Programs Funded
2024
Waymakers Huntington Beach Youth Shelter
A nonprofit resource building safer communities by helping people find their way. Whether redirecting youth offenders, helping sheltered children get back on track, unifying troubled families, resolving community conflicts or empowering victims of violence, Waymaker’s clears the path so clients can advance beyond crisis.
Waymakers Huntington Beach was there for our daughter, Lauren, when she needed them most. The Glass Wood Foundation has been continuously funding this program from 2021 to 2024 and our family owes this program a debt we will never be able to repay.
The Shea Therapeutic Riding Center
Established in 1976 and located in Orange County, California, the J.F. Shea Therapeutic Riding Center serves people with disabilities who can benefit from Therapeutic Riding and activities around horses. They offer clients a variety of programs that include Physical, Occupational and speech therapies and Therapeutic Riding. The Shea Center is internationally recognized for its excellent equestrian programs. It is also a Therapeutic riding and training drawing students and interns from around the world. Lynnette and Lauren spent time volunteering for this program years ago.
The Glass Wood Foundation made a cash contribution to this program in 2022. For 2023 we have purchased a horse to add to their program. The horse’s name is "Pearl” and we are very excited that the addition of Pearl will enable The Shea Center to provide therapy for more clients. For 2024 we have continued to support Shea Therapeutic Riding Center with cash donations.
Elite soccer league
Elite Soccer League is run by Mike Afflect and his family providing camps, training and recreational soccer programs based in the city of Aliso Viejo. Mike has a heart of gold and runs the program with that same compassionate, personal attention that makes Elite such a wonderful program. The Glass Wood Foundation has continuously been supporting this program from 2022 to 2024. These funds are earmarked to help children interested in playing soccer, but may struggle to afford the costs and supplemental cost for their participation in full.
Laguna Canyon Foundation
Laguna Canyon Foundation is dedicated to preserving, protecting, enhancing and promoting the 22,000-acre South Coast Wilderness.
The South Coast Wilderness comprises 22,000 contiguous acres of open space, including Laguna Coast and Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Parks, Crystal Cove State Park, and open space in the cities of Irvine, Laguna Woods and Laguna Beach. Managed and supported by various government and nonprofit entities, these areas link to form almost 30 square miles of critical wildlife habitat.
Surrounded by Orange County’s busy network of freeways and cities, the South Coast Wilderness provides an increasingly rare and valuable refuge for urban dwellers seeking natural beauty and solitude. Visitors can discover the county’s only remaining natural lakes, a thriving wildlife community, nature centers and interpretive programs, volunteer opportunities, and recreational activities from hiking and birding to mountain biking.
Funding for 2024 to Laguna Canyon Foundation to repair and update Cholla trail in Aliso Wood Canyon enabled phase 1 and completion of Phase 2 of the Cholla Trail Narrowing Plan. For 2024 The Glass Wood Foundation has also invested additional resources into improving trails in the Laguna Canyon trail area.
Surf and Turf Therapy
Surf & Turf Therapy provides therapy services targeting traditional, functional goals using non-traditional approaches, including surfing, horseback riding and community-based activities. These unique approaches offer unparalleled opportunities to address deficits in strength, stability, body awareness, coordination, safety awareness, tone management, flexibility, attention and sensory integration. The focus of treatment is to improve daily life skills, such as walking, postural alignment, talking, and writing, rather than simply teaching individuals how to surf or ride. Family and friends are invited to join in treatment sessions. The Glass Wood Foundation is proud to sponsor this program for 2024.
FEAST
FEAST (Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders) walks alongside families as they navigate the challenges of their loved one’s eating disorder. We provide parents and caregivers with transformative peer support, education, empowerment, and community through a multitude of top-notch free programs and services. F.E.A.S.T. is a global non-profit organization, serving thousands of families of people affected by eating disorders from over 100 different countries throughout the world. Our free programs and services offer these families much needed support, information, skills, resources, and tools to help them on their journey. F.E.A.S.T. is about parents helping parents, about community and connection, about paying it forward, and about being there for families at a time when they need us the most.
The Glass Wood Foundation has made a donation to this program to help people and their families throughout the world with eating disorders.
hanaelah
Hanaeleh is both a horse rescue and a strong proponent against horse slaughter. Learn more about how you can help end horse slaughter in the United States. Hanaeleh (pronounced Hah-nah-lee) is named after the dragon’s home in the song “Puff the Magic Dragon.” It is not Hawaiian, and its spelling comes from an Old English pronunciation. While it may not be the easiest to spell, Hanaeleh’s purpose is the same as the place in the song–a safe haven away from the evils of the world. At Hanaeleh, horses can be rehabilitated both mentally and physically so they can find new lives with people who love them.
The Glass Wood Foundation is honored to sponsor this program for 2024 to help connect horses in need and people to love them.
Project HEAL
Project HEAL exists as a resource for all people struggling with disordered eating in the United States. We believe that equity is a restorative process, not an event. In contrast to equality, equity is aimed at a just distribution of resources that acknowledges inherent inequity in our existing systems. Equity is not a punitive process, nor an inversion of the existing hierarchy. In order to create a world where everyone can experience the eating disorder healing they deserve - regardless of age, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, size, health, ability, or financial means - we strive to ensure that Project HEAL’s limited resources are leveraged to create the most meaningful impact for those the system is most egregiously failing. We use an intuitive, individualized, case-by-case approach, and intentionally prioritize those who have been excluded from or harmed by the eating disorder field due to biases like racism, weight discrimination, transphobia, homophobia and ableism.
The Glass Wood Foundation is honored to sponsor Project HEAL for 2024.
laura’s house
Laura’s House provides shelter and supportive services to women, men and children. Counseling, life skills, education, legal advocacy and resources are also provided. Laura’s House operates on the philosophy that domestic violence is a multi-dimensional and often cyclical in nature, and must be addressed through a range of interventions. Their goal is to provide supportive services that will prepare our clients and their children to live independent and violence-free lives with an emphasis on education and prevention for future generations.
Today Laura’s House continues to be the only state-approved comprehensive domestic violence agency in South Orange County. Annually, Laura’s House provides residential shelter services, transitional housing, counseling and workshops, and legal services to thousands of individuals.