Irrelevant Week XXXVIII Charities

Beneath the casual and entertaining exterior of Irrelevant Week lives a passionate and dedicated focus on charitable giving. Irrelevant Week has donated more than $1 million to charitable organizations during its 38-year history. Over the years, dozens of local, regional, and national organizations have benefited from Irrelevant Week proceeds.

Special Olympics Southern California has been selected as the 2013 charitable recipient.

Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) is a nonprofit organization that empowers individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition. It is one of the 52 Chapters within the United States and part of Special Olympics, Inc., which serves three million athletes in 180 countries worldwide.

SOSC’s mission is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

SOSC has been changing lives through the power of sport for more than 40 years. The organization offers opportunities for more than 13,000 children and adults with intellectual disabilities to participate in training and competition through 12 sports year-round. More than 15,000 volunteers enable SOSC to carry out all their programs.

 

Past Charities

In previous years, Irrelevant Week has supported:

 

  • American Cancer Society
  • American Red Cross
  • Angel Faces
  • Big Brothers of America
  • Bob Henry Foundation
  • Children’s Special Olympics
  • Corona Del Mar High School
  • Costa Mesa High School
  • Costa Mesa United
  • Disabled Sports of America
  • C.A.S.A.
  • CHOC
  • Estancia High School
  • F.I.S.H.
  • 552 Club
  • Friends of San Clemente Animals 
  • Goodwill Industries
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Hoag Hospital (Various Groups)
  • Harvest Food Bank
  • Los Alamitos High School
  • Lost Boys of Sudan
  • 1-1 Marines @ Camp Pendleton
  • Newport Beach Library Foundation
  • Olivecrest
  • Orange Coast College
  • Orange County Burn Association
  • Orange County Youth Sports Foundation
  • Orangewood
  • National Football League Dire Need
  • National Football League Alumni Association
  • Newport Harbor High School
  • Pacific Coast Softball
  • Relay for Life
  • Share Our Selves
  • Save Our Youth
  • Serving People In Need
  • Sisters of the Sacred Heart
  • Southern California Children’s Choir
  • Swim with Mike
  • Trojan Football Alumni
  • Trojan League of Orange County
  • UC Irvine
  • University of Southern California
  • W.A.T.C.H. Kids Sports
  • Wheels 2 Water
  • Women of Troy
  • YMCA of Orange and San Diego Counties