Tag: children

Children’s Toy Donation Drive for Toys for Tots at Stanbridge College

Children’s Toy Donation Drive for Toys for Tots at Stanbridge College

Starting November 21st, Stanbridge College REACH will host its annual Children’s Toy Drive for the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. We are asking for donations of new toys to give to children in Orange County in need of extra Christmas spirit. Many of these children are in need; they are suffering from illness, their family […]

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Over 150 Christmas Toys Donated to Needy Children from Stanbridge College

Over 150 Christmas Toys Donated to Needy Children from Stanbridge College

This year, over 150 children will wake up on Christmas morning to find a brand new toy waiting for them under the Christmas tree because of the support and donations from the Stanbridge College community. In our recent Children’s Toy Drive, students, staff and faculty donated over 150 toys to the U. S. Marine Corps […]

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August 24th Volunteers Needed to Help Pack Backpacks for Children in Need!

August 24th Volunteers Needed to Help Pack Backpacks for Children in Need!

Stanbridge College REACH is hosting a Back to School Supplies Donation Drive starting August 20th and a Back Pack Packing Day on August 24th to help needy children in Orange County. While thousands of families prepare their kids to go back to school in August and September, many of them are struggling to pay for […]

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Stanbridge Spotlight: Nursing Instructor Writes Children’s Book for Upset Tummies

Stanbridge Spotlight: Nursing Instructor Writes Children’s Book for Upset Tummies

Stanbridge College Nursing Instructor, Anne Garrett, RN, looks at a CT scanner and thinks of it as if it were a space ship in Star Wars. According to her husband, Haydn, Mrs. Garrett can understand how “little people” think. With eight grandchildren, ages ranging from three to twelve, she would often write stories to them […]

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Stanbridge College Opens Children’s Eyes to a Better Education

Stanbridge College Opens Children’s Eyes to a Better Education

In January of 2012, Stanbridge College staff raised funds for the Low Vision Center at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Long Beach, supplying 50 children with eyeglasses. The Low Vision Center provides free vision screenings to children in preschool and elementary school grades and offers low cost optical aids to those suffering from impaired vision […]

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Stanbridge College Showers Military Babies with Love and Support

Stanbridge College Showers Military Babies with Love and Support

In February, Stanbridge College gathered supplies and food for the families of Wounded Warriors based out of Camp Pendleton in San Diego, CA. The college ran a two-week long donation drive and collected diapers, wipes, formula, food and pacifiers. At the end of the two weeks, Stanbridge delivered the donations to their REACH Community Service […]

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Announcing Christmas Toy Drive with Toys for Tots 11/28 – 12/9

Announcing Christmas Toy Drive with Toys for Tots 11/28 – 12/9

In our efforts to spread Christmas cheer, Stanbridge College REACH is once again partnering with Toys for Tots to host a Christmas Toy Drive for children in need in our Orange County community. To children, Christmas is a special time of year when they wish that Santa will have the perfect toy waiting for them […]

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Stanbridge College Sponsors Foster Youth Graduation at Orangewood

Stanbridge College Sponsors Foster Youth Graduation at Orangewood

Stanbridge College was pleased to be a supporter of the graduation ceremony of twenty eight students of the Orangewood Children’s Foundation, an organization in Orange County, California that works to successfully transition emancipated foster youth, support children in foster care, strengthen at risk families and break the cycle of child abuse. Stanbridge College supports a […]

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