Tag: Orange County

Volunteer to Help Feed Orange County’s Homeless with Stanbridge College REACH

Volunteer to Help Feed Orange County’s Homeless with Stanbridge College REACH

Stanbridge College REACH – Beyond the Classroom invites you to volunteer to help feed the homeless this Saturday, February 15th, in Costa Mesa. According to the Orange County Nutrition and Food Insecurity Profile of the California Food Policy Advocates, 33.7% of low-income households experience hunger at least once a day. Help them battle hunger and […]

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Volunteer and Give Groceries to Orange County’s Homeless

Volunteer and Give Groceries to Orange County’s Homeless

Stanbridge College REACH – Beyond the Classroom invites you to volunteer to help the homeless on January 25th in Costa Mesa. According to the County of Orange, an individual earning minimum wage has to work 124 hours a week just to afford a one-bedroom apartment in Orange County. This is why 1 in 6 people […]

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Keep Up The Compassion And Volunteer To Help Feed The Homeless With Stanbridge College REACH

Keep Up The Compassion And Volunteer To Help Feed The Homeless With Stanbridge College REACH

Stanbridge College REACH – Beyond the Classroom invites you to volunteer to help the homeless on January 18th in Costa Mesa. Did you know that volunteer activity increases during the holiday season, but decreases after December? This is why supporting our community’s homeless population is important year-round. Keep up the compassion in 2014 and join […]

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Give the New Year New Meaning and Volunteer at Upper Newport Bay

Give the New Year New Meaning and Volunteer at Upper Newport Bay

Stanbridge College REACH – Beyond the Classroom™ invites you to help the North Coastal Operations of the County of Orange, OC Parks at Upper Newport Bay with a monthly habitat restoration project on Sunday, January 12th, 2014. Give the New Year new meaning by helping the Earth. After all, it’s the only one we have. […]

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Volunteers Need to Help Homeless Find Spirit of Christmas in OC

Volunteers Need to Help Homeless Find Spirit of Christmas in OC

Stanbridge College REACH – Beyond the Classroom is looking for volunteers to help the homeless in December. Hundreds of homeless, low-income and elderly people and families can’t afford or aren’t able to have a holiday celebration. But together, we can help make their Christmas season a little warmer. This month we have several events that […]

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Pet Food and Supplies Drive for Furry Friends in Need at Stanbridge College

Pet Food and Supplies Drive for Furry Friends in Need at Stanbridge College

Stanbridge College REACH is hosting a two-week long Pet Food and Supplies Drive for homeless or shelter pets in Irvine starting Monday, December 2nd. Help us take care of our furry friends this holiday season by donating new or gently used items to the Irvine Animal Care Center. The Irvine Animal Care Center is the […]

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Stanbridge Spotlight: Gaby Nuno, LVN, Alumnus of Vocational Nursing Program

Gaby Nuno, LVN and current Quality Care Nurse at Memorial Healthcare, graduated from the Vocational Nurse Diploma program at Stanbridge College in 2010. In this spotlight, Gaby talks about finding the inspiration to become a nurse from her grandmother, her time at Stanbridge College training in the Nursing Skills Lab, and how Stanbridge instructors went […]

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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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Nursing Students Fight Flu Season for Over 390 People with Orange County Health Department

In October, Stanbridge College nursing students partnered with the Orange County Health Department to help fight cold and flu season. Students administered flu shots to the public at a drive-through flu shot clinic in Laguna Woods. The students administered over 390 vaccinations during the event. Jay Pabari, Vocational Nursing (VN) student at Stanbridge College and […]

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Starting 11/11 Canned Food Donation Drive to Help Eliminate Hunger in OC

Starting 11/11 Canned Food Donation Drive to Help Eliminate Hunger in OC

Stanbridge College REACH is proud to announce its November Canned Food Drive starting November 11th! In the last holiday season canned food drive, students and staff donated over 900 cans and other food items to help the Second Harvest Food Bank Orange County eliminate hunger in Orange County. Hunger affects more than 400,000 people in […]

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