SPIN OC

We want to send a big thank you to our friends at Toshiba America Inc. for hosting a virtual donation drive that raised $10,449 for SPIN! Employees also sent holiday cards with gift cards included for SPIN families. Toshiba America has partnered with SPIN for many years, and we are so grateful for their generous donation. Thank you!

From all of us at SPIN, we wish you a wonderful holiday season!

Thank you for adopting SPIN families for the holidays! Thanks to our generous friends, 49 families (including 109 children) received gifts and food to help make the holidays a little brighter. Thank you to everyone who gave!

It's #GivingTuesday and with your support, we can put more smiles on the faces of children and families in Orange County this holiday season. As a result of the pandemic, SPIN has served nearly double the number of families in 2020 as we did in 2019, from helping with housing to assisting with essentials like food and gas, and more. There are many ways you can help us reach even more families in need, whether donating, volunteering, or helping spread the word. Join in the #GivingTuesday global movement and help support SPIN and the families we serve today. https://www.spinoc.org/give

We are thankful for YOU! To all our clients, volunteers, and supporters, we are so grateful for you. And for all your contributions to helping families have a great Thanksgiving. Such as Laura Roche and Shana Spitzer, who organized a successful Thanks 4 Giving Canned Food Drive By to benefit SPIN’s families. And Laura Adams and Cherell Bailey from Ultimate Kronos Group adopted a family and provided a Thanksgiving dinner. These are just two examples of your incredible generosity in this season. Thank you!

Thank you for joining us this last week for Hunger and Homelessness Awareness week. The work doesn't stop here! Keep spreading the word and find ways to be part of the solution! Visit www.spinoc.org or check out the United to End Homelessnessresource page to learn how you can get involved. https://bit.ly/2I6SDH2 #HHweek #EndHomelessnessOC

SPIN is thrilled to share that we've been named a 2020 Bank of America Neighborhood Builder in Orange County for our work housing families who are homeless. This accolade includes a $200,000 grant and leadership training for our executive and emerging leaders, which will help us assist more families in securing and maintaining housing. Please join us in thanking Bank of America for recognizing and supporting SPIN's work! https://www.spinoc.org//spin-receives-2020-bank-of-america

For those who saw our last post, we are excited to share that we received another generous donation to help our recently house family furnish their new home. Special thanks to Leslie and Steve McNaughton for kindly donating this dresser and going above and beyond by delivering it to the family! They are incredibly grateful, and so is SPIN!

Help comes in all forms! Recently, several volunteers from St. Vincent de Paul’s Holy Family Cathedral helped transfer a donated dining table and chairs to one of SPIN's Rapid Rehousing clients in Orange. Due to the size of the table and 6 chairs, it took 3 volunteers and 2 pick-up trucks to get them to the family free of charge. SPIN is so grateful to Brigid and the volunteers from St. Vincent de Paul’s Holy Family Cathedral who swiftly responded to help. Now, the family now has a place where they can sit and enjoy meals together. Our client shared this photo of the table and chairs in their new home and said, Se ve hermoso muchisimas gracias. (It looks lovely, thank you so much.") But the work isn't done: We hope to help her locate more furnishings such as beds and dressers soon!

To everyone who joined us for last week's virtual Aloha MasqueradeMahalo! Your generous support helped us reach our goal of raising $275,000 to support SPIN programs! Thanks to you, we will be able to help even more homeless families with children get into housing and on the path to self-sufficiency. https://www.spinoc.org//thank-you-for-supporting-spin-thro

The SPIN Silent Auction is open for a few more hours! Don't miss your chance to bid on these great items and help support SPIN families in need. The auction closes at 5 p.m. today, September 28. https://www.32auctions.com/Aloha2020

After a fire destroyed their apartment complex in Tustin, Gigi and her family needed to find affordable housing quickly. Hear from Gigi as she shares how SPIN was able to help her family not only find housing, but get back on their feet during a very difficult year. Help support families like Gigi's by participating in SPIN's virtual fall fundraiser, the Aloha Masquerade. There's still time to give! www.spinoc.org/spin-gala https://youtu.be/ZXp5-anfBTA

There's still time to give and support SPIN's Aloha Masquerade fundraiser! Thank you to all our sponsors and supporters who have donated so far. We're getting closer to our goal, but we're not there yet! Plus, the Silent Auction will remain open through Monday, September 29, at 5 p.m. Don't miss out on the chance to bid on some great items! https://www.spinoc.org/spin-gala

Aloha! Today's the day! Our Aloha Masquerade is now open. Join us at https://www.spinoc.org/spin-gala to see how you help SPIN raise critical funds to enable housing for homeless families with children. An increasing number of families need our support during this time and every gift makes a difference. A special thank you to our event sponsors and supporters who have helped us take a big step toward reaching our goal!

Tomorrow’s the day! Our virtual Aloha Masquerade opens tomorrow morning. Visit www.spinoc.org/spin-gala for a chance to show your support for SPIN! The silent auction opens at 9am. Plus, you can watch stories, find out if you’ve won the opportunity drawing, and more! We hope you’ll join us.

We're just 5 days away from our virtual Aloha Masquerade! Be sure to bookmark https://www.spinoc.org/spin-gala and join us online to celebrate SPIN stories and participate in the Silent Auction. And there's still time to purchase your Opportunity Drawing tickets for a chance to win a Newport Harbor Tiki Cruise!

Save the Date! We hope you will join us online for our first-ever virtual fall fundraiser! SPIN’s Aloha Masquerade on September 25 will include an opportunity to watch client stories, participate in our silent auction, and more. Learn more: www.spinoc.org/spin-gala

It's back to school season and we're thinking of all our families with children who are navigating the start of a new year. Shopping for school supplies online? Shop using AmazonSmile and a portion of your purchase can help SPIN continue to support more families in need! https://smile.amazon.com/ch/33-0329687

We want to once again give a big thanks to the 2019-20 7th-grade Ticktockers! Working through the National Charity League, their projects greatly assist SPIN's families, including donating school supplies, clothing, blankets, hygiene items, welcome baskets, and more, as well as providing babysitting, Thanksgiving dinners, Valentine's cards, Easter baskets, and hosting an annual picnic. We love their enthusiasm and dedication and are looking forward to another wonderful year working with the upcoming Ticktockers and their moms! Thank you, again, from all of us at SPIN!

Messages of Gratitude: Meet Jazmine and her family, who wanted to share this message with SPIN's supporters: "We were losing hope in finding a home and I believe God sent SPIN to help us. Not knowing what was ahead of us with the pandemic, we were right on time getting our new home. I remember my son, Josh, saying, 'Mom I feel like a million bucks.' He made me realize that we were beyond blessed. SPIN has helped us learn to manage our budget with grocery gift cards and gas g...ift cards. They have been a huge blessing. This pandemic has been rough on us. I lost my job, my children have been really overwhelmed, and since my oldest daughter suffers from mental illness, it is difficult for us to adjust to these changes. Regardless of our difficulties, we are learning to be strong and united. Recently, my husband was doing really well with work, but since the pandemic has been getting worse, he has lost work. We don't know what's going to happen but one thing we do know, we have the resources to be successful with SPIN. We are hoping that with SPIN's help not only our family can find support, but other families can too." See more