Giving Children Hope

Giving For Living serves as a local redistribution center, assisting our nonprofit partners in obtaining the items they need to carry on their work. We thrive on partnerships – partnerships with our donors, volunteers and especially our fellow nonprofits. The program works to build relationships with other nonprofit organizations in Southern California. We focus on these partners’ unique missions and assist them in obtaining the supplies they need to run their programs. We maximize nonprofits’ limited funding by providing resources to help them reach their goals. Current partners that benefit from our program include nonprofit agencies, churches and missionaries, pregnancy centers, homeless shelters, drug rehabilitation programs, and youth programs. Some of the items typically in stock are personal hygiene products, over-the-counter medications, vitamins, diapers, liquid nutrition, latex exam gloves, basic living needs, and household items.

We've Got Your Back began as a weekend nutrition program for elementary students identified as homeless in Orange County’s school districts by the Orange County Department of Education under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. This program has provided food and nutrition education for children and families in need. Each child in the program receives enough food for three to four family members throughout the weekend. Because these students do not have access to the free and reduced breakfast and lunch programs over the weekend, this sustainable food source ensures that they always receive the nutrition they need. Each week we are able to serve more than 5,000 children and their families with these backpacks.