Charities!
T4C strives to make a difference in our community. Each show cast and crew picks a charity to sponsor, with all show proceeds being donated to that charity. We are always looking for the next great organization to help! Want your charity to be considered for the next show?
Email t4cexternal@gmail.com for more information.
Email t4cexternal@gmail.com for more information.
Fall 2014
One-Acts: A Safe Place
A Safe Place is shelter in Oakland which provides housing and support for women and children who are victims of domestic violence. Our mission at A Safe Place is to end domestic violence by providing battered victims and their children with safe shelter and resources and the break the cycle of violence through outreach and education to at risk populations and diverse communities.
DONATED $2,180.00
DONATED $2,180.00
FULL-LENGTH: CAMP KESEM BERKELEY
Camp Kesem Berkeley is a non-profit, student-run organization that provides a free, week-long summer camp for children who have been affected by a parent’s cancer. In 2012 alone, Camp Kesem Berkeley empowered over 80 campers and over 50 student volunteers in leadership positions. During the school year, students plan the camp schedule, train to be camp counselors, work with eligible families in the community, and raise funds to ensure camp is free for all involved.
DONATED $780.00
DONATED $780.00
2013-2014 Charities
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Spring 2014 |
One-Acts: 100 Strong
100 Strong, an innovative non-profit, is a UC Berkeley Big Ideas Grant recipient which seeks to give at-risk teenage girls in San Francisco the skills they need to take leadership roles in bettering their communities. The program pairs University students with at-risk girls, creating a mentorship that provides guidance for the implementation of a project of the girls' choosing.
DONATED $1,435.00 Full Length: Playworks
Playworks’ vision is that one day every child in America will have access to safe, healthy play - every day. They create a place for every kid on the playground -- an essential opportunity for children to explore their imaginations, to connect with other people and to stretch and grow physically, emotionally and socially.
DONATED $523.00 |
One-Acts: People's Test Preparation Services
Founded in 1995 at the University of California, Berkeley, the People's Test Preparation Service (PTPS) is a non-profit, student-run organization dedicated to providing standardized test taking skills to urban communities. They strive to provide free test prep services to high school students in need of help and ensure the success of every student who enrolls in their program. In 2013, PTPS won the Chancellor's Award for Public Service in Civic Engagement.
DONATED $1,250.00 Select-a-Sketch Show: C.R.E.A.t.E.
Creative Residencies for Emerging Artists Teaching Empowerment (C.R.E.A.T.E.) is a student-teaching program that promotes service inspired by the arts! It allows Cal undergraduates to spread their unique skills of visual arts, theater, dance, creative writing and everything in between to meet the community needs of afterschool programs in the Berkeley/Oakland region.
DONATED $798.00 |
TOTAL 2013-2014 Give: $4,006
2012-2013 Charities
Fall 2012One-Acts: The Suitcase Clinic
The Suitcase Clinic is a humanitarian student organization and volunteer community offering free health and social services to underserved populations since 1989. Structured around the principles of public health, social welfare, community activism and empathy, the Suitcase Clinic currently operates three weekly multi-service drop-in centers in the city Berkeley: the General Clinic, the Women’s Clinic and the Youth Clinic.
DONATED $1,615.00 Full Length: Project Rishi
Project RISHI (Rural India Social and Health Improvement) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure the sustainable development and growth of rural Indian communities. In partnership with local community members and social enterprises, we strive to provide the knowledge and tools necessary to implement comprehensive, sustainable solutions through essential field research, on-campus initiatives, and community collaboration.
DONATED $735.00 |
Spring 2013One-ACts: The Music Connection
The Music Connection (TMC), in collaboration with the Berkeley Unified School District, aims to provide free, supplemental music tutoring for young musicians through after-school and in-class tutoring in both individual and group settings. By doing so, TMC will provide young students with a strong foundation in music, which will help them develop teamwork and self-confidence.
DONATED $1,315.00 3-Minute plays: Embrace
Embrace's mission is to advance maternal and child health by delivering innovative solutions to the world’s most vulnerable populations. They do this by catalyzing the creation of new products with strong potential to improve health outcomes in developing countries, and then working to get those products directly to the people who need them most. Their ultimate goal is to ensure that every woman and child has an equal chance for a healthy life.
DONATED $696.00 |
TOTAL 2012-2013 GIVE: $4,361
2011-2012 Charities
fall 2011One-Acts: Heal the Bay
Heal the Bay is a nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to making Southern California coastal waters and watersheds, including Santa Monica Bay, safe, healthy and clean. We use research, education, community action and advocacy to pursue our mission.
DONATED $1,565.00 Full Length: Berkeley Free CLinic
The mission of the Berkeley Free Clinic is to empower individuals and communities by providing accessible, client-centered health services and information. Their vision is a community that is empowered to sustain its own health. The clinic has become something of an icon in the area, and has served countless thousands in a variety of ways during its 40-year history.
DONATED $ 935.00 |
spring 2012One-Acts: Camp Kesem
Camp Kesem Berkeley is a non-profit, student-run organization that provides a free, week-long summer camp for children who have/had a parent with cancer. Camp Kesem Berkeley was founded in 2006 to provide a safe, supportive, and fun summer camp experience to local children whose parents have died from cancer, are in treatment for cancer, or are in remission from cancer.
DONATED $1,490.00 3-minute plays: Choice Humanitarian
CHOICE Humanitarian – ‘The Center for Humanitarian Outreach and Inter-Cultural Exchange’, is a strategic non-governmental agency (NGO) currently working in five countries, Kenya, Nepal, Bolivia, Guatemala and Mexico. Our overriding goal is to end extreme poverty and improve quality of life through a bottom-up, self-developing village-centered approach.
DONATED $ 845.00 |
Total 2011-2012 Give: $4,835.00
FEELGOOD BERKELEY
Theater for charity has a long-standing partnership with feelgood.
They are an incredible campus organization dedicated to ending world hunger through the sale of gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches. They are also dedicated to making sure our audience is well fed before the shows! Be sure to stop by their table on your way in!
Open on Sproul every Wednesday from 10am-2pm.
Mission: To end world hunger sustainably, one grilled cheese at a time!
At Cal, FeelGood students run a non-profit deli specializing in grilled cheese sandwiches. All of our deli proceeds are invested in Choice Humanitarian, an organization focusing on eradicating global hunger and encouraging sustainable rural village development. But the FeelGood deli is more than a vehicle for raising money; It's also a place for creative interaction and education--an inviting environment for customers to learn about hunger's causes, consequences and solutions.
Mission: To end world hunger sustainably, one grilled cheese at a time!
At Cal, FeelGood students run a non-profit deli specializing in grilled cheese sandwiches. All of our deli proceeds are invested in Choice Humanitarian, an organization focusing on eradicating global hunger and encouraging sustainable rural village development. But the FeelGood deli is more than a vehicle for raising money; It's also a place for creative interaction and education--an inviting environment for customers to learn about hunger's causes, consequences and solutions.
