CHOC is a children's hospital in Orange County, California whose mission is to nurture, advance and protect children's health and well-being. Their HELP ME GROW program connects children aged 0-5 with developmental services and identifies gaps in care. CHOC offers many specialty programs and services to meet community needs. They are committed to serving all children regardless of ability to pay. Through fundraising events and donations, CHOC is able to continue its work of saving children's lives and helping families cope with health issues.

1. CHOC Children's Hospital of Orange County By: Miriam Ochoa

2. Mission, Vision, and Values Mission: To nurture, advance and protect the health and well-being of children. Vision: To achieve national recognition as a premier children's hospital Values: CHOC values serving those in need and are dedicated to working cooperatively to assist and enrich existing services as well as developing programs to benefit the families of Orange County.

4. Its main focuses are:

5. Connecting children birth through 5 years of age and their families that have concerns about their child’s learning, behavior or development with resources and supports in the community

6. Builds a network by developing positive relationships with community providers and maintaining an updated developmental/behavioral

7. Identifies gaps and barriers to children and families receiving services by conducting community outreach, care coordination and follow-up calls with families

10. CHOC also has Pediatric Specialties, different units of health, patient and family support services, Children’s Specialty Centers, medical advice, and professional programs. These services rendered, are available to the community so that whenever needed the can depend on them.

13. To receive contributions by donations or recruiting people to organize fundraising events.

15. They never deny treatment due to the fact that they do not discriminate nor reject any child.

17. They generate fundraisers to obtain donations for the benefit of their financial needs in order to continue serving the community and anyone in need.

18. They hold walkathons, marathons, or any other type of activity that helps as a benefit in order to obtain $$ for children’s needs.

20. They have helped many families cope with life suffering situations and have given them hope.

21. When an unfortunate diagnosis has been explicated to them, they have been well prepared for the worst scenario of their life if in any case it may result.

23. One of their ideal components is that they are based on education.

25. What a Mother Pray’s For Some of you might not know what it is to carry the blessing of a fetus in your womb. Feel it’s first movements, reactions, and sensations of what life is bringing to them. I am a mother. A mother of a handsome, adorable, good looking, and chunky hunk. Well, let me just stop there. As a mother we always have something to say of our blessings. We share with others the experiences that we are gaining, the anxiety to not knowing how to relieve their teething pain, how to get rid of the flu that they are going through, the high fever that does not seem to go away , or how to obtain extra sleep time. All of these are tiny, itty-bitty microscopic tests that don’t have a significance. Really let’s face it! We make a storm in a small cup that has no more space but only for the content that’s in it already. My point is that following my viewpoints and probably many others’, the following content might give you guide you to what I am trying to get across. Ponder on this question; “would you rather deal with the previous situations and at the end of them have a child like mine or would you rather join praying mother’s begging for GOD’s mercy to not take their blessing away?”

26. What would you do if this blessing had come from your womb? “Sometimes you just have to smile, pretend every thing's okay, hold back the tears and just walk away.”

27. A Mother’s Prayer May God grant you peace in the midst of a storm. May God give you strength even when you’re forlorn. May you answer the door when Jesus comes knocking. May wisdom guide when your mouth is talking. May discretion protect you and keep you pure. May you never stumble or fall for a lure. May your heart remain humble to the very end. May uprightness and truth be what you defend. May the world not ensnare or change who you are. May the light that's within you shine like the stars. May angels surround you body, spirit, mind. May favor and peace be yours to find. May rejection and pain never reach you. May your spirit grow bold for what you’re called to. By: Rachel Aldous