NCL-Pacific Coast Chapter

Huntington Beach Moms and Teens Raise Over $60,000 for Local Charities

National Charity League-Pacific Coast Chapter (NCL-PCC) hosted its annual Fashion Show Fundraiser on Sunday, March 7th at the Westin South Coast Plaza.   Sunday’s event, themed "Girls Going Places...with Style", was attended by more than 400 people and raised more than $60,000 dollars, a chapter record. The proceeds will be used to support local charities, including the Oakview Children's Bureau Homework Club, and to provide college scholarships for high school seniors from the Huntington Beach Union High School District.

"We are truly grateful for this amazing outpouring of generosity and support," said Janet McCord, Chapter President.  "Our philanthropies need our financial support more than ever this year and this money will go a long way toward enabling them to continue to serve the most deserving in our community." 

National Charity League is a national mother-daughter organization that supports local charities through community service and financial assistance.  Charities supported by NCL-PCC include the Foster Care Auxiliary of Orange County, Project Self Sufficiency, the Huntington Beach Library and Rogers Senior Center.

 


 

Operation Valentine

    

The OC Register

January 14, 2010

Sending Off Some Love for Marines

Moms and daughters spend Sunday preparing care packages for troops in Afghanistan.

by Britney Barnes

Miniature bottles of soap, toothbrushes in neon green blue and red, toys, white-cotton socks and candy were heaped in rows and tossed into cardboard boses as teenage girls went through the twisting, never-ending lines preparing care packages for the 1st Marines division troops in Afghanistan.

 

Inside each care package, a red or pink hand-written card with cutout hearts and sticker Cupids decorating the front wished a Marine a Happy Valentine's Day. National Charity League Inc. put together more than 2,000 care packages for the Marines on Sunday for its third annual Operation Valentine.

"Mail call is the best thing in the world, and it isn't so much what is inside, but that someone is thinking about you," said Col. Willard Buhl, the commanding officer of the 5th Marine Regiment.

Nearly 800 teenage girls and their mothers from all over Orange County, including Huntington Beach's chapter, descended on Camp Pendleton to assemble the packages and learn a little about the Marines.