CLF IS TURNING 30!
The Children's Lifesaving Foundation is thrilled to be celebrating our 30th year anniversary with all of you this year! Please join us at a special event in Santa Monica (location disclosed upon purchase of tickets/tables) to celebrate this very special milestone with us, and honor our Founder, Maria D'Angelo, who will be retiring this year! This is going to be a great, fun evening filled with many lovely surprises, and we cannot WAIT to see you there!
*Please call Francesca at (424)-645-7661 for sponsorship information, or email at fran@childrenslifesaving.org.
Our First 2023 Summer Recap Video! Watch What a A Day at CLF’s Wilderness Camp for All is like…*Video directed by Kat Yore
The Children’s Lifesaving Foundation has been working for 28 years to help disenfranchised, low-income and homeless families and young teens feel worthy of their very best lives. We will continue to work hard to promote racial equity in our work & through our programming. #BlackLivesMatter #BIPOCLIVESMATTER
Here, IN VIDEO GALLERY above are just a few of the wonderful families in our Vita Network, who received $1000 COVID-Relief checks from our CLF Step Forward Family Fund! CLF has distributed over $130,000 in direct Financial relief aid and Emergency college Scholarships since April of 2020, as well as thousands of dollars in in-Kind Donations of gifts, baby and children’s clothing, beauty products and toiletries, school supplies & backpacks.
Our Mission: The Children’s Lifesaving Foundation (CLF) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, dedicated to transforming the lives of underserved, BIPOC youth and houseless families living in shelters and transitional housing in Los Angeles through a unique approach of providing outdoor education through amazing Summer and Surf Camps, inspiring Holiday Events and awesome Field Trips in and around Los Angeles, and Educational Assistance and Scholarships for youth through to college-age. We are also currently providing Emergency Funding during the COVID-19 Crisis to the families in our Vita Network.
Over 85,000 underserved, primarily BIPOC and Latinx youth and families have been served since 1993.
