Bethel No. 208, Glendale
HIKE
Our international charity, the Hearing Impaired Kid's Endowment (The HIKE Fund), provides hearing assistive devices for children in need. Our popular "hikes for HIKE," provide a special charitable service to our community. Our work with hearing-impaired children has led many of our groups, called Bethels, to learn sign language. We are proud to be "kids helping kids!"
Project Piece by Piece
The Grand Guardian and the Associate Grand Guardian are excited to present Project Piece by Piece, a partnership with ACT Today!, as the 2018 California Job’s Daughters Philanthropic Project. We hope you are as excited as we are to help families in California who are affected by autism to help ensure that they have a better tomorrow!
One in 68 children in America have an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Autism is more common than juvenile diabetes, pediatric AIDS and pediatric cancer combined. Early and intense therapies have been proven to be effective, yet most children go without due to financial restraints. ACT Today! fills a necessary gap by providing assistance for these children today to ensure they have a better tomorrow.
ACT (Autism Care and Treatment) Today! Is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to raise awareness and provide treatment services and support to families to help their children with autism achieve their full potential. Studies have demonstrated that early and intense intervention is important when treating individuals with autism, yet sadly very few of the effective treatments are covered by medical insurance and families are often delegated to piece together a treatment program for their child via multiple funding sources. Often, the child with autism must go without vital interventions due to financial restraints. ACT Today! strives to provide necessary services so that each child with autism can reach his or her highest potential.
Our goal will be two-fold, raising funds to assist ACT Today! in providing the needed support to families in California, and reaching out into our local communities and assisting local groups and teachers wherever possible.
