Give Back to Count On Me When You Shop at Ralphs!

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Did you know that you can select a charity to reap rewards every time you shop at Ralphs? Non-profit organizations can earn up to 5% of YOUR eligible purchases through the Ralphs Community Rewards program. And it’s SUPER EASY to sign up!

How to register Count On Me to your Ralphs Rewards Card:

1.) Head to www.ralphs.com and sign in to your account. You can also create a new account.

2.) Click on "My Account" in the upper right hand corner next to your shopping cart. 

3.) Click "Community Rewards" on the left hand side of the page.

4.) Search for “Count On Me” or ID “RQ252.”

5.) Select and click "Enroll" from the list. Click “Save” to seal the deal!

Now, you are enrolled to have Count On Me benefit from your everyday grocery shopping!

If you’d like more information about Community Rewards, you can visit the FAQ page.

Shop With AmazonSmile & Support Count On Me!

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Did you know when you shop with AmazonSmile, a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com, the AmazonSmile Foundation donates .5% of the purchase price on eligible products back to the charity of your choice. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

This Holiday Season, as you shop for your loved ones, give back to Count On Me so that young patients in children’s hospitals across the country have the same opportunity! Every single cent that is donated makes an impact.

Shop AmazonSmile for Count On Me NOW!

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Help Us Fund TWO Holiday Shops This Holiday Season!

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It’s our favorite time of year—the season of GIVING!

The Count On Me Holiday Shops bring the gift of gift-giving straight to young patients in children’s hospitals across the country. Our flagship program—now in its’ THIRTEENTH year!—allows these kiddos, bound to the decisions of their doctors, parents, and bodies, to express their creativity and give back to their caregivers. Young patients are empowered by a one-on-one shopping experience where THEY are in charge as they choose gifts and wrap for their loved ones, all without ever having to leave the hospital, or for those room-bound kiddos, their hospital bed!

Tuesday, November 27th, 2018, non-profits around the world will be participating in Giving Tuesday, a global initiative that encourages people to GIVE in whatever way they can. We invite you to DIRECTLY impact young patients in children’s hospitals by choosing Count On Me as your vehicle for giving!

Our goal is to raise enough funding to support not one, but TWO hospitals of young patients to shop for their caregivers! On average, each shop costs around $5,000 but provides hundreds of priceless smiles and heartwarming family moments.

In the spirit of Giving Tuesday, we encourage our supporters to give whatever they can, whether it’s $5, $105, or $1,005, not just on Giving Tuesday but through the year end! Your donations will go directly to the Holiday Shop experience for kiddos in the hospitals we are serving this season: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

Join us in continuing to share the gift of gift-giving, and DONATE NOW!

Grantee Spotlight: St. Francis Medical Center of Lynwood Foundation

With the last grantee spotlight of the year, we are honoring the St. Francis Medical Center of Lynwood Foundation. Their program, in partnership with Faison and Faison Dental Practice, provides dental surgeries to special needs children from uninsured, low-income families in Southeast Los Angles. Few dentists serve patients who are uninsured, and few have the patience, compassion, and facilities to treat special needs patients, but the Faisons put their heart into doing both! We are so impressed by this team, and are proud to say that our grant provided surgery for 11 special needs patients this year. Keep up the great work!

Grantee Spotlight: UCLA UniCamps

This month we are putting a spotlight on UCLA UniCamps, one of our fantastic grantees! Each year, UniCamp sends nearly 1,000 children from underserved communities along with 500 student volunteers to an outdoor summer camp aimed to foster personal growth and inspire children to reach their full potential. We are so impressed by their dedication to transforming lives and making a positive impact in the community! Keep up the great work!

For more information, visit UniCamp.org.

Grantee Spotlight: AbilityFirst

This month's grantee spotlight is on AbilityFirst, a group that focuses on bringing high quality programming to participants who face significant challenges such as autism, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, and other intellectual/developmental disabilities! We are so proud to support their after-school program, an outcomes-based and person-centered program implemented to facilitate development of independent living skills through real-world practice; to build communication and socialization skills through group and community activities; and to encourage healthy living with a variety of individual and group recreational and fitness opportunities. Very impressive!!

For more information on programs and services, visit abilityfirst.org or call (877) 768-4600.

Grantee Spotlight: Reading Opens Minds

This month we spotlight our fabulous grantee, Reading Opens Minds, a group dedicated to promoting literacy in at-risk communities through book clubs! We are so proud to support their after-school book clubs, and LOVE listening in on the insightful discussions held during their Real WORD Podcast! The shared experience of reading and discussion nurtures self worth, fosters empathy, encourages meaningful communication, and increases the sense of community, especially in areas where youth are most vulnerable in after-school hours. Way to go Readers!!

