They never answer the phone, but they are kind of nice only one person is. And they cant help if…read morethey dont answer the phone ever

I am a resident Orangewood, Foundation, and Orangewood help me with so much. I'm so aappreciated…read morethis foundation. The staff there are very encouraging and caring for the youth there especially maria and Martha and Lisa they help me through my homelessness and getting me back on my feet Which putting clothes on my back and welcome me there like home

I'm not much into McDonalds. Maybe the occasional egg white McMuffin on my way to an early…read moretee-time. But McDonalds beats In n Out hands down when it comes to caring for sick children and their families. My Lion's Club chapter had the honor of cooking for 50 people here this week and I am the one who feels the benefit. Without going into the full history of this place, the brief story is that McDonalds donates a small hotel-like building walking distance from different children's hospitals. This one is next to Children's Hospital Orange County (CHOC). The donated structure is run like a no-charge hotel, with volunteers and a few staff members, for families to stay while their child is at CHOC. Families must submit an application, have financial need and, pending space (maybe a dozen rooms) can stay here up to a month before requesting an extension. Breakfast and dinner is cooked each day for families. The food and labor is provided by volunteer groups. Groups of friends, businesses, restaurants, service organizations, etc. sign up about three months in advance. The menus are pre-approved, the food must all be cooked on site, and volunteers must all be in good health. They provide a fully stocked kitchen and some permanent volunteers are on hand to provide guidance. We were able to sit and dine with the guests and hear their stories of heartbreak, perseverance and strength. Think about the triple whammy that these folks go through. First, their child is sick enough to need a specialized children's hospital. Next, it is far enough away from home that you need a hotel for the family. Lastly, you don't have the financial resources for both the medical care and housing. This place fills that need. The Ronald McDonald House is a God-send and McDonalds should be applauded for providing this type of low-key and vital assistance to the public. No Happy Meals are served here. No golden arches out front. No McDonald's advertisements, clowns or commercials blaring inside. Just good people caring for their kids and good people assisting the families. Very humbling.

I have been blessed with my life to live this long and share the journey through Yelp and my work…read more Life does surprising things and I hope for the better. Unfortunately, life tends to do a 180 and the best thing we can do is to help our fellow neighbors. I work for a very large company and they are constantly doing their best to help our fellow man. My company teamed up with a special company, but not because they have the Golden Arches or they make Hamburgers, but the foundation that we see, but ignore. Our Team is headed over to the Orange County Ronald McDonald House in the city of Orange. Located about two blocks north of W. La Veta Ave. on the east side of Batavia St., you will find the three story tall and world famous charity, Ronald McDonald House. While the name is associated with the Golden Arches, this is a separate entity and does not promote fast food and is not fully funded besides from the contributions of the local neighborhood. My employer is a large organization and they decided to spend some time helping families and their children that are going medical procedure at the local Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC). A few minutes or hours of our volunteer time are helpful to the families in need. Families can stay at the Ronald McDonald House with approved forms from their Physician for only $10 a day. The $10 covers the room, food, laundry, and many other activities. This place is essentially another home away from home. Some families are not fortunate to drive many miles away to leave their littles ones behind thus requesting the assistance of the Ronald McDonald House. This home is amazing. It is three floors of amenities for families just looking for a short place to stay. If I am not mistaken, there are 20 rooms for families to stay. There is a large kitchen for volunteers like my organization to prepare and cook meals for the day. Also, there are game/activity rooms for families to help ease some of the mindsets/emotions that they are going through. Heaven forbid you and/or your child has to go through this. Our organization signed up to prepare breakfast. The Ronald McDonald House has all the tools (i.e. knives, plates, utensils), but all we have to do is bring the ingredients and cook. We had the task of making breakfast burritos, eggs, waffles, sandwiches, and many other delicious. Food is what makes the journey memorable. Volunteering is a human characteristic that we all have done in one form or another. The greatest part of the whole experience wasn't just cooking, preparing, cleaning: It was the smiles and gratitude from the families who just wanted a hot meal. I used to go to the Golden Arches and see a Ronald McDonald House Donation Box at the window. After talking with the staff member, donations are low and are usually high during the Holiday Season. While we may see the Golden Arches being a name on the house, most of the staff are volunteering out of the kindness of their hearts and their wallets. There are many donors across many doors and hallways. Donors are the reason why the Ronald McDonald House continues to thrive. Everyday many families come through this house looking for a haven and as we may feel helpless, we have done the best we can to make their day better and better by passing it forward. This Yelp Voyage is my novel. I write to share the experience and for you to interpret it. My guidance is through you. It is BECAUSE of you that I want to recreate the same experience. The end result is success because you made me share my story. Yelp your story every day!

