OCCTAC NEWS

We are very happy to announce that the UC Irvine Student Center Board of Advisors has selected us at the beneficiaries of their February 22nd, 2012 Student Art Auction . We are very thankful and we hope for great sales! All proceeds donated to OCCTAC will directly benefit our student programs. Please see the art work catalogue slideshow below.

Dear Amigos! We are very happy to announce that our Santa Ana Suzuki String Students and their TEC students friends have made the YouTube Hit List Top 5 of Musical Holiday Greetings ! It's not too late to get your own hit musical message and greeting out to your family and friends! Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! Marion and your friends at OCCTAC.

Dear Amigos! Tired of writing greeting cards? Send musical wishes and reduce your carbon foot print! Our string students will help. At the same time you are helping them! Make a donation to the  SASS Violin Fund  and our Talented Young Violinist from SASS and TEC will perform a  Live Holiday Musical Greeting   just for them.  They will be unique personalized musical messages from you.   A  Musical Holiday Greeting   will be sent live via   Skype, Private Video or Phone . You can have one of these ‘one of a kind’  Musical Greetings  sent to a recipient of your choice (with out the big green elf and message boxes) by going to the following page on :   http://www.occtac.org/program/sass  Live Musical Holiday Greetings request page at OCCTAC.org There you can choose from a variety of Holiday  Carols (see list at the bottom of the page) and provide the contact and delivery information we need t...

Dear Friends!  We are looking for Qualified Tutors for our WrapAround Program!  Qualified tutor - a person who demonstrates proficiency in the subject matter assigned who can assist students with queries and difficulties relating to subject matter and who has received additional training in tutoring children with emotional and behavioral problems.  The program is the Wraparound Program which is a collaboration between Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center (OCCTAC) and the Orange County Social Services Agency.  We are committed to providing tutoring services for at-risk children. OCCTAC is seen as a focal point of therapeutic arts services for children and youth in Orange County. Providing access to services for all children and their families impacted by physical, cognitive, language, social, emotional or learning disabilities.  If you have the following: · Experience working with transitional age youth  · Experience in wo...

Please enjoy the pictures and revisit our blog for more updates from our Latin American Art Auction on November 18, 2011. We thank all of our volunteers for their hard work! We could not have done it without you! Thank you to Kay Chu for taking all the caption notes for the event photography! Marion for OCCTAC

OCCTAC in cooperation with Centennial Education Center offers free continued education classes for students 17 and older. This class is open to everyone in the community. Enrollment dates are flexible and ongoing, students can join the courses during the semester and finish on their own schedule as long as they fulfill the mandatory requirements. The course results in a state recognized Certificate, enabling graduates to find employment as executive, administrative assistants. We urgently need your help in publicizing this opportunity to the Santa Ana Community. The funding depends on enrollment numbers and we need 10 more students by end of December to be able to continue to offer this free class to our community. Interested students should contact Dolores Lopez, Youth Program Coordinator O.C. Children's Therapeutic Arts Center/ 2215 N. Broadway / Santa Ana, Ca. 92706 T: 714.547.5468 ext. 311

Please enjoy the preview of the art work available at our event on November 18, 2011. Get Tickets now online: http://occtac-latin-art-auction.eventbrite.com/ We look forward to seeing you on November 18th at The Bowers! For More Information, please call Teresa at 714 547 5468.