Waymakers is celebrating 50 years of driving impact and change for youth, victims, and families across Orange County. Our focus is on sheltering, supporting, counseling, resolving, and educating those in their most vulnerable moments to find their way past conflict and crisis to strength and stability.
EDUCATING COMMUNITIES Necessity often breeds creativity. Waymakers adopted an inventive approach when we could no longer conduct our research based,…
RESOLVING CONFLICTS When Waymakers board member and trained mediator, Joe McCarthy, met roommates, “Courtney” and “Rebecca”, their relationship was tumultuous….
COUNSELING FAMILIES “Manuel” was referred to Waymakers because he hadn’t attended school for over a year. His struggle with depression…
SHELTERING CHILDREN Due to repeated suicide attempts, fourteen-year-old “Annalise” had been hospitalized three times, spending over 40 days away from…
“Abby” had a horrible start to the year! Being away from friends and having to learn online was definitely taking…
Dr. Arnold Binder, professor emeritus of criminology, law and society at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), founder of the…
During May’s Mental Health Awareness Month, the Newport Mesa Collective Impact group, overseen by Waymakers, worked in partnership with the…
At Waymakers, we think of ourselves as caregivers. We advocate, we stand up, we advise, we counsel, and we most…
Women. They are educators, entrepreneurs, scientists, healers, physicians, caretakers, affecting every aspect of our society. Our history is replete with…
