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Founded in 2016
A Philanthropy Platform Powered by Kids and Teens 

Our team of 14 teens had the best day throwing a summer carnival for the kids at the Orange County Rescue Mission! We went all out with balloon animals, face painting, potato sack races, carnival games, including Knock the Clown Down, tickets, prizes, and, as always, plenty of fun treats. Seeing so many cute, smiling faces made all the planning worth it. But our favorite moment of the day came at the very end. Two little boys had been on a mission all afternoon to win as many

This summer, we celebrated an incredible milestone: 10 years of CA Kids Giving Back! What started when we were just kids wanting to find ways to help our community has grown into a decade of giving back, bringing together hundreds of kids, families, friends, and nonprofit partners along the way. For our 10th anniversary celebration, we wanted to make sure giving back was still at the heart of the day. We supported two of our nonprofit partners, Kiva and the Orange County Resc

We are thrilled to share that our team, led by Leah Miller, Eva Bolno, and Eloise Bergman, has been named Student Visionaries of the Year by Blood Cancer United after raising over $610,000 for blood cancer research! Winning this campaign competition was the result of months of hard work, and we are so proud of everything our team accomplished together. Leah Miller and Maddy Friedman also became the first recipients of BCU’s newly established Legend Award after securing a $5

In 2024, Team Hope for a Cure accomplished something extraordinary. Led by Hailey Miller and Lia Bhatia, our incredible team of teenage volunteers raised $650,000 in just seven weeks through the Student Visionaries of the Year campaign, earning the National Student Visionaries of the Year title. Together, we proved that young people have the power to make a life-changing impact for blood cancer patients and their families. This year, we're doing it again! I'm so excited to a

By: Leah Miller CA Kids Giving Back is so excited to announce the launch of a brand-new philanthropy club at Brentwood School, bringing student leaders together around a shared mission of service, compassion, and community impact. The club was founded by Hailey Miller and Alex Praw to empower students to take meaningful action and make a difference both locally and beyond. We are proud to announce that this is the 3rd high school that has added a CA Kids Giving Back club! Thr

This summer, two of our dedicated teen volunteers had the privilege of spreading care and compassion through a special hospital outreach program supporting mothers who had just given birth. CA Kids Giving Back partnered with Saint Francis Hospital to assemble and distribute thoughtfully curated care packages designed to support both new moms and their newborns during those first important days. Each care package was filled with essential and comforting items, including baby d

By Derek Loken and Brooke Rowen For the third summer in a row, CA Kids Giving Back hosted an ocean-themed camp for the children living at...

On April 31st, 2025, members of our CA Kids Giving Back Foothill chapter came together to create and deliver cheerful "May Day" flower...

For Valentine’s Day this year, a group of Orange Lutheran Club members volunteered at OC Rescue Mission, a local shelter that supports...

We were so happy to spend the day with our friends at Friendship Circle helping them paint. The community created by this amazing...