For more information, visit readingopensminds.org, or to listen in on the Real WORD Podcast at lareviewofbooks.org/the-real-word/.

Grantee Spotlight: Mar Vista Family Center

This month we are putting a spotlight on another of our amazing grantees, the Mar Vista Family Center. MVFC operates on a cooperative model through which families remain involved from early childhood all the way through adulthood. Their programs stresses the importance of parents being partners in the education of their children, and the holistic model allows parents, teens, and other members of the community to become classroom volunteers, preschool teachers, mentors, fundraisers, and community advocates. A community once filled with gang violence and unsafe streets has been transforming into a flourishing community thanks to MVFC! We are so proud to support!

To learn more about the Mar Vista Family Center, visit their website at http://marvistafc.org/.

Grantee Spotlight: UCLA Intervention Program

Look at those SWEET faces!

The UCLA Intervention Program is a center-based early intervention program providing educational, diagnostic and therapeutic services to infants and toddlers with a wide range of developmental risks and disabilities since 1952.  Their professional team, Medical Director (a pediatrician with a subspecialty in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics), early childhood educators, and therapists, seek to discover each child’s unique learning style; how he/she processes information and what motivates him/her. Through helping children develop successful strategies for learning and guiding them to feel proud of their accomplishments, children expand their images of themselves as competent individuals open to life-long learning.
 
For more information please visit http://www.uclainterventionprogram.org or call (310) 825-4821.

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Akeem Ayers' Blue & Gold Football Clinic a success!

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Count On Me teamed up with former UCLA Bruin and current Los Angeles Ram Akeem Ayers for an all day, all free football clinic for boys and girls ages 7-13. Hosted by Verbum Dei High School in Watts, CA, the event was centered around football drills and life lessons. Akeem even brought along Rams teammates Todd Gurley and Alec Ogletree to run drills and sign autographs! The young athletes kept satiated with lunch provided by California Pizza Kitchen, fruit provided by Melissa's Produce, and water by AQUAhydrate. They also got a goody bag to take home, with fun gear and snacks provided by the Los Angeles Rams, Quest Nutrition, Lenny and Larry's, KIND Snacks, and Xenith.

To see more, check out some video of the day and scroll through the pictures below!

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Charitybuzz items available through April 12th!

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Our LA Kings Suite Event was a HUGE success thanks to AEG and the Staples Center Foundation! Luckily, the fun isn't over yet. We still have items on Charitybuzz up for grabs!

Check it out NOW for some fantastic and EXCLUSIVE packages to bid on!

Have you dreamed of being a part of the UCLA Football team? You could fly with the Bruins to the first game of the season in College Station, TX!

Don't like to travel? Never fear. You could sit in the Mora's personal suite for the home opener at the Rose Bowl!

Maybe you're more of a basketball fan. Get your courtside tickets to a LA Clippers game of your choice!

Sports aren't your thing? No problem. Enjoy a 7-night stay in a luxurious Bali villa!

There's something for everyone, so head on over to Charitybuzz now to ensure you don't miss out!

Support Count On Me through Law Rocks USA!

We're THRILLED to be the chosen partner to Run DLA for the second year in a row at Law Rocks Los Angeles! Run DLA (featuring talented legal professionals from DLA Piper, eHarmony, and Wolf Rifkin Shapiro Schulman & Rabkin) will rock for the Jim Mora Count on Me Family Foundation. The best part: 100% of donations made to Run DLA for the Jim Mora Count On Me Family Foundation go straight to us!! Think of how many kids' worlds we could ROCK with that money! Donate NOW to support Count On Me and help Run DLA take down the competition!

 

 

Join us for the 10th Annual Jim Mora Celebrity Golf Classic!

Are you ready for a day of fun and FUNdraising at the iconic Riviera Country Club? Don't miss out on the opportunity to meet celebrities from the sports and entertainment industries, play golf at one of the most exclusive clubs in the United States, and raise money to support Count On Me! Click here to check out our Sponsorship and Donor opportunities available NOW, and/or contact Lauren Hall (lauren.h@comff.org) or Shannon Mora (shannon.m@comff.org) for more information!

Giving the Gift of Gift-Giving

We are on a whirlwind tour of empowerment and the Count On Me Holiday Shops are putting smiles on the faces of young patients in children's hospitals this month! So far, we've visited Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Mary Bridge Children's Hospital (Seattle/Tacoma) and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite and the kiddos are enjoying every moment in our festive pop-up shops, selecting and wrapping gifts for their loved ones. Our volunteers are having a great time, too!  Check out the stories being told in each city about our annual empowerment program!

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