Great facility and nice people. I like this place and meet with my internship group every week…read morehere. Really nice and clean place and I feel safe because you have to know the code to get in.

They can say what they will but they definitely discriminate against children with intellectual…read moredisabilities. It doesn't matter how mild they will reject them or simply won't respond back after putting the parents and child through a very personal interview. We have to disclose meds they may take and they have psychiatrist fill out more paperwork. They ask a ton of personal questions probably knowing right away that they won't accept the child. I'm happy I prepared my daughter for this possibility because they sure haven't replied back after the interview many months ago.

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!

First time in here. Nicely kept. Nice vibe and on this hot day the cool air hit the spot!! I…read morepurchased a few things that were on the sale rack and a lounge set that was inside. The place is really nice. Great deals and can't wait to come back. Prices were reasonable and good cause..Place is well kept and also pricing is variable due to the higher end items that are separate area. Staff is friendly and helpful

I am 7 months pregnant, (also recently diagnosed by a psychologist with autism spectrum disorder…read morelevel one, ptsd, generalized anxiety disorder and adhd presentation combined) stayed here a little over 90 days and was kicked out on October 10th. Kim the director I was fond of at first and then she switched, and called me a bathroom Nazi even though the bathrooms were at first assigned to certain rooms and someone kept wiping feces on the rug and walls, breaking the toilet seat and just not being mindful and I had an issue with it because they assigned me more often than not to clean the restroom nightly for my chore. told me i needed to get used to communal living. Then told me "no wonder why youre family doesnt want you around and why the father of your baby fights with you, you are a problem and no one wants you around. You make the women here uncomfortable." One thats wrong because i have mental health issues and thats discrimination and harmful and harassment. And two i was friends with everyone except for one black woman after she misconstrued my words about me telling her she needed to not tell this one woman what she should be doing with her money because she found it offensive then wanted to talk to house moms about it and asked me to come for moral support and I got bitched at for coming with her and got told to leave. Kept getting "x's" for apparently missing or being late to groups. When i wasnt. Id have to go in circles to have my case manager to look back at cameras and even then the house moms would take days to fix their mistake. That black woman as well kicked me in the back when i was cleaning air vent at bottom of stairs and i told staff (house moms) and they told me "accidents happen" They have on website that they help with transitional housing one in fact, the case manager told me that she could not help me with housing could only recommend places and aside from that they were shitty shelters that she recommended or that wouldn't accept me because of how far along I was in my pregnancy I was about five months at the time. The groups were fantastic though especially the art teacher. And i loved Jules (house mom) she was an angel. As well as Alexis (house mom) and Nurse Keri. One of The House Mom's Jackie walked away from me mid conversation after I was explaining to her that originally she told us that the dinner tour had to be done by 6:30 and then changed it last minute when I was already out out of the house getting pizza from somewhere and she said that she shouted it upstairs That I should've known, even though I wasn't there and it wasn't past curfew and she gave me an X for it. I brought it up to my case manager, and she told me basically that Jackie was pregnant and that I just needed to not mind how she was with her moods. Meanwhile, everybody else in the house was pregnant and not allowed to act like that. They have favorites with some of the women that go into the shelter and then other women they completely disregard and pushed the side and Try to always do things to make them feel less than and not help. Bring them up. You are also not allowed to get a job there until after three months of you being there but after three months, have you been there most of the time they kick you out and you do not get moved over to parenting and again they do not help with transitional housing so you basically have to figure out where to go or you're on the street. Luckily, I had some time to try to figure something out for myself, but aside from that this program is misleading and money hungry do not donate to here and do not go to their thrift store. You're basically funding people to get Harleys And nice clothes and cars, and not actually funding a foundation that is trying to help pregnant homeless women. Alex, the therapist was also great and so is Shannon the other Therapist. Aside from that, I would not recommend Casa Teresa

I wish I could give less than one star. This place is completely screwed up. Gave me the wrong…read moreframes and missed two diagnosis. Cannot recommend them and would not recommend them to anybody. The doctor is lazy and does not do his job. Missed the fact that I have dry eye and astigmatism in both eyes. They lied to me and said they would call me the next week and give me the correct frames and they did not. Worst experience ever.

I brought my uncle in for a last minute Saturday appointment because he was worried about some…read morebleeding in his eye after an injection. My sister usually takes him to his regular visits at this location, but this was my first time going with him and we were attended by Dr. Sieve. He took the time to explain why the bleeding might have occurred, compared last week's visit to today's and helped ease my uncle's concerns with a very thorough exam and explanation. We also appreciated that he made an effort to communicate in Spanish so my uncle could understand everything being discussed. Overall, we left feeling informed and well taken care of and the visit felt comfortable for both of us. It is reassuring to see that Serve the People has doctors who truly show up for their patients/families and experiences like this make a meaningful difference.

