Current Events
Past Events
2024
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Continued to support educational incentives in Ventura County
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Helping support teachers, families, and individual children throughout
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Provided a graduation dinner at Lazy Dog Cafe for Fillmore Continuation High School graduates, with the help of Leo Bunnin Automotive Group
Increased our Thanksgiving handout in Fillmore to 106 families, with the help of Leo Bunnin Automotive Group
Supplied over 1,000 granola bars for teachers and school staff to have on hand and use as needed
Continue to support students and teachers by providing school supplies throughout
the year, including an organized event at the beginning of the year from St. Matthew’s
Methodist Church to Fillmore and Piru ISD
Held a holiday handout for 80 families at the Rio Saturday School program, which
included books, board games, puzzles, balls, and toys provided by Sycamore Canyon
School and gift cards from Support for the Kids
Handed out over 1,400 toys provided by Chabad of North Ranch to families in Oxnard
and Fillmore, along with partnering with LAStrong to distribute 450 of the Moosh Moosh
comfort pillows to children recently displaced by the fires
Adopted 9 families from Oxnard and Fillmore for the holidays with the help of Gold Coast
Health Plan
Held a holiday handout at a local trailer park. Provided gift baskets containing various
hygiene and cleaning products, food, household goods, and toys (provided by Girl Scout
Troop 61234) and gift cards from Support for the Kids
Provided legos, toys, and a rug to the Cesar Chavez after school room
Pacific Festival Ballet donated tickets to their spring performance of Noah’s Ark and The
Nutcracker Ballet for children to experience the arts!
Partnered with the Santa Paula School District to provide clothing and items for their new
school store for students and their families to pick out clothes, shoes, and other needed
items
Provided groceries and grocery gift cards to many families throughout the county
through both handout events and individual families in critical need
Assisted with numerous education incentive events including dinner for school custodial
and kitchen staffs, academic achievement parties, and entertainment and teaching from
Thrive Dance Center students for social emotional and after school programs
Belmont Village of Calabasas, Conejo Valley Church of Christ Youth Group, and Temple
Adat Elohim all organized collection events for us to distribute items to those in need
Distributed, with the assistance of social workers, numerous individual donations of
furniture, clothes, car seats, blankets, winter clothing items, groceries, and baby items to
families in Ventura County
Provide emergency aid and assistance to all of the Ventura County School Districts as
needed
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2023
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Provided a pizza party for 39 Cesar Chavez middle school students who passed their ESL exam
Provided a graduation dinner at Lazy Dog Cafe for FIllmore Continuation High School graduates. The number of students graduating each year continues to increase, and the feedback is this dinner is incentivizing the students to graduate
Provided 111 graduating students at Cesar Chavez Middle school a pizza party and gift card to Domino's Pizza
Continued to support students and teachers by providing school supplies throughout the year, including a donation of supplies from St. Matthew’s Methodist Church to Fillmore and Piru ISD.
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Provided a pizza party and Moosh-Moosh pillows to 60 students in the Wellness program at Cesar Chavez Middle School
Held a Thanksgiving handout in FIllmore for 75 families, which included a full Thanksgiving meal, turkeys provided by Leo Bunnin Automotive Group
Held a holiday handout for 50 families in Oxnard, which included books, board games, puzzles and each child picked out a toy provided by Sycamore Canyon School and a gift card from Support for the Kids
Handed out over 1200 toys provided by Chabad of North Ranch to families in Oxnard and Fillmore with the help of local social workers
Adopted 10 families from Oxnard and Fillmore for the holidays with the help of Gold Coast Health Plan
Received a donation of 125 new dance costumes and ballet shoes from The Performing Arts Center in Van Nuys to provide to the Rio School District
Held a holiday handout at a local trailer park. Provided gift baskets containing various hygiene and cleaning products, food, household goods, and toys (provided by Girl Scout Troop 60656) and gift cards from Support for the Kids
Through a donation from Pacific Festival Ballet, 25 children attended The Nutcracker Ballet
Donated specialty size(s) tennis shoes to high school boys.
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Donated specialty size(s) clothing to men in Fillmore.
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Sponsored a literary fair for the Rio School District in Oxnard.
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​Coordinated a dance event with California Dance Theatre and Pacific Festival Ballet for the Saturday school students at Rio Plaza school in Oxnard.
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2022
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Hosted a graduation dinner for Fillmore Continuation High Schools at Lazy Dog Cafe in Oxnard
School supply donation provided by St Matthew’s Methodist Church, Newbury Park at Rio Plaza Elementary School
Hand out for 30 families with food and gift cards in Fillmore
Thanksgiving hand out for 75 families, received turkeys, groceries, and bagels in Fillmore
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Hand out for 50 families with smooch friends pillows, books, board games, gift cards and candy canes n Fillmore
Hand out for 27 migrant families with smooch friends pillows, toys (provided by Sycamore Canyon Elementary School, Newbury Park), and gift cards in Oxnard
Hand out for 8 migrant families adopted out through Support for the Kids in Oxnard
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Hand out for trailer park residents, received gift baskets containing various hygiene and cleaning products, food and other household goods, toys (from Girl Scout Troop 60656) and gift cards in Fillmore
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