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11th Annual “Sharing the Spirit Holiday Party” at South Coast Plaza Treats 500 Homeless Children from Orange County to a Festival of Toys, Treats and Holiday Fun

Hosted by Festival of Children Foundation and The Happiness Project, Party Will Be Held on Friday, December 8   COSTA MESA, Calif. (Dec. 1, 2017) – On Friday, December 8, Santa’s Village at South Coast Plaza will be transformed into a holiday festival for more than 500 Orange County children without permanent homes, where they ...
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5th Annual Carousel of Possible Dreams at Disneyland® Resort Raises Nearly $220,000 for 12 Orange County Children’s Charities

In Just Five Years, Event Has Raised $1.6 Million, Funding 101 “Possible Dreams”   ANAHEIM, Calif. (Nov. 17, 2017)  – The 5th Annual Carousel of Possible Dreams, presented by Festival of Children Foundation of Costa Mesa, California, and hosted by Disneyland® Resort, raised $217,757 on November 15 to fund the “Possible Dreams” of 12 Orange County ...
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Celebrating National Child Awareness Month, Photobomb Challenge Will Award $50,000 to One U.S. Children’s Charity

COSTA MESA, Calif. (Sept. 13, 2017) – To celebrate and increase awareness for National Child Awareness Month (NCAM) in September, the national, non-profit Festival of Children Foundation has launched the NCAM Photobomb Challenge, which will award a $50,000 grant to one U.S. children’s charity. Individuals, in support of their qualified children’s charity, simply upload their ...
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With Unanimous Consent, United States Senate Designates September as National Child Awareness Month (NCAM)

Now in its 10th Year, Designation Serves as a Rallying Call to Improve the Lives of All Children in America New NCAM Photobomb Challenge Will Award $50,000 to U.S. Children’s Charity   COSTA MESA, Calif. (Sept. 5, 2017) – The United States Senate, with unanimous consent, has recently designated September as National Child Awareness Month ...
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6th Annual Carousel of Possible Dreams Raises $100,000 for Four Children’s Charities

Hosted by Festival of Children Foundation and the Sanfilippo Family at the Family Estate in Barrington Hills, Fundraiser Helps Fund Specific Needs of the Marklund Wasmond Center, Ronald McDonald House Charities – CNI, Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation, and CureDuchenne   BARRINGTON HILLS, Ill. And COSTA MESA, Calif. (Aug. 21, 2017) – The 6th Annual Carousel ...
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75 Children’s Charities Take Center Stage at 16th Annual Festival of Children® at South Coast Plaza During National Child Awareness Month in September

New This Year: Free Carousel Horse Art Exhibit with Featured Artist Wyland, Famed Marine Life Artist and Children’s Environmental Education Advocate   COSTA MESA, Calif. (Aug. 4, 2017) – Orange County-based, national non-profit Festival of Children Foundation will present the 16th annual Festival of Children®, a high-impact, high energy, month-long event in September at South ...
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Festival of Children Foundation Will Debut Carousel Horse Art Exhibit at South Coast Plaza in September 2017

Famed Marine Life Artist and Children’s Environmental Education Advocate Wyland Joins as Featured Celebrity Artist   COSTA MESA, Calif. (July 28, 2017)  – The carousel, long the symbol of carefree childhood, has taken on new meaning as the national, non-profit Festival of Children Foundation (FOCF) prepares to launch its first Carousel Horse Art Exhibit in September ...
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Nékter Juice Bar Donates $5,000 from Sales of “Sneaky Spinach” Children’s Book to Festival of Children Foundation

COSTA MESA, Calif. (July 5, 2017) – Nékter Juice Bar, the popular, Southern California-based modern reinvention of the juice and smoothie bar, has donated $5,000 to Festival of Children Foundation, a national nonprofit organization based in Costa Mesa, Calif., which brings together and coordinates the efforts of charities, companies and individuals that actively work to ...
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Championing Children on Capitol Hill for 10 Years

Festival of Children Foundation Founder Heads to Washington, D.C., to Secure U.S. Senate Support for 10th Anniversary of National Child Awareness Month   COSTA MESA, Calif. (Apr. 12, 2017) – Southern California businesswoman and children’s advocate Sandy Segerstrom Daniels has championed the welfare of children for nearly 15 years, first by founding the national, non-profit ...
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