We love donating to this Food Pantry because they accept items that require refrigeration. We…read moredonate our fresh organic duck eggs ( not fertile eggs ) They are higher in protein and last longer in the fridge than chicken eggs.

Hello everyone who has a heart of giving! My personal…read moreexperience at this organization by the name of Mary's Kitchen Pantry is severely disorganized severely. I offered my time and they confirmed a day and time, twice. I arrived on time and geez it was the worst. Ignored and worst of all not needed, they have my phone number and email. Unless you prefer to be mistreated by this so called organization, go ahead and sign up for it.

They are extremely knowledgeable and helpful in every way. They are wonderful caring people about…read morehelping others. Super nice people.

The Hub Resource Center is such a blessing with amazing staff who helps the homeless cheerfully…read more They provide an abundance of much needed resources to the homeless including shower facilities with all the necessary toiletries, coffee and donuts with fruit in the morning daily, a nice hot meal to go daily, laundry facilities including the wash detergent, clothing donations, Housing classes with case management, coping classes, opportunity to sign up for and receive a phone and more.

I went to a number of foreign countries, and during whenever I went, I would try to go to an…read moreorphanage or a home for children. And I was seeing thousands of kids around the world that needed homes -- Sam Brownback It is not the physical pain that endangers orphans the most. It is the mental pain caused by stress from years and years of being neglected, pushed aside, disregarded, unloved, and made to feel undeserving, and in almost all cases, made to feel like a possession rather than an equal human being. Even more it is the lack of unconditional love, the right to be accepted, as a child and to be loved, as a child, no matter what you do is the most wounding. -- Roger Dean Kiser, from Orphan - A true Story of Abandonment, Abuse and Redemption. Part II of Sidney Writes About Doing Good The Roger Kiser quote completely devastated me the first time that I read it. And I'm not ashamed to admit that I cried. It crystallized for me everything I felt growing up...everything that I wanted in this life. I grew up in a broken home...never knew my Father...my mom was a struggling single mom with two kids. She worked full time, and then being a child of the 60's, partied like that was her second full time job. I knew with my son, that I had to be 100% different...that even though my relationship did not work out, he would always know the unconditional love and support that I never had. He is indeed lucky that he has two parents that love and adore him very much. It also explains why I feel so strongly that everyone needs to give back to their community. This whole nonsense of "I Built That" is just that: nonsense. So much of one's success is nothing more than an accident of birth (not that enough people get that). I always want to ask the typical OC preening peacock: What if you were born a slave? Or a Chinese peasant? Or a woman in the Dark Ages? Or in the middle of the Somalian or Congo Civil War? How magnificent would you be then? It is what I try and teach my son especially since he is growing up in the bubble of the OC with no real wants or needs unmet. He got lucky with two loving parents who adore him and who have the financial resources to take care of him. Corazon de Vida Foundation supports a dozens orphanages in Baja California. Per the website: "As some background, Mexico does not have a foster care system to support children in need due to neglect, abuse, or abandonment. There is no welfare system to help families with a single parent that is unable to provide for their children. So, the only way to support families and children in need is through a network of orphanages. At last count, there are approximately 50 orphanages in Baja California, Mexico. Most are located close to the border because most of their support comes from the US." They run several trips a month to the homes where individuals or groups can visit the children (and play and interact) or do needed service. You can also sponsor a child, donate online, host a party or make a difference in a variety of other ways. Now, many of my Yelp friends enjoy Sababa in Long Beach. Corazon is hosting a social soiree for only $10.00 on October 17th. Tickets can be purchased here: http://oct17soiree.eventbrite.com/ There will be a appetizers, drinks, a raffle. And hey, I will be there too :) It is a tremendous organization that does an amazing amount of work for the neglected children of Mexico. (And I promise, we will leave the earnestness and seriousness of these past two reviews and do something a bit funnier on my next write-up!)

