Our Mission:
To provide social services and financial assistance to the LGBT community,
our families, and friends
Unlike most other communities, there is often not a built-in support
system of family and friends that one can depend on during times of need. If
someone is alone facing a terminal illness or financial crisis there is
often no one for them to turn to for help. They are left on their own to
navigate the system of services to find assistance. Cornerstone Outreach was
formed in order to serve the LGBT community in Orange County with a safety
net of services to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. In
other words, we will stand in the gap to provide services that our
community, individuals, and families need.
Due to societal pressures and cultural differences, individuals within the
LGBT community often fail to receive positive reinforcement and affirmation.
This lack can lead to self-destructive behavior, insecurity, self loathing,
and a lack of self confidence.
We at Cornerstone Outreach believe that providing positive role models for
the LGBT community is crucial for helping individuals develop self
confidence and a future filled with hope. By providing programs that help
overcome some of the challenges individuals face, we can help pave the way
for a healthy productive life.
Goals
To provide cost-effective services based on needs-assessment,
without duplication of services offered by other agencies
To partner and collaborate with other agencies in the community to
serve our community
To provide shared space enabling other agencies and groups to
cost-effectively fulfill their missions. |
Services:
Emergency funding
Food distribution
Rental assistance
Gift cards distribution for gas, Rx and food
Toy distribution
Memorial and funeral assistance
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Programs For:
Youth
Seniors
Domestic Partnership
Gay Marriage
Relationships
Financial Planning
HIV/AIDS
Mental Health
Recovery |
What Makes Us Unique?
We are committed to finding ways to help individuals and families on an
individual basis and to custom design a plan of action to meet a variety of
needs. This may be through a collaborative effort with other agencies,
specific grants, and/or emergency assistance.
We want to help as many people as we can in ways that are productive and
uplifting. Ultimately, we hope that individuals will become self sufficient
and self reliant. We strive to help individuals/families who are in need
develop a plan of action to prevent them from falling through the gaps that
exist in care and provision. We help with the immediate need as well as
structure a plan of care that provides a long-term solution.
We are the can-do-agency. We are committed to finding solutions for the
needs of the LGBT community. Some agencies and organizations are limited in
the type of services and whom they can serve. We are not bound by those
limitations. Bring us the need and let us help figure out the solution!
How can you get involved?
Volunteer to help with our various programs, such as: food distribution,
transportation for those who are ill, teen program, event planning,
fundraising, administrative assistance, etc.
Become a corporate sponsor to help meet needs through grants, product
donations, or in-kind donations
Become a donor
Partner with Cornerstone Outreach as an Associate Organization
You can make a difference in the lives of others! Experience the rewards of
participating in something that changes lives.
Ensuring The Future
When we give back to our community we are investing in our own future. The
demographics of the LGBT community are changing in Orange County. It is
crucial that we not lose the expertise and lessons learned from the past by
those who have struggled and labored for many years for various rights. We
need to work together to ensure for future generations that until we have
equal rights, equal access, equal benefits under California law as well as
Federal law, that we have in place a safety net of services for those in
need.
It is important also to raise up the next generation of LGBT youth with the
self confidence and courage to overcome whatever challenges and obstacles
they may face. By creating a future that is hopeful and not wrought with
self-doubt and/or self-destructive behavior we can influence the course of
the LGBT community for years to come.
Interested in
Collaboration, Partnering, or Renting Space?
Lets work together to better serve our community! |
