My Blog
LAURA’S HOUSE

LAURA’S HOUSE

This Friday November 6th, we had the pleasure of meeting with Andrea McCallister, the Director of Development & Communications for Laura’s H ouse. Rainbow® Sandals Foundation presented them a check for $10,000 to help with their programs. Since 1994, they have been providing unduplicated domestic violence-related services to the residents of Orange County, California, and beyond. Over the past

ORGANIC AVOCADOS

ORGANIC AVOCADOS

Nov. 2, 2020 Today, Rainbow® Sandals Foundation delivered to F.A.M. (Family Assistance Ministry) in San Clemente 40 cases of organic avocados. Then, we went to Mercy Warehouse in Laguna Niguel to give them 60 cases of organic avocados and our last stop was to Calvery Church in San Juan Capistrano where they received 20 cases. We would like to give a big thanks to Del Rey Avocados for allowing us t

REPAIR • REUSE • RECYCLE FOR CAPO BEACH CHURCH

REPAIR • REUSE • RECYCLE FOR CAPO BEACH CHURCH

Oct 30, 2020 Today, Pastor Rod Mayer from came Capo Beach Church to pickup a total of 263 Repair • Reuse • Recycle Rainbow® Sandals. Capo Beach Church (Red Door) High school ministry group will be leaving this Saturday for two days and one night to serve those living on the streets of Skid Row in Los Angeles. Rainbow® Sandals Foundation also gave a donation check of $10,000 to help fund the Africa

HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY

HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY

Since 1985 Hospice & Palliative Care of Wood River Valley has been a volunteer intensive program. They do not charge for any of their services, they rather serve the needs of patients, families, and the community following the Hospice Standard of Care. Hospice & Palliative Care of Wood River Valley’s mission is to provide excellence in end-of-life-care, serious illness management, and bere

COAST HILLS CHURCH

COAST HILLS CHURCH

Oct 27, 2020 Rainbow® Sandals Foundation gave to John from Coast Hills Church 20 cases of organic avocados also for their food distribution where they give about 155 families to those in need 3 times a week. We would like to give a big thanks to Del Rey Avocados for allowing us to pick up all these avocados to give to others in need.

CROSSLINE CHURCH

CROSSLINE CHURCH

Oct 26, 2020 Today, we gave to Arthur from Crossline Church 20 cases of organic avocados for their food pantry, where they are giving out about 140 boxes of various food combinations. We would like to give a big thanks to Del Rey Avocados for allowing us to pick up all these avocados to give to others in need.

RADY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

RADY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

Oct 26, 2020 This is just one of the many amazing stories from Rady Hospital in San Diego: “When 10-year-old Gideon Robinson, a two-time leukemia survivor, left our 2020 event he proudly declared to his mom that he wants to go to SDSU someday. Thanks to the life-saving care he received at Rady Children’s, funded by generous partners, we know that he too will one day have the chance to be an Aztec.

R.R.R. FOR CAPO BEACH CHURCH

R.R.R. FOR CAPO BEACH CHURCH

Oct. 23, 2020 Today, we met with Pastor Rod Mayer from Capo Beach Church here at the Rainbow® Sandals warehouse. We donated 72 pairs of Repair • Reuse • Recycle Rainbow® Sandals. In a few days, he is taking the youth group on the annual "skid row" three-day trip, not only giving necessary clothing items but also washing the feet of those living on the streets of Los Angeles. Around 5:30

CROSSLINE CHURCH & LAGUNA FOOD PANTRY,

CROSSLINE CHURCH & LAGUNA FOOD PANTRY,

Oct. 21, 2020 Today, Rainbow® Sandals Foundation gave out 20 cases of organic avocados to serval churches for their drive-through pantries. Robert from Crossline Church and Cynthia from Laguna Food Pantry, on a typical day the Pantry serves around 150 people a day. Laguna Food Pantry is held Monday through Friday from 8 to 10:30 a.m. to learn more visit: https://www.lagunafoodpantry.org We would l

FAMILY ASSISTANCE MINISTRY & BOY’S AND GIRLS CLUB

FAMILY ASSISTANCE MINISTRY & BOY’S AND GIRLS CLUB

Oct.20, 2020 Today Rainbow® Sandals Foundation went to F.A.M. (Family Assistance Ministry) in San Clemente. We gave them 80 cases of organic avocados. Now F.A.M supplements around 15 thousand families a week. We also went to The Boy’s and Girls Club of San Clemente and gave the little ones a few cases of the organic avocados for their families when they come to pick them up. We would like to give

