With nothing but a cell phone and contact list in hand, representatives from 12 Orange County charities climbed aboard the King Arthur Carrousel at the Disneyland Resort Nov. 15. Each representative rode the carousel until each had raised funds for their perspective charity.
“It was a truly magical morning, full of laughter and triumphs as these wonderful charities completed their fundraising campaigns to fund their individual ‘Possible Dreams,’” said Sandy Segerstrom Daniels, founder and executive director.
This year the Festival of Children Foundation’s 5th annual Carousel of Possible Dreams raised $217,757. To date the fundraiser has raised more than $1.6 million, funding a total of 101 Possible Dreams, or specific needs of participating charities.
The participating charities this year include: Assistance League of Santa Ana, Changing Face of Beauty, Child Abuse Prevention Center, Family Support Network, Girls Inc. of Orange County, HOBY California, Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center, Orange County School of the Arts, Seneca Family of Agencies, Talk About Curing Autism, and Western Youth Services.
The Festival of Children is a Costa Mesa-based non-profit, which supports the efforts of 480 U.S. children’s charities, expects to raise additional funds before the online component of the fundraiser at www.festivalofchildren.org which ends Nov. 27.
