ADVERTISEMENT
  • About
  • Contact
  • Testimonials
  • Demographics & Advertising Rates
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Search
    Generic filters
    California Business Journal
    58 °f
    Los Angeles
    62 ° Fri
    62 ° Sat
    70 ° Sun
    72 ° Mon
    67 ° Tue
    63 ° Wed
    • Front Page
    • Business
      • Insurance
      • Real Estate
    • Finance
      bitcoin of america

      The power of Bitcoin of America intensifies

      venture-capital-investment

      Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv Firm NextLeap Ventures Rising To The Next Level

      stock-market-3

      How the Inflow of Retail Traders is Changing Stock Market Dynamics

      Bitcoin

      Big Changes May Be Coming For Cryptocurrency

    • People
    • Featured
      Dr. Chris Harts4

      Oventus Medical Is Revolutionizing the Treatment of Sleep Apnea

      blockchain2

      Blockchain.com Value Reaches $5.2 Billion

      bitcoin of america

      The power of Bitcoin of America intensifies

      alone at beach

      One Fine Outlook

      Graham-Michael-Byers No. 4

      The Prince of Puerto Rico

    • Technology
      Higher Education Adapts to Covid Using IT

      How Higher Education Has Adapted to Covid-19 Using IT Tools

      NEC X Figure 3_Shige Ihara

      Fast Tracking Technologies … To The World

      Welcome to the construction industry’s automated augment

      Tech Future Healthcare1

      Technology and the Future of Health Care

    • Law
      Doctor getting second opinion on patients x-ray

      What To Do If You’ve Received Improper Medical Treatment

      Mediation-For-Couples (1)

      What is Mediation and How It Can Help?

      What are the legal obligations of businesses and what happens when these duties are breached?

      Nicole Kuklok-Waldman Headshot

      Commentary: How to Bounce Back from a Canceled Career 

    • News
      blockchain2

      Blockchain.com Value Reaches $5.2 Billion

      Negative Google reviews1

      How to Handle Negative Google Reviews

      SleepScore Labs

      The Final Score

      Passports on a map of the world

      If Your Employees with U.S. Passports are Traveling in 2021, Start Planning Now

    • Human Interest
      • Food
      • Art & Culture
    • Education
      The Importance of a Solid Brand Name

      The Importance of a Solid Brand Name

      Charles Smith

      Commentary: Executive Team Alignment is More Essential Now Than Ever

      payroll expenditure or revenue

      How Can a Business Carry Out Payroll Effectively?

      Jean-Paul Gravel, founder of ThroughConversation3

      5 Relationship Challenges That High-Achievers Face (and How to Fix Them)

    • Health & Fitness
      Woman climber on a Klettersteig (Via Ferrata)

      6 Unique Ways to Stay Fit Outdoors This Summer

      WOMAN WORKING OUT

      Taking the Gym Home: Hot Selling Items During the Pandemic

      silhouette-of-man-and-woman-running

      3 Reasons to Start Working Out … This Month

      The Surprising Link between Gut Health and Mental Health

    California Business Journal
    • Front Page
    • Business
      • Insurance
      • Real Estate
    • Finance
      bitcoin of america

      The power of Bitcoin of America intensifies

      venture-capital-investment

      Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv Firm NextLeap Ventures Rising To The Next Level

      stock-market-3

      How the Inflow of Retail Traders is Changing Stock Market Dynamics

      Bitcoin

      Big Changes May Be Coming For Cryptocurrency

    • People
    • Featured
      Dr. Chris Harts4

      Oventus Medical Is Revolutionizing the Treatment of Sleep Apnea

      blockchain2

      Blockchain.com Value Reaches $5.2 Billion

      bitcoin of america

      The power of Bitcoin of America intensifies

      alone at beach

      One Fine Outlook

      Graham-Michael-Byers No. 4

      The Prince of Puerto Rico

    • Technology
      Higher Education Adapts to Covid Using IT

      How Higher Education Has Adapted to Covid-19 Using IT Tools

      NEC X Figure 3_Shige Ihara

      Fast Tracking Technologies … To The World

      Welcome to the construction industry’s automated augment

      Tech Future Healthcare1

      Technology and the Future of Health Care

    • Law
      Doctor getting second opinion on patients x-ray

      What To Do If You’ve Received Improper Medical Treatment

      Mediation-For-Couples (1)

      What is Mediation and How It Can Help?

      What are the legal obligations of businesses and what happens when these duties are breached?