I have been going to the trips to Tijuana for over 1 year and I can definitely say this…read moreorganization is awesome! I am a sponsor and I suggest you to go to one of the trips and have the experience that will change your life forever. These kids give you so much love that you will go back home wanting more and more. Don't forget ... "Your actions today will be your lawyer in the future... Be a good person!"

Wonderful experience here. Everyone so caring. I appreciate all they do for the communityread more

Amazing. They truly are here to help out their community and if shows…read more My family and I just heard about this place because our children love to play at this park and every Thursday you are able to get food from 1030-11 But you have to sign up before 1030.

Corrupt manager Kojack M. had undisclosed financial interests in the property management company…read moreand its services and vendors. Thus, repairs, basic, essential services like pest control and plumbing issues routinely took a week to several months to resolve while apparently he negotiated prices for work orders. And they took as much as NINETEEN MONTHS to be fulfilled! Myself having worked in the apartment leasing industry at up to 400 unit complexes, have NEVER seen such lengthy neglect to provide service to the tenants and the physical apartment issues! The rental business is firstly a PEOPLE business, which people pay rent to the landlord in order to lease the unit premises. Further, KM also stole a total of $85,000 from two tenants while I was there or shortly before. They SHOWED me their boxes of many receipts. Each of them and other tenants had pending or considered lawsuits against KM and the property management company and AFH. After I left, one of them sent me several messages in extensive detail articulating that KM quickly threw some things into his pickup and drove away before law enforcement (sheriffs) could arrest him. (Ironically, he had been accepted into the LAPD academy. But I don't think he's there now. Do you? Lol). And he at 6'4", 350-400 lbs. he was an intimidating bully, and yielded his physicality very readily, including an assault upon me, for which I am considering a lawsuit for intentional infliction of emotional distress. However, I do feel sorry for the tenants who remained who may have lost their apartment homes due to the apparently epic shake up after the collapse of the then landlord's ownership. Had I more choices, I would have avoided Casa Paloma Apartments as I was told to do on my third day there by an elderly couple as they exited.

After I have looked more in depth at American family housing I find it there are people who are…read morethankful for them for what they have done for them but these people have dealt with American family housing 3 years ago some longer management has changed the atmosphere amongst the people have changed within the employees and management staff and not for the better. I've spoken with employees who will rename name this for fear of losing their jobs and I have been told that the organization itself was about doing good for those in need helping those get stable housing get their feet back on the ground get gainful employment with a roof over their head but if you notice I had used the word was American family housing was at one point doing all they can for those in need and the key word there is was they are no longer that many families will what come forth and say so as well the living conditions that they are having to live in some said that it's inhabitable but they stay because they have no other options nor the resources for help the funding that these type of places receive is enormous with only about 30% of their funding received as being used for the purpose that's been given for so where does the rest go the other 70% I'll tell you where it goes It goes in the pockets of those in higher positions within American family housing it goes in their bank accounts to their enormous houses luxurious cars very expensive business lunches and so on sooner or later someone will recognize American family housing for what they are and that is selfish greedy and what I would call opportunistic they jump on the opportunity to get funding donations whatever you could think of at the misfortune of those in need and those people who are in need they accept what they're giving because it's more than what they had they don't see the fact that they could be getting so much more to help their daily lives become better so they take what they can get and accept it because they don't want to lose what they have now they don't want every percussion to fall back on them for speaking out the truth on what they deal with with American family housing. I encourage anyone reading this interview and other interviews about American family housing to not take my word for this do not take the word of others who left reviews who have filed complaints who have given negative feedback or even positive in that matter but to look at it yourself and see what is there and what American family housing is really all about I will tell you it's not about the community and those in need it's about the bank accounts of those higher up it's about the bottom dollar.

Spring cleaning and I wanted to make sure my quality goods didn't go to waste. I have so much brand…read morenew work clothing or worn once bridesmaid dresses that I know can be helpful to someone else. I found Orange County Rescue Mission and I love the support they provide for the community so I decided I wanted to give my donations to them. Orange County Rescue Mission is open Friday to Wednesday from 8am-5pm, Closed Thursdays. They have a convenient area for you to drive up, and their volunteers are super nice and will be more than happy to help you lift and unload your donations. Donation receipts available upon request.

Orange County Rescue Mission is my go-to spot for dropping off donations. The volunteers are always…read moreso friendly, welcoming and the staff always come to you to help unload.