Walk at the happiest place on earth on Sunday, October 16, 2011 for the 21st annual CHOC Walk in the Park presented by Disneyland® Resort. Proceeds from the walk will support the care, education, and research at CHOC, and as CHOC is expanding their services so is the number of children they are helping.
Every step counts. Form a team with your school or student group, and if that option is not available, register to walk as an individual. And if you cannot make it on the 16th, you can register …

Now that summer has been over, thoughts of the beach are also long gone. However, come out to Seal Beach, just north of the pier, on Saturday, October 9 for the Japan America Kite Festival!
Hosted by the Japan America Society of Southern California and Up Up & Away Kite Club, this festival is now in its 15th year, drawing over 10,000 people and being the largest kite festival in Southern California. Admission is free and the opening ceremony starts at 10 A.M.
Of course, you can expect a day of kite …

Want to earn free tickets to Pacific Symphony’s Summer Festival Series at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater? Volunteer at their Musical Carnivals and Concerts on Saturday mornings throughout the year!
Pacific Symphony
3631 S. Harbor Blvd. Suite 100
Santa Ana, CA 92704
There is a wide variety of tasks for volunteers to do from greeting families as they enter the building, passing out programs and goodies, assisting with ushering, passing out seat cushions, leading games and activities for the children, and acting as guides for the groups of families who attend the concerts through the Heartstrings …

“Walk as if your life depends on it. Walk because someone’s life does.”
Each year, in communities all across the United States and Canada teams of families, friends, co-workers and local and national corporations come together to raise funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS’s) Light The Night Walk events and bring help and hope to people battling blood cancers.
Every Light The Night walker is encouraged to become a Champion For Cures by raising $100 or more to help fight blood cancer.
Funds raised by teams and individual walkers provide:

Lifesaving blood …

In 1973, The City of Orange decided to celebrate its centennial by hosting the Orange International Street Fair, mirroring the Orange Street Fair of 1910. However, the Orange International Street Fair was so successful that instead of being a one-time event, it became an annual event celebrated during the Labor Day weekend.
Held between Glassell Street and Chapman Avenue from Friday to Sunday of Labor Day weekend, over half a million people pay a visit to the fair to experience food, arts and crafts, and entertainment from fifteen cultures around the …

Did you attend the OC Food Fest last year at the Honda Center in Anaheim? Well, this year’s 2nd Annual OC Foodie Fest is coming back bigger and better than last year!
The 2011 OC Foodie Fest will be held on Saturday, August 27 from 12 P.M.-6 P.M. at Angels Stadium.
There will be over 150 food trucks, live music and entertainment, cooking demonstrations, eating contests, and vendors. I can’t say much since I haven’t attended before, but I can tell you that you can expect to have a lot of fun!
Tickets …

I just returned from a business conference with some of my FBLA students. This year’s keynote speaker, Cary Trivanovich, had a very short and yet very different message compared to all the speakers I’ve heard speak at these conferences in the past, and there couldn’t have been any better time for the students to hear it. Most speakers seem to focus on improving yourself or motivating you to succeed.

The final words of his speech, “It is not about you.”
This post isn’t about the conference or my students, though. Rather, it’s …

[Post Update - 10.1.2009] We’re still collecting donations!  We’ll be at the B Here Art Exhibit and Concert on Monday at UC Irvine.  If you’re in South OC, drop by The Alley in Newport Beach, they’ll be collecting items for us until 11pm on Sunday!  Huge thanks to Daniela Bolzmann and The Alley for being so kind!

Fact: Gap between Hurricane Katrina & Tropical Storm Ondoy rainfall are even wider: Katrina = 350mm, Ondoy = 412mm. (via BakitWhy – for more storm related info, click here and here)

Typhoons, floods, and etc., …

On  the afternoon of March 26th, the Vitamin OC staff  and CSUF Phi Beta Lambda went to the Oakley Headquarters in Lake Forest to volunteer at the  Chris Brogan meet up-hosted by the So Cal Action Sports Network.
As we approached the building , we were in awe of the unique architecture of the Oakley building.  We couldn’t decide whether it looked more like a spaceship or a CIA secret hideout that you only see in the movies.  The inside of the building was even more intriguing. We never imagined to find  brass …

Yes, we know we haven’t had any updates in a few days. The VitaminOC staff is very involved in an organization called FBLA-PBL, and this weekend was their California State Business Leadership Conference. From preparing for competition to coordinating the events for the entire weekend, the staff members have been both short on time and short on sleep.
On the other hand, it was also a successful weekend for VitaminOC. Many awards were won by VitaminOC staff, along with other students from Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton College, and UC Irvine, …