Non-Profit and Church Collaborations in Orange County

One of the great things about my job at Giving Children Hope is that we are an organization built on collaborations. And one of the great things about this time in history is that collaborations over competition are highly valued.

I attended two collaborative meetings outside of the office today.

The first was the Quarterly Mission’s Pastor’s meeting I attend at Saddleback Church. Saddleback has done a great job at engaging their congregation in missions and giving them ownership. Ten years ago they began these network sessions to share information and foster collaboration. Today’s meeting was focused on disaster response and even included a fireman who talked about church collaborations with the fire department. Wow, how great to see everyone working together.

The next meeting was at the Orange County Register. They are our local newspaper and have created a section called TouchOC. This is a philanthropy section that comes out every November (and now on-line) that allows for non-profits to tell their stories and encourage philanthropy and giving in the county. Isn’t that great! The local paper is fostering us to work together and fostering an environment to encourage every day citizens to give back to the local community workers.

Orange County, leading the way in collaborations!