SOMEONE CARES SOUP

SOMEONE CARES SOUP

Oct. 19, 2020 Today, we went to Someone Cares Soup in Costa Mesa to bring them a few pairs of Rainbow® Sandals for their staff as well as a box full (40 pairs) of Repair • Reuse • Recycle Rainbow® Sandals for the guest that are served great meals Monday to Saturday. The Soup Kitchen goes out in the community with food serving families and children and seniors. They are currently going out in the c

2ND TIME THRIFT STORE

2ND TIME THRIFT STORE

Oct.17, 2020 This Saturday, Rainbow® Sandals Foundation went to 2nd Time Thrift Store/Church in Tustin to give them a few pairs (10) of Repair • Reuse • Recycle Rainbow® Sandals as well as a donation check of $10,000 from Be Happy Living, Inc. They started 2nd Time Thrift Store/Church in 1987, this Saturday they will be celebrating their 33rd anniversary. Throughout these years they opened up over

LONG BEACH COMMUNITY TABLE

LONG BEACH COMMUNITY TABLE

Oct.16, 2020 Today, Rainbow® Sandals Foundation gave to Long Beach Community Table (LBCT) 12 cases of organic avocados. Is a mutual aid, nonprofit cooperative, LBCT is at heart a reciprocal society, rather than a one-way street. Each participant helps to support their neighbors in need, even if they need help themselves. Also focusing on health, well-being, and self-sufficiently of food and housin

CASA ROMANTICA CULTURAL CENTER AND GARDENS

CASA ROMANTICA CULTURAL CENTER AND GARDENS

October 15, 2020. The beautiful 1928- fifteen-room home of San Clemente founder, Ole Hanson, has been restored into a premier south county cultural center. The Casa provides programs for all ages in arts, music, history, horticulture and literature. As the epicenter of arts and culture in south Orange County, the cultural center produces over 60 concerts, workshops, classes, recitals, lectures, an

HART COMMUNITY HOMES

HART COMMUNITY HOMES

Oct. 14, 2020 Today we met with Cari from Hart Community Homes, Inc. to help educate and empower former foster kids and at risk youths. Cari operates two state-licensed residential treatment homes in Orange, CA for at risk boys ages 13-18. Rainbow® Sandals Foundation is happy to have the opportunity give Cari and Hart Community Homes, Inc. with $5,000 to help with their cause. If you would like to

SAN CLEMENTE SENIORS

SAN CLEMENTE SENIORS

Oct. 14, 2020 The Dorothy Visser Senior Center offers a vital link between San Clemente’s large senior population and sources of food and healthcare. Be Happy Living’s $10,000 donation will help fund three programs: The 'Grab and Go' pantry where seniors can shop weekly for free; the 'Meals on Wheels' program for homebound seniors; and the vans that shuttle the seniors to the g

SENIOR CENTER & CAPO BEACH CHURCH

Oct. 12, 2020 To start off the week, we picked up avocados from Del Rey Avocados in Fallbrook. We went to the Senior Center to give them a few boxes of avocados where they will be passed out Monday through Friday in San Clemente. Capo Beach Church in Dana Point also received a few cases of avocados there they will be given out after their service. A big thank you to Del Rey Avocados for allowing u

SOMEONE CARES SOUP KITCHEN

SOMEONE CARES SOUP KITCHEN

Oct. 10, 2020 Here at Someone Cares Soup Kitchen where we donated 35 pairs of Repair • Reuse • Recycle Rainbow® Sandals and for additional support this was the time that they received a financial donation of $ 10,000 from Be Happy Living , which will probably be used in support of getting a box truck for the deliveries that were started last month, taking food to about 170 people who are by defini

ONE ATTA TIME

ONE ATTA TIME

Oct. 8, 2020 Rainbow® Sandals Foundation met with Sean Kapoff the founder of “ One Atta Time ” his non-profit organization has been providing clean water in eight countries to countless numbers of people. Sean has been a friend for about 10 years, he was a youth pastor before becoming a teaching pastor at Capo Beach Church in Dana Point. After a few years, he announced that he was leaving and goin

MERCY WAREHOUSE

Oct. 7, 2020 Today, we delivered to Mercy Warehouse located in Laguna Niguel 80 cases of organic avocados. Tomorrow they will be distributed through their food pantry where over 1,000 families will be supplemented with food during the week. They are uniquely able to leverage valuable community and corporate relationships, causing every dollar that is earned in their thrift store to stretch into la