San Diego, CA Change for Children partner organizations
Scripps Health Foundation
Change for Children funds go specifically to help support Scripps’ MOST program. Reaching out to those who have limited access to health care, the Mercy Outreach Surgical Team (MOST) provides care and compassion during week-long and weekend missions in the heart of Mexico. Their goal is to bring hope, comfort and the opportunity for a better life to children and adults through life-changing surgeries. Surgeries include, but are not limited to, eye and ophthalmology, plastic surgery (burn scars, birth defect corrections), cleft lip procedures, and others.
Baking Memories 4 Kids
Baking Memories 4 Kids provides children with life threatening and /or terminal illnesses and their families an all-expense paid vacation to ALL the theme parks in Orlando, Florida. For one week, these courageous families can focus on each other in a positive, uplifting environment instead of beside a hospital bed. We recognize that having a loved one who is ill affects more than just the person afflicted, it encompasses the world of everyone around them. We give them the opportunity to create amazing, lifelong memories that may be a form of comfort for their journeys ahead.
San Diego Rescue Mission
Change for Children funds support San Diego Rescue Mission and its impactful programs that help vulnerable children and their families. One program within the mission that Change for Children funds is the Emergency Shelter for Women and Children, which provides safety from the streets, a secure place to sleep, warm showers and hot meals.
Haven For Hope
Change for Children also funds Haven for Hope, which is is a 12 month, comprehensive Women and Children’s Center that helps get families back on their feet, kids back in school, and hope back in lives. In addition to meeting basic needs such as food and shelter, Haven of Hope includes specialized classes, parenting and life skills training, therapy, and skills-building geared toward helping residents avoid abuse. School-aged children receive such services as after-school tutoring, individual on-site counseling, school supplies and a secure playground. Toddlers find a warm, stimulating environment in the Children’s Center, which focuses on developing healthy social and emotional skills.
Young life South Bay
Change for Children funds supports Young Lives, a teen pregnancies program under Young Life ministry. Our CFC funds support their monthly gathering, which provides community, support and supplies for these young parents. Our funds also support the teen moms and babies to attend a life-changing summer camp experience.
Rady Children’s Hospital
Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego is the region’s pediatric medical center serving San Diego, Imperial and southern Riverside counties. They are:
The largest children’s hospital in California (based on admissions).
The only hospital in the San Diego area dedicated exclusively to pediatric healthcare.
The region’s only designated pediatric trauma center.
Provider of care to 91 percent of the region’s children.
Provider of care to 227,461 children.
Our CFC funds specifically go do the Chadwick Center for Children and Families at Rady Children’s Hospital. More than 20 years ago, the Chadwick Center made a huge commitment to develop a specialized child trauma treatment program. Today, the Chadwick Center offers the only specialized child trauma treatment program delivering scientifically supported therapy for abused and traumatized children in San Diego. The Trauma Counseling Program is committed to treating the after-effects of a child’s traumatic experience. In addition, the program works to support the recovery of family members and to improve their ability to support the child. Using the best science and highly experienced therapists, interventions include individual, group, and family therapy.
Team Hoyt
Team Hoyt assists families in inclusion in sports, running races, and triathlons. The chapter is inspired by the father and son duo, Dick and Rick Hoyt. Dick and Rick compete together in endurance events year round.
The Hoyt Foundation aspires to build the individual character, self-confidence and self-esteem of America’s disabled young people through inclusion in all facets of daily life; including in family and community activities, especially sports, at home, in schools, and in the workplace.