OCCTAC NEWS

While we are all preparing for our private Thanksgiving Holiday, we wish to take the time to express our gratitude to our friends and supporters. Here at OCCTAC we already celebrated on October 29, 2009 with our annual COMMUNITY PARTNERS CELEBRATION! Many of our supporters came to the center to see the kids and teachers in action. We were very happy to show our appreciation with gifts of student art work and by saying "Thank You"! We give thanks to the SPECIAL FOUNDATIONS that provided funds for our programs, operations and our new building fund! Ahmanson Foundation, Lisa May Fender Music Foundation, Morriah Harris Fieldstone Foundation, Marco Ramirez Merage Foundation, Alejandro Tovares Singgod Family Foundation, Mrs. Singgod We give thanks to our CORPORATE PARTNERS that provided funds for our programs, donated Musical Instruments and Computers! Banco Popular, Barbara Ingram Coastal International, Bob Hill IBM, Todd Flora We give Thanks to our COMMUNITY PARTNERS for supporti

Dear Friends! You may have heard about Chase Community Giving. Chase Bank will give a total of 5 million dollars to small local charities such like us. The decision on who gets the funds is made by Facebook votes. Facebook users can sign up to be Chase Community Giving fans. You have 20 votes altogether. Please give us a vote! Thank you so much!

"Creating the sugar skulls and art work is always a wonderful experience for our students" exclaims our visual art director Kathryn Forrest. Kathryn and Irene Arellano organized our annual contribution to the Noche de Altares at the Fiesta Plaza in Downtown Santa Ana. A chance for our students and families to celebrate loved ones who have passed. At the same time a wonderful way of celebrating the cultural heritage of Mexico. Thank you Kathryn and Irene for your hard work! Please remember us during the Holiday Gift Giving. Click the link to make a donation. Thank you so much! Muchisima Gracia!