      Nicole Kuklok-Waldman Headshot

      Commentary: How to Bounce Back from a Canceled Career 

    • News
      blockchain2

      Blockchain.com Value Reaches $5.2 Billion

      Negative Google reviews1

      How to Handle Negative Google Reviews

      SleepScore Labs

      The Final Score

      Passports on a map of the world

      If Your Employees with U.S. Passports are Traveling in 2021, Start Planning Now

    • Human Interest
      • Food
      • Art & Culture
    • Education
      The Importance of a Solid Brand Name

      The Importance of a Solid Brand Name

      Charles Smith

      Commentary: Executive Team Alignment is More Essential Now Than Ever

      payroll expenditure or revenue

      How Can a Business Carry Out Payroll Effectively?

      Jean-Paul Gravel, founder of ThroughConversation3

      5 Relationship Challenges That High-Achievers Face (and How to Fix Them)

    • Health & Fitness
      Woman climber on a Klettersteig (Via Ferrata)

      6 Unique Ways to Stay Fit Outdoors This Summer

      WOMAN WORKING OUT

      Taking the Gym Home: Hot Selling Items During the Pandemic

      silhouette-of-man-and-woman-running

      3 Reasons to Start Working Out … This Month

      The Surprising Link between Gut Health and Mental Health

    Search
      Generic filters
      California Business Journal

      HOPING, SAVING … AND HEALING

      by Rick Weinberg, Editor-in-Chief, California Business Journal
      A A
      Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

      Boys Town California held its annual fundraiser, Uncork for Hope, at the Center Club Orange County in Costa Mesa, Calif. The event was packed – standing room only – and raised more than $110,000 in donations.

      By Rick Weinberg, Editor, California Business Journal
      Contact: Rick@CalBizJournal.com / Mobile: 949-648-3815

      His name is Thomas. That’s it – just Thomas. He went through 22 foster homes before he was old enough to even drive. He never knew what it meant to be part of a family. He never knew what it meant to be truly loved and cared for.

      Until he arrived at Boys Town.

      Boys Town is one of the largest non-profit child-care agencies in the country with two major facilities in Southern California. Founded almost 100 years ago and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska with 11 facilities nationally, Boys Town provides compassionate treatment for the behavioral, emotional and physical problems of all children – boys and girls — and their families. The success rate at Boys Town – along with the graduation rate of its participants – are off the charts.

      Just recently, Boys Town California held its annual fundraiser, Uncork for Hope,  at the exclusive Center Club Orange County in Costa Mesa, Calif. The event was packed – standing room only – and raised more than $110,000 in donations.

      Hoping, Saving ... Healing. Lawren Ramon and Adam Miller.
      Lawren Ramon, Executive Director of Boys Town, and Adam Miller, chair of the Uncork for Hope Committee and managing partner at the law firm of Miller Miller Menthe LLP. Photo by Katya Williams.

      “Phenomenal event, phenomenal turnout,” said Adam Miller, the chair of the Uncork for Hope Committee and managing partner at the law firm of Miller Miller Menthe LLP. “We could not have dreamed of more support from the Orange County community and local supporters of Boys Town California.”

      Uncork for Hope was Miller’s idea. He came up with it four years ago. The event has been an unprecedented success … with many more successful years to follow.

      “Boys Town is a very special and unique organization,” Miller says. “It really makes a difference in children’s lives. The graduation rate of children at Boys Town is higher than the general population. That says it all. When I heard about Boys Town, and learned about its impact and successes, I knew this was an organization that I wanted to support and be a part of.”

      Thomas – the young boy introduced at the beginning of this article — experienced one success after another after entering Boys Town. He went to college, majoring in psychology and philosophy. He worked on Capitol Hill. He has been a featured speaker at a number of events and he plans to obtain a master’s degree in social work while pursuing a career as a clinical psychologist for foster youth.

      “What Boys Town does is invest in you,” he says. “They took me, this lost kid, and made me into something.”

      Uncork for Hope logoHigh school graduation for Boys Town participants is 91% versus 64% for non Boys Town students. Additionally, employment for Boys Town boys and girls is 66% versus 47% for non Boys Town graduates.

      Lawren Ramos began working at Boys Town 12 years ago as a Youth Care Worker. He remains there today — as the Executive Director.

      “Once you see the transformation these children make – turning a terrible life that could lead to death or prison into a productive life – you can’t help but want to be a part of it,” Ramos says. “That’s what happened to me. I couldn’t leave. We take many children with no hope, no future and make them productive members of society and the workforce. I get tremendous satisfaction working in this capacity for the cause of helping children and families.”

