By each of us contributing a portion of our time and resources to worthy causes, together we can better the lives of millions of people!

Big Picture Funding makes a contribution of cash and/or items needed at the Orangewood Children’s Home for each loan transaction closed through the firm. Why have we have chosen the Orangewood Children’s Center as the focus of our community efforts?

On average, nearly 27,000 cases of child abuse are reported each year in Orange County alone. Of these, about 10% or approximately 2,700 children are taken from their caregivers due to unsafe conditions. These children are placed temporarily at Orangewood Children's Home. Many have experienced the most serious forms of physical and sexual abuse.

As wards of the County and State systems, many of these children spend the rest of their childhood in foster care or group care homes. Of special concern is that, at the age of 18, teenagers living in foster care suddenly find themselves on their own - emancipated - from the dependency system. Without a traditional system of family support in place, many are unprepared for the challenges of adulthood. Most lack the experience they need or resources to pay for basic necessities and are at high risk of becoming homeless, incarcerated or victimized.

Orangewood Children's Foundation is working on long-term solutions to these issues. Programs offering emergency assistance, job placement, transitional housing, peer counseling, and scholarships for college or vocational training give these children the chance to succeed, despite their painful pasts.

If you’d like to know more or become a volunteer, please click on the Orangewood logo. You can ask me more about it too!

Laura