Great place when you need help. I see a lot of bad reviews here so I want to give my experience at…read moreHuman Option's. The program I was in was the Emergency Shelter for DV. I literally just left yesterday after 3 weeks. This is a 45 day program, however I was offered a place at a transitional living program (with the assistance of my worker at Human Options) that had an available room and of course I couldn't pass it up. Human Options (or any other shelter) does not have a magic wand and will only work if you work the program and take control of your own success. They give you the tools, but you have to use the tools they give you. Be productive, be motivated, be willing to put in the work and you will see results. This is a great program because they let you decide how little or how much you participate in their meetings, and program events. You get your own room and a shared communal space. If you are a single woman no kids then you share a bathroom with one other single woman. Then there are 3 rooms for a parent with children and they all have their own bathroom. All 5 of these rooms in one of the homes they provide (there are 2 homes for Emergency Shelter) You have daily chores (that as long as everyone picks up after themselves isn't bad, but that's not always the case). The woman who were in my home when I was there were always friendly and didn't bother you when you were in your room. No phones on when you are on their property for safety reasons but that's understandable. There is a curfew which is pretty reasonable, and you have to sign in and out when you leave the property but other than that you are free to live pretty normally without too many rules to hinder your progress in getting your life back together. The staff was happy for me to get into a transitional housing and my case worker Donna always seemed like she really cared about my progress. I appreciate the short time i was able to spend here and it was well worth it. I can't wait to see what my future holds for me, and this was one of my first major steps on putting the pieces back together. If I have one suggestion for anyone staying here (or at any shelter) is to be involved in making your future. Don't expect your case worker to waive a magic wand and make it all better. You got yourself here, be your own advocate. If your worker has sent your information to another organization to help you, get their phone number or ask to speak to someone at that organization so they see who YOU are and aren't just reading your profile on a piece of paper. ... you are more than your circumstances and if they are able to hear who you are, what your goals are, and your desire to fix your life you are more likely to stand out in their mind when they are looking to fill a spot. Thank you again Human Options.

The staff does not keep the residents accountable regarding keeping the shared living environment…read moreclean. Some residents just leave disgusting messes everywhere, and the staff doesn't care. It's not hygienic for any children or adults to be living in. Residents just pile up their dishes in the sink, leave food thrown all around the living room, leave food that's been eaten off of in the microwave all day. The shared restrooms don't get cleaned and poop is smeared all over the toilet seats. The particular shelter I was placed in hadn't been cleaned by anyone for several days. I'm not sure what's going on with this shelter, but the staff needs to keep the residents accountable and hold them to their responsibilities. I guess the staff is just too lazy to care, but that won't help women improve themselves..... Please wake up people... It's not healthy for residents to be living in absolute filth for several days.... This is going to be reported to a higher authority, guaranteed. Photos of the disgusting filth is being taken and collected with a camera.

I moved so I switched my primary to this location recently then I realized they had dental too…read more I've been here several times, even for vision. Sometimes they were not easy to get a hold of but the service is impeccable. I never wait long and everyone is friendly and thorough. I went yesterday for my teeth cleaning and it was literally the most gentle cleaning I've ever had. My appointment was at 9:15 and I was on the road by 10am not to mention how clean and white my teeth are. It's the best cleaning I've ever had. It didn't hurt the Dr. we friendly and interactive:)

Had a great experience getting my flu shot at Serve The People. The whole process was quick, easy,…read moreand surprisingly painless! MA Lorena was very friendly, professional, and made the experience super comfortable. The shot was over before I even knew it Thank you, Lorena and the rest of the medical staff!

There's always a sense of euphoria and warmth that you feel when you are here. Due to the Staff…read morethat work here ,it's like a family setting. It's a day program funded by the Regional Center of Orange County,enriching the lives of people with developmental disabilities offering ILS services , one one on one Job coaching, and many more options for guided one on one goal opportunities that strive towards Independence and improving the quality of each individual Member. Providing a circle of support and a place to call their own.

Great resource and opportunities for adults with disabilities! Clean location and friendly staff…read more Great program and they are making a difference in the community!

This is a worthy review. I've been coming to this SOS center - Share Ourselves for two decades…read more Firstly, they are Excellent for emergency needs. If you can't get in for an appointment, I believe they have 8 AM emergency medical and dental appointments, walk in apts. (please call to confirm) Dr. Vu Has worked on my teeth for over 25 years! And by the way, I've all my teeth still - Probably because he's a wonderful dentist, who's giving me many second opinions, in regard to how to keep my teeth healthy. Additionally, There's a pharmacy right in the building as well. They take all major insurances. I believe the value for the dentistry is above the norm affordable as well.

Wonderful night for a wonderful cause! If you don't get a chance to go this year, mark your…read morecalendars for next year!