      This year’s event featured 17 wineries pouring complimentary wine, including Alta Colina, Arietta, Argot, Attune, Bevan Cellars, Chase Cellars, Cimarossa, Clos Solene, Desparada, Herman Story, Lando, Law Estate Wines, Lombardi, Peirson Meyer, Revana, Rodney Strong Wine Estates and Saint Helena Winery.

      The primary sponsors of the event included FirstTeam Real Estate and Christie’s International Real Estate, The George and Terry Schreyer Charitable Foundation, the law firm of Miller Miller Menthe, Balboa Wealth Partners, Northwestern Mutual, James and Alexandra Downey, Mikel Cimmino Inc., Hartman Law Firm, Joshua Chase Jewelers, Dr. L. Richard Van Meter and Ticor Title.

      Jon, Chris, Adam and Rob
      (L to R) Uncork for Hope committee member Jon McClintock, Center Club executive Chris Sarten, event chair Adam Miller and event committee membewr Rob Magnotta. Photo by Katya Williams.

      Boys Town was originally established for at risk boys only. Soon, organizers opened the facility up to girls and renamed the organization to reflect the admission of girls. The organization has had as much of a positive impact on girls as it has had on boys.

      Take Diana. Like Thomas, her life was spiraling out of control. She was kicked out of her already-unstable home by their mother’s husband at the age of 14. The only place Diana and her older sister could find refuge was in a drug house.

      Eventually, they had to resort to selling drugs just to keep a roof over their head and stay alive.

      One day, an argument in the house resulted in the death of a drug dealer. The dealer who committed the crime ordered Diana to clean up the bloody crime scene. When police arrived, Diana was arrested and placed in a juvenile detention center. She thought her life was over.

      Soon, she discovered Boys Town, applied to get in and was accepted. The compassionate care and teaching helped transform her into a confident young woman and a vastly different person from the scared teen who had arrived from a detention center.

      Diana graduated in 2001, attended Creighton University on a full scholarship and later went to law school there, earning double master’s degrees. Today, she works at a law firm in Arizona.

      “Boys Town doesn’t give up on you,” she says. “It’s not just like you’re there and then you leave. They teach you to build healthier relationships and they care about you. It shows you that there are better things out there.”

      statue2
      Boys Town statue

      Since opening in California 1991, Boys Town California has continued to expand its services to meet the needs of troubled children and families. The site has four Family Homes for Adolescents and one Family Home for Young Children on 80 acres in Trabuco Canyon in Orange County, as well as two Family Homes for siblings in Tustin. Boys Town California also provides In-Home Family Services and Community Support Services.

      “These programs and services impact the lives of over 19,500 kids and families in California each year,” says Jon McClintock, a committee member with Uncork for Hope and Board Member of Boys Town California.

      Nationally, Boys Town touches the lives of over two million people annually.

      Boys Town was founded in 1917 as an orphanage for boys and has grown into a pioneering nonprofit organization dedicated to helping troubled youth.

      Boys Town has been admitting girls since 1979. From 2000 to 2007, the organization was named Girls and Boys Town, before changing back to Boys Town.

      In a striking recognition that hardship knows no gender or race, Boys Town soon will introduce a new symbol at its entrance, a statue of an older boy carrying a littler girl on his back. The young man is black, the girl is white.

      Congress has authorized the U.S. Mint to produce a series of coins commemorating Boys Town’s 100th anniversary in 2017.

      Contact Boys Town California

      2223 E. Wellington Ave. Suite 350

      Santa Ana, CA 92701

      714-558-0303

      Web: BoysTown.org/California

      Email: Infoca@boystown.org

      About the Center Club Orange County: Located on the garden level of the award-winning Center Tower, the Club is adjacent to the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Center Club is the premier members-only private business and social club in Orange County. It is an ideal environment for entertaining clients or friends and for holding private social and business meetings. In addition, Center Club Orange County offers members a variety of speaker programs, special events, pre-theater dinner on performance nights, outings and children’s events. The unique water and sculpture gardens beyond the Club’s dining rooms were especially created by Peter Walker to provide a sense of inspiration and beauty. Two original sculptures by renowned Swedish artist, Carl Milles, and a notable collection of California impressionism artwork add to the elegant drama of the Club. Center Club’s 30-year history of excellence extends to its unparalleled cuisine, gracious service and exquisite surroundings. The elegant table settings, exceptional service and superior vintage wines create an incomparable dining experience.

