To honor Veterans Day, we dedicate this week’s Moment of Bliss to those who serve our service members! Since we at Bliss Auctions partner with so many nonprofits, we thought it would be fitting way to honor Veterans Day by highlighting a few wonderful organizations who work with veterans and service members and their families. …
Tag: nonprofit
11-02-2022 ~ Spotlight: Sea Tow Foundation
By focusing on making a proven life-saving tool accessible to all, Sea Tow is saving lives. Studies show that wearing a life jacket can be the difference between life and death in all sorts of water-based situations. The folks behind Sea Tow Foundation believe that by making life jackets accessible through their loaner program, they …
09-29-2022 ~ Spotlight: Cats of San Bernardino
Each month, we like to spotlight the good work being done by a nonprofit organization and this month we’re celebrating the many feline lives saved by Cats of San Bernardino. Before we go further into the story of Cats of San Bernardino, we do want to give a content warning regarding their social media: as …
08-03-2022 ~ Spotlight: Solidarity & Snacks
This week we wanted to focus our attention on a smaller non-profit doing direct action in their community. Solidarity & Snacks helps provide food, supplies and community in a non-judgmental space. They work to give our un-housed friends and neighbors care and compassion in a time and place where community care is often forgotten. The …
07-06-2022 ~ Spotlight: Piece by Piece
Empowering economically insecure people through arts education and training, LA-based nonprofit Piece by Piece has been creating change since 2007. The connection between mental health and creative expression has long been documented in study after study about the impact arts programs can have on those who are struggling mentally and emotionally. The nonprofit Piece by …
06-29-2022 ~ Going Beyond The Call Of Duty
Video games, once dismissed as mindless entertainment at best and a danger to society at worst, have instead emerged as an opportunity for education, connection and philanthropy. The military game Call of Duty, released in 2003 to universal acclaim, introduced World War II’s history to a new generation. The on-going series holds the Guinness World …
06-15-2022 ~ Spotlight: The Trevor Project
For over two decades, The Trevor Project has made it their mission to prevent suicides among LGBTQIA+ youth and to work towards a world where all young people see a bright future for themselves. The crisis of LGBTQ teens is well-documented today, thanks in part to 2 of the 5 programs run by The Trevor …
05-04-2022 ~ Spotlight: Center for Reproductive Rights
Our May Nonprofit Spotlight is dedicated to the good work being done by the Center for Reproductive Rights. Under normal circumstances, this Moment of Bliss blog is dedicated to providing weekly feel-good content as a way to counteract the stresses of our clients’ lives (and, truth be told, our own lives). The circumstances have not …
04-20-2022 ~ Urban Gardens for Earth Day
Knowing how to grow food is a life skill that few urban children have today and a local program at Lopez Urban Farm in Pomona, CA is working to change that. Community Partners 4 Innovation is the nonprofit that runs Lopez Urban Farm as well as another local farm, Esperanza Community Farm. Cp4i’s projects address …
04-06-2022 ~ Spotlight: Elysian Valley Arts Collective
This month for our Nonprofit Spotlight, we want to highlight the wonderful work of Elysian Valley Arts Collective, aka EVAC. The Los Angeles neighborhood of Elysian Valley, known locally as Frogtown, is hemmed in by the 5 freeway to the west and the Los Angeles River to the east. Despite being a very small slice …