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Partner Highlight:
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County
 Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County partners with over 470 in their quest to end hunger in Orange County! Their partnership with Project Access is especially strong, and serves 7 of our Family Resource Centers in 6 cities around Orange County. With the help of SHFBOC, Project Access is able to provide nutritious food to hard working families, who struggle to make ends meet. Read more about our partnership here!
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First Bank
Gives Back
 Six First Bank employee volunteers helped us to work towards our goals of increasing self-esteem and leadership opportunities by providing team building activities to more than 50 teens at our recent Teen Conference! In addition they served as a caring adult outside of the teen's family. Thank you, First Bank!
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Get Involved!A gift to Project Access helps break the cycle of poverty through education and empowerment. If you would like to help by making a donation or volunteering, please contact us at (949) 253-6200, ext. 305 to discuss the current needs of the organization.
Tax deductible, financial and in-kind donations are greatly appreciated throughout the year! You can donate on-line or make checks payable to: Project Access 3900 Birch Street, Suite 113, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Notify us if your company has a matching gift program, and we will be happy to provide the necessary documentation!
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Please Join Us at the 7th Annual Keys to Success Gala
A Culture of Change
On Saturday, September 8, 2012, Project Access will be hosting its 7th Annual Keys to Success Gala. We will dedicate the evening to celebrating the organization's successes, and highlight the impact Project Access is having on the lives of our residents at our 40 Resource Centers throughout California, and applaud our three Project Access scholarship recipients. Ester Ro (18), Angelica Urena (17) and LeShan Wiley (40) will each receive $1,000 each toward their college education!
The event will be heldat the world renowned, award winning Bowers Museum- a beautiful testament to the unique cultural differences of the populations we serve. The Keys to Success Gala will offer an exciting evening, including cultural entertainment, as well as enticing live and silent auctions with a chance to bid on a VIP trip to the 2013 Super Bowl.
This year, the Project Access Keys to Success Award will be given to Brian Murphy, President of Athletes First, an Irvine-based professional sports agency, and a highly respected community advocate who is devoted to making a difference in the lives of the low-income population. Among the organizations he has supported are Orangewood Children's Foundation, the Festival of Children Foundation and the Thomas House.
Tickets are just $250, and there are many sponsorship opportunities available.
Please click HERE for more information.
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2nd Annual Project Access Golf Tournament a Success
Thank you to our sponsors!
You did it! Thanks to your generosity, Project Access was able to raise over $126,000 at the 2nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament, held on June 4th at the beautiful Strawberry Farms Golf Course in Irvine, CA. It was a perfect day for golf, as over a 132 participants took to the green to raise funds for the children, families and seniors that Project Access serves every day. We couldn't have done it with our sponsors, staff, volunteers, Board of Directors and our hard working tournament chairman, Jim Reed! The highlights of the day included a live auction, and an opportunity drawing for a custom set of golf clubs!
Thanks to the funds raised at the event, Project Access will be able to keep children in school, family members employed and seniors active!
Check out photos from the event here, and while you're there,like us on Facebook!
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NFL Star Visits Project Access
Linebacker Gives Back
 NFL Star, Thomas Williams paid a visit to our Family Resource Center at Hermosa Village to talk to our teens about setting goals and making them happen. Good things come to those who wait, but the best things come to those who set goals and work hard - Thomas is living proof of that! We had Teens come from 3 Family Resource Centers for a presentation by the USC Alum and NFL star, who spends his time volunteering and motivating young people. He was kind enough to answer questions, take photos with the youth and relate to them on a personal level! See photos from the event here.
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Residents Gain New Opportunities with Project Access
Two Youth Create a Unique Career Path
We are always looking for new ways in which our residents can find success, and the Youth Entrepreneurship Program being offered by Rancho Santiago Community College is just that! Project Access is proud to be sending young residents to the program that is designed for 14-27 year old to learn the basics of a business plan. Bryan Jauregui, a resident at the Hermosa Village apartment community in Anaheim and a soon-to-be senior at Loara High School, has designs on a career creating and producing his own t-shirts. Bryan is hard at work developing his business plan and currently is drawing his own designs and saving them onto a flash drive. Jesus Vega, a 22-year-old music major at Fullerton College, and 10-year resident of Anaheim's Park Vista apartment community, is busy developing a plan for a concert idea that would focus on college campuses throughout California. The campuses would become concert venues that would give students an affordable alternative to the high ticket prices and excessive additional fees often associated with going to concerts. Both of these wonderful ideas will be presented in a Business Plan Competition as part of the class, with prizes for first-place prize of $1,000 and a second-place prize of $500 will be awarded. Best of luck to our amazing hard working residents, Byran and Jesus!
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Project Access Is Growing
New Resource Centers Added in 2012
Project Access is growing and we are happy to announce that in 2012 we have already opened 3 new Family Resource Centers! That is 3 opportunities to serve low-income families and children with education, employment and wellness programs, and there is one more on the way! Want to know more? Read our Social Impact report here. New locations include:
>St. Joseph's Senior Resource Center (Oakland, CA), in partnership with Bridge Housing this center offers social, recreational and health programs to Senior residents.
>North Beach Family and Senior Resource Center (San Francisco), also in partnership with Bridge Housing, this full time program serves 341 units!
>Sereno Village Family Resource Center (Vallejo, CA), in partnership with Eden Housing the center offers an after school program, capacity building resources for adults and more!
 Opening Soon Vintage Crossings Family Resource Center (Anaheim, CA), in partnership with Related of California, we will be providing services to over 80 units with education programs for youth and services for adults as well.
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