Ducks and Angels Help Abused Children
In the largest annual fund-raiser for Olive Crest Homes and Services for Abused Children, the nonprofit group will be awarded $310,000 Thursday before the Anaheim Angels game.
The donation also represents the single largest check ever presented to one charity by Angels Care/Mighty Ducks Care, charities of Anaheim Sports Inc., which owns and manages the two professional sports teams.
In March, Olive Crest held a fund-raiser, with the help of Anaheim Sports, at the Disneyland Hotel. The event was attended by more than 800 and raised $189,000. The Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation and the Anaheim Sports charities contributed the matching funds.
Over the past four years, Angels Care has raised more than $1.7 million for charity, while Mighty Ducks Care, in its first year, has raised more than $300,000.
Olive Crest, based in Santa Ana, will use the donation toward a $3.2-million campaign to buy its group homes for abused children, organization spokeswoman Julie Seaborn said.
“It will enable Olive Crest to permanently own the 13 group homes in Orange County,” Seaborn said.
Olive Crest started with one group home in 1973 and now has 20 homes in Orange and Los Angeles counties.
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