During the week of Thanksgiving, Colette's Children's Home (CCH) residents celebrated a traditional Thanksgiving meal due to the generosity of many donors and volunteers.  At one shelter, 50 women and children were served meals prepared by volunteers from First Christian Church of Huntington Beach, led by Women’s Ministries Pastor Amber Turner. At another shelter, 40 women and children were served by the Act of Grace service group, led by Paul Orloff. A variety of activities were planned for the children, including cookie decorating, family pictures, and entertainment from Silly Sally’s.

CCH has continued to receive sentiments of gratitude from all of the women and children who were in attendance. One mother frantically searched for Pastor Amber, as she wanted to be sure to convey her heartfelt thanks to her and the women from First Christian Church before the volunteers left. According to this resident, she was “deeply grateful for all the work that went into serving one of the nicest Thanksgiving meals” that she and her daughter had in years.

During this season of thankfulness, CCH staff and residents are deeply appreciative of all the support from ours supporters and sponsors throughout the community. Without all of the support of all the gracious donors and volunteers, this special occasion would not have been possible.

Colette’s Children’s Home (CCH) held its second annual fundraising gala in celebration of its 11th Year Anniversary on Friday, November 20th at the Hyatt in Irvine. This event successfully raised approximately $50,000 toward direct services for the women and children residing at CCH.  Featured as the keynote speaker was Orange County Sherriff Sandra Hutchens, who spoke candidly about how her personal and professional background is closely intertwined with the important work that CCH carries out to help women and children. Also featured as speakers were two CCH graduates, Emmy and Laura, who spoke in depth about the impact that graduating from CCH has directly had on their lives as well as the lives of their children.

 

Serving as Master of Ceremonies for the evening was Pastor Bruce Templeton of First Christian Church of Huntington Beach. Dr. Stan Bosch gave the opening invocation, and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher led the Pledge of Allegiance. Auctioneer Mike Grumet presided over the auction at the conclusion of the evening. Other notable guests included:  Huntington Beach City Council members Joe Carchio and Devin Dwyer; Fountain Valley Mayor Larry Crandall; Fullerton Mayer Pro Tem Pam Keller; Tustin Councilmember Deborah Gavello, and; Professor Mario Mainero.

The success of CCH’s event would not have been possible without the commitment and efforts of the event sponsors, event planning committee, in-kind contributors, $1,000 raffle sponsors, live and silent auction donors. Below is a list of those who we owe our deepest gratitude for support of our 11th Anniversary Event.

 

Event Sponsors:      

Diamond Sponsor:

        United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 324

Platinum Sponsor:

        Jim Heaney of Electronic Wafeform Lab, Inc.
Kiwanis Club of Huntington Beach

Gold Sponsor:

        William O’Connell

        Starlight Construction, Inc.

        Rainbow Disposal

Silver Sponsors:

        Jack Rozint of PhoneGuys Voice & Data Systems
        Capital Source Bank

        ReMax Select One

        Boardwalk Properties

Bronze Sponsors:

        Independence Bank
        Huntington Beach Firefighters Association
        Shifberg-Mencher Financial Services

        First Olympic Realty

Program Advertisers:
Lions International

HB Digital

Debbie Neugebauer

 

Event Planning Committee:

Janet French

Linda Hahn

Jeanne Hexem-Thomas

Linda Jenkins

Sandy McGrath

Barbara Meyer

Diana Perna

 

In-Kind Contributors:

Signs by Tomorrow/Arzu Simsek

Karen’s Detail Custom Frames

Marketworks/ Matt Liffreing

Mailing Pros

A Night to Remember/Gil Sotelo

Design Pros, Inc./Mike Shepherd

Basket Ladies

 

$1,000 Raffle Sponsors:

Stuart Thomas/Remax Select One

Dennis Gallagher/Heritage Memorial Services

Sandy McGrath/USA National Title

Rick Reza/Huntington Beach Mortgage

Mike Heywood/Byron’s Dream

Adam Bowermaster/Bowermaster and Associates

Mike Grumet/Mike Grumet Insurance Services, Inc.

Chuck Thomas/Independence Bank

Marcy Crouch/Edward Jones Investments

Diane van der Goes/Star Real Estate

 

Live/Silent Auction Donors

A Night to Remember

Adventure City

Aquarium of the Pacific

Bella Body and Mind

Bobby Allison Racing

Brett Simpson

Brewbaker's Brewery

Build-a-Bear Workshop

Code Pink Boot Camp

Core Power Yoga

Disneyland

Draper and Damons

Ed Clark

Eva Gallegher

Farm Fresh to You

Hilton Waterfront Huntington Beach

Hue Aveda Salon

Hyatt Regency Irvine

Jaqu's Restaurant

Jeanne Hexem

Jim Nygard

Junior Johnson

Kanga Coo

Kathy Miller

Kyle Lindo Lazy Dog Café

Linda Hahn

Linda Jenkins

Lucinda Campbell Design

Margarita Armandnia

Mary Montiel

Meadowlark GC

Mongoose

My Gym

Noal Jewelery

Oggies Pizza

Old World Restaurant

Pam Stoval

Pump It Up

Ramirez Mobile Detailing

Sandy McGrath

Sarah Love

SCATS

Seashore Pest Control

Silly Lilies

Smokin' Mo's

Sunset Gondola

Terri Rae

The Corner Bakery

The Fragrance Shop

Thorpe Lodgeman

Time Warner Cable

Unravel Massage

Wendy Ayers

Yoga Works