Young Professionals Against Cancer welcome to our website...

Young Professionals Against Cancer (YPAC) is an organization committed to a cause all too many of us are familiar with - Cancer. Our membership consists of nearly 300 young professionals from many of Orange County's Fortune 500 companies and small, private, local businesses. Our primary objective is to support the non profit organization Orange County Foundation for Oncology Children and Families (OCFOCF). OCFOCF's membership consists of families facing the daily and frightening challenges of childhood cancer. YPAC fundraising efforts provide dollars to fund recreational and social support activities for these families, while our volunteers dedicate their time to ensure the OCFOCF members can enjoy themselves at these events.

WORKING WITH OCFOCF
"The World's Greatest Camp" is a three day Family Camp provided for pediatric cancer patients and their families, two times a year - in June and September. During an actual camp weekend, a minimum of eight YPAC member volunteers attend with the responsibility of watching the toddlers (ages 1 to 5 years) at various times throughout the long weekend. This allows the parents some much deserved and appreciated free time with the chance to socialize and provide support to one another, while knowing their youngest are safe in the care of YPAC young adults. The older children are grouped by age into cabins with OCFOCF volunteer counselors.

YPAC sponsored the 3nd Annual "Ranch Day" for the OCFOCF families which entails a full day of recreation, barbecuing, and crafts at a local Orange County park. Over fifty YPAC volunteers work months in advance securing the many necessary details such as food donations, site, games, prizes, and coordinating the staffing needs for the actual day. The success of the event again this year, measured solely by the pleasure of the families and children, has secured the need for Ranch Day every year.

YPAC also hosts a "Night at the Angel Game" outing. Over 50 YPAC members attended the evening game with 100+ OCFOCF members as our guests. A tailgate party before with dinner and ice cream allowed all the participants a chance to socialize, followed by a fun time spent together cheering for our local team.

YPAC also volunteers assistance to two important local support groups for families with children suffering from Cancer - CHOC and POPSIG (an arm of Kaiser Permanente). On a monthly basis, a minimum of five YPAC members will attend each of these two organization's functions to care for the children too sick to leave the hospital for the weekend and to allow time for the parents to spend sharing their experiences to support each other through this difficult time. Many of the OCFOCF families utilize these support groups and organizations.

And once a year, we assist with the annual OCFOCF Holiday party, sponsoring the "Ice Cream Sundae" Bar and volunteering many hours to generate toy and gift donations to be handed out to the children from Santa. Over 25 YPAC members attend this event to ensure a memorable evening for all the OCFOCF families attending.

FUNDRAISING EFFORTS
Our funding comes from many sources. Membership dues, corporate sponsors, "Toast on the Coast" and our mixers. Toast on the Coast is a black-tie evening of dancing and music and a silent auction held in the Fall each year and is coordinated, staffed, and silent auction items are solicited solely by our volunteer members on the Events and Outreach sub-committees. YPAC also holds monthly mixers at various restaurants in the Orange County area to increase our membership and awareness level in the community, and to provide added financial support and encourage volunteerism for OCFOCF amongst our members and guests.

As an organization, YPAC is solely reliant on our member volunteers to both generate the needed dollars to support the OCFOCF events as well as provide the necessary people required at each event to make them successful. We are proud to offer our time and efforts to help small children with cancer and their families enjoy special moments each year.

Visit our other web pages for more information about us, then come on out and join us.

• Calendar of YPAC members and guest events and functions
• Photos of some of the YPAC kids at camp

For more information about YPAC sponsored events and donations,
write, call or come on out to our next "mixer".

Young Professionals Against Cancer (YPAC)
P.O. Box 2472
Costa Mesa, CA 92628-2472
(714) 440-9873
Fax Backline (800) 405-2766 ext. 83

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