      Center Club
      Center Club Orange County

      Center Club Orange County

      ADVERTISEMENT

      650 Town Center Drive (Garden Level)

      Costa Mesa, CA 92626

      714-662-3414

      Web: www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Center-Club-Orange-County

       

       

      Tags: anniversaryaward-winningBoys TownCACaliforniaCenter ClubCenter Club Orange CountychairchildrencollegeCosta MesaCuisinedrugsEstateestatesexecutivefund raiserlawlaw firmlaw schoollocalOrange Countypsychologyreal estaterelationshipsroofSanta AnaSouthern CaliforniaTransformationtreatmentUncork for Hopewine
      ADVERTISEMENT
      Rick Weinberg, Editor-in-Chief, California Business Journal

      Rick Weinberg, Editor-in-Chief, California Business Journal

      Rick Weinberg is Editor-in-Chief at California Business Journal. He is a well-known journalist, writer, reporter and on-air talent who has worked for the New York Times, FOX and ESPN. He launched California Business Journal to focus on California businesses and business professionals as well as California business news and information. Contact: Rick@CalBizJournal.com / 949-648-3815

      WHAT TO READ NEXT

      Jean-Paul Gravel, founder of ThroughConversation3
      Education

      5 Relationship Challenges That High-Achievers Face (and How to Fix Them)

      April 12, 2021
      art and science of conversation
      Human Interest

      The Art and Science of Conversation

      March 11, 2021
      1-World-First-Slot-Machine
      Education

      Who Invented the Slot Machine?

      March 10, 2021
      tarpon-fishing
      Education

      The Ultimate Fishing Vacation on Lake Superior

      February 27, 2021
      history of slot machines
      Education

      The Fascinating History of the Slot Machine

      February 26, 2021
      spacex
      Education

      SpaceX Dragon 1 Launched 10 Years Ago: What’s Next in the Corporate Space Race

      February 5, 2021
      Next Post

      CALIFORNIA FOREIGN STUDENT POPULATION DOUBLES IN A DECADE

      Follow Us

      ADVERTISEMENT

      Categories

      • Art & Culture
      • Business
      • Editor's Choice
      • Education
      • Featured
      • Finance
      • Food & Dining
      • Health & Fitness
      • Human Interest
      • Insurance
      • Law
      • Marketing
      • Medical
      • News
      • People
      • Popular
      • Real Estate
      • Social Media
      • Technology
      • Uncategorized

      CBJ Partner Firebrand Media

      Laguna Beach Independent Newspaper

      Laguna Beach Magazine

      Laguna Beach City Guide

      On The Menu Laguna Beach

      Newport Beach Independent Newspaper

      Newport Beach Magazine

      Newport Beach Country Club Magazine

      Coastal Real Estate Guide (NB,LB, CDM)

      Montage Magazine

      Monarch Beach Resort Magazine

      Pacific Coast Magazine (SoCal)

      Omni Escapes Hotel Magazine

      Sea Island Life Magazine

      Salamander Hotel & Resorts Magazine

      Bespoke Concierge New York

      Evans Hotels

      View our entire portfolio here

      ADVERTISEMENT
      ADVERTISEMENT
      Facebook Twitter LinkedIn LinkedIn Instagram
      C B J   LOGO  SVG-01
      • About
      • Contact
      • Testimonials
      • Demographics & Advertising Rates

      Newsletter

      Most Viewed

      • Judge gavel, scales of justice and law books in court

        Lawsuit Basics: How Much Does It Cost to Sue Someone?

        0 shares
        Share 0 Tweet 0
      • THE ONLY WAY

        0 shares
        Share 0 Tweet 0
      • REPORT: TECH GIANT CISCO ABOUT TO LAY OFF 14,000

        0 shares
        Share 0 Tweet 0

      Latest Articles

      The Importance of a Solid Brand Name

      The Importance of a Solid Brand Name

      April 15, 2021
      Charles Smith

      Commentary: Executive Team Alignment is More Essential Now Than Ever

      April 14, 2021
      payroll expenditure or revenue

      How Can a Business Carry Out Payroll Effectively?

      April 14, 2021

      California Business Journal | California Business News, California News Media, California business articles | Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego, Inland Empire, Northern California, San Francisco | Huntington Beach CA 92649 | (949) 648-3815
      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY CALIFORNIA BUSINESS JOURNAL.
      Site Design by 1REALTOUR

      Search
        Generic filters
        • Front Page
        • Business
          • Insurance
          • Real Estate
        • Finance
        • People
        • Featured
        • Technology
        • Law
        • News
        • Human Interest
          • Food
          • Art & Culture
        • Education
        • Health & Fitness

        California Business Journal | California Business News, California News Media, California business articles | Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego, Inland Empire, Northern California, San Francisco | Huntington Beach CA 92649 | (949) 648-3815
        ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY CALIFORNIA BUSINESS JOURNAL.
        Site Design by 1REALTOUR