Beneficiaries

Our mission is to make a significant difference in the lives of others in need within our community and inspire others to accomplish incredible things. The Temecula Valley is a beautiful community filled with love, compassion and joy. The two components of the program are community outreach and communication strategies. These important components provide the opportunity for our residents to volunteer and to greatly strengthen the positive impact we have in our community.

Charity for Charity intends to achieve these goals through the special and unique event, “Stars of the Valley”, to be held the end of January, beginning of February each year. This event will raise funds to grant wishes to residents of the Temecula Valley as local residents pull together to invest in others. A wish experience will be a source of inspiration to the selected beneficiary(s) and have a positive impact that provides hope for the future. If you would like to nominate yourself or another resident of the Temecula Valley, you can access our referral form online or obtain a copy from a committee member.

2010 Beneficiaries

Giana Gould
Giana is an eight year old little girl who was diagnosed with a rare and relatively new disease called Loeys-Dietz Syndrome. Loeys-Dietz Syndrome is a genetic disorder first observed and described in 2005, that affects the connective tissue in the body. Giana suffers from twisted arteries throughout her body. She has a dilated aorta with aneurysm, a dilated basilar artery and 2 twisted arteries in her neck. Eventually she will need surgical repair of her aorta, but for now, her wish is travel arrangements for a trip to John Hopkins to find out the latest breakthroughs in medical management for this condition.

Randy Elson
Randy had a surgery to remove a cancer tumor on his under arm. During his 8 month recovery and leave from his job at Alaskan Airlines, his sick leave and vacation time were depleted and then his cancer returned. This time, they would have to remove his left arm, clavicle, shoulder and lat muscle with merely hopes of the cancer not spreading again. Now, he is unable to return to work permanently, and this is also affecting his ability to transport his physically and mentally handicapped 19 year old daughter of whom he shares custody with her mother. His wish is for a lift for his truck to be able to transport his daughter, as well as altering his truck to enable him to only use his right hand while driving.

Additional wishes fulfilled throughout the year...

Yasmin Dos Santos
Yasmin, a 14-year old from Temecula, was diagnosed with a type of cellular cancer in July of last year.  After surgery to remove the mass from her stomach and ovary, she underwent a series of chemotherapy treatments that caused her to lose her hair.  Yasmin’s hair has started to grow back, but was only about 3” long. Her wish was to have a formal 15th birthday party….and to have her long hair back with the use of hair extensions for the event. Ericka Julian of Ricadonna Salon contacted Charity 4 Charity, to see if the Charity 4 Charity Board Members would be willing to donate money for the high cost of the human hair extensions.  All of their Board Members agreed unanimously this was something they wanted to contribute to. After an 8 hour appointment with Ericka at Ricadonna Salon, Yasmin had a full-head of 16” HairLocs Hair Extensions.  And part-2 of the Wish happened on Saturday May 9th at Wien’s Family Cellars in Wine Country.  Yasmin had her dream birthday party, complete with a full head of gorgeous hair.