The OCD Southern California board thanks you all for supporting our non-profit! You have allowed us to put on an enormous conference each year and provide educational events that build a local OCD community.
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 is Giving Tuesday. There are so many ways to give during #GivingTuesday2021; below are some ideas of how you can give some of your time, skills, voice, and money to support OCD SoCal!
Giving Tuesday is not only an opportunity to encourage giving but also an opportunity to acknowledge all the gifts we have received from our amazing community. Thank YOU for all of the support you have provided and continue to provide to OCD SoCal by giving in so many ways. From the bottom of our hearts, we are grateful for each and every one of you!
Do you want to support OCD Southern California while shopping on Amazon this Black Friday and Holiday season? Shop through AmazonSmile and designate OCD Southern California as the charity you would like to support! AmazonSmile offers the same shopping experience as Amazon, but by choosing OCD Southern California as your charity of choice, .5% of your payments made through AmazonSmile will be donated to OCD Southern California. This means you purchase products or gifts as usual, and a portion of your payment supports our mission of increasing awareness and resources for OCD without you paying anything extra! Please note, when selecting the charity, the full name, OCD Southern California, is required. Searching OCD SoCal will NOT pop up with the charity for selection. Whether you are using a web browser or the Amazon app to shop, some guidance for shopping through AmazonSmile is provided below:
If you are using a web browser, you can find OCD Southern California on AmazonSmile by clicking here. Please note, for a portion of your purchase to be directed to support OCD Southern California when shopping through a web browser, you MUST always shop through the AmazonSmile website (smile.amazon.com), otherwise, your order will not designate a portion to support our charity.
If you are using the Amazon app and using AmazonSmile for the first time, go to your app account Settings, select “AmazonSmile,” enter OCD Southern California as the charity name, and follow the prompts to confirm your charitable selection.
If you are already using AmazonSmile and want to update the charity you are supporting, go to your app account Settings, select “AmