Thursday, November 18, 2021
Virtual Event
6:30pm Live Zoom and Q&A
29th Annual Wild & Crazy Taco Night
COSTA MESA, CA, – More than 280 people cruised over to the OC Fair & Event Center on Saturday, April 24th to take part in the first drive-through style event in the 28 year history of Share Our Selves (SOS) Wild & Crazy Taco Night.
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Be a part of our virtual Family Service Night! Kick off the holiday season together as a family, by working on projects that will help our homeless neighbors and teach our kids about the challenges they face. SOS Family Service Night is geared towards families with children ages 3-18. The event is a unique opportunity to introduce your growing philanthropists to issues poverty and homelessness in our community in a way that’s relatable and easy to understand.
This event will be held virtually! You’ll receive all the information you need, and a supply list to complete the projects at home. Gather with your family to watch the live Zoom to learn more about our programs and who your efforts help, show off your completed projects and participate in a Q & A with SOS staff members.
Projects to Assemble at Home Include:
- Hygiene Kits
- Diaper Kits
- Shaving Kits
- Snack Bags
Register today!
We look forward to “seeing” you!
For more information, contact Elizabeth Hopkins at 949.270.2137 or ehopkins@sos-fdn.org.
2021 Soiree on the Shore

Friday, October 15, 2021
5:30pm
Paséa Hotel & Spa
21080 Pacific Coast Highway
Huntington Beach, California 92648
We are thrilled to announce a brand new event supporting Share Our Selves and the work we do providing care and assistance to those in need in Orange County — Share Our Selves’ Soirée on the Shore! This evening of food, drinks, live music, and fundraising for a great cause is sure to be a party you won’t forget!
Taking place under the twinkling market lights of Paséa Hotel & Spa’s outdoor, oceanfront lawn, the Soirée on the Shore will feature food stations from some of Orange County’s most loved restaurants in a casual, cocktail party atmosphere that encourages guests to mingle with the chefs and each other as they try the delicious bites, sip on wine and signature cocktails, and enjoy music from the live band. A silent auction, live auction, and opportunity drawing will give those in attendance many ways to show their support for SOS’s many services. After the short program, guests can dance the night away under the stars to the music of the All Star Trio.
We hope you will join us at this exciting new event, as we look to SOS’s next 50 years of serving our neighbors in need!
RESTAURANTS TO DATE
Fonzy De Zuniga
SPONSORS TO DATE
WELLNESS WARRIOR
Hoag
Terri & Doug Pasquale
Lynn & Roger Tomales
HUNGER FIGHTER
Frome Family Foundation
Will & Annick Klatte
Mary Moyer
PANTRY PARTNER
Anonymous
Christopher Blank
Jay Donoghue
Margaret Gates
Mike & Pam Howard
Dr. & Mrs. Alberto Mendivil
PCV Murcor
Penjoyan
Michael & Diane Stephens
UNDERWRITERS
Azus Foundation
Jim & Diane Bailey
Flor & Emma Buncab
Randy & Janice Carter
Saundra Campbell
Susan & Kevin Daly
Sandy Fainbarg
Ski & Kathy Harrison
James C. Hilbert
Kurt & Nancy Jackson
Marie Lefebvre
Sylvia Michler
Liz & Steve Parker
James & Harriet Selna
Beatrix Garcia Soto
EVENT DONORS
Applied Medical
Nancy & Geoffrey Stack Family Foundation
EVENT SPONSORS





Check out our auction items HERE! Early bidding begins October 1st!
For more information, please contact Elizabeth Hopkins at ehopkins@sos-fdn.org or 949.270.2137 (office).

SOS Celebrates Pride Month
As we celebrate Pride this month, we here at SOS wanted to take this opportunity to consider the issues and barriers facing our LGBTQ community in Orange County, and what we are doing as an organization to address them. It is our mission to provide care and assistance to those in need and act as advocates for systemic change, and we work every day to fulfill that mission for our LQBTQ community in a supportive and welcoming environment, sensitive to the struggles they face daily.
A recent study by the Center for American Progress found that 1 in 3 LGBTQ Americans, including 3 in 5 transgender Americans, experienced discrimination in just the past year. The study found that “many LGBTQ people continue to face discrimination in their personal lives, in the workplace and the public sphere, and in their access to critical health care. This experience of discrimination leads to many adverse consequences for their financial, mental, and physical well-being.”
SOS has a wide range of services available to directly attend to these issues including medical and dental care, behavioral health services, financial assistance, and homeless services. However, we know that simply having these services available is not enough. Addressing the needs of the LGBTQ community requires a team that is compassionate and well informed on the unique challenges of these individuals, and that is what we have at SOS. Our health providers are trained to care for the health conditions facing our LGBTQ patients in a sensitive and gender-affirming way. The fear of discrimination can also lead people to avoid seeking care, but at SOS everyone who walks through our doors is treated with dignity and respect, and without judgment.
The LGBTQ homeless population is particularly vulnerable, and our team of experts, as well as our community of volunteers, provides a safe space to talk, and work to find solutions so that we can help improve their living situation. Often this includes behavioral or substance abuse services, medical services for transgender individuals looking to affirm their gender, and working with other organizations to find permanent, supportive housing.
In addition to the direct services we provide every day, our leadership team also works with other community groups and organizations to advance the cause of equity in Orange County so that protections for vulnerable groups like the LGBTQ community can be enacted to promote systemic change. We also support legislation including the Equality Act that would codify those protections into law.
We have a long way to go in our society in the treatment of our LQBTQ community, but we are working every day towards the goal of equality for all. This month is a great time to recognize the progress that has been made and celebrate the freedom to choose love for everyone in our community.
Message From Our CEO
On the Anniversary of George Floyd’s Death
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin
Yesterday marked a year since the murder of George Floyd under the knees of police brutality.
His death brought on a reckoning and imperative to practice critical and crucial conversations on the historical and continued racist harm experienced by the black community and an intense examination of our current systems, norms, and bias that perpetuate racism and inequities.
As part of a national collective of community health centers, our mission is our community. At Share Our Selves we are committed to equality, systemic change, compassionate and empathetic leadership. Through these principles we will continue to work against inequality, systemic injustices, racism, and abuse of power.
We leave our imagination of a world without racism into living what that anti-racist world would be like. It begins with you, me, all of us. We must because of George Floyd and many others before and after him. Black Live Matter. Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow.
Sincerely,
Christy Ward
Chief Executive Officer
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28th Annual Wild & Crazy Taco Night
COSTA MESA, CA, – More than 280 people cruised over to the OC Fair & Event Center on Saturday, April 24th to take part in the first drive-through style event in the 28 year history of Share Our Selves (SOS) Wild & Crazy Taco Night.
Read More