec 20, 2023 | Orange County
As a high school student, Storm struggled to balance his pursuit of education with the battle for stable housing. A foster youth with no safety net spent his nights sleeping in the streets and showering in the boy’s locker room at school. Storm’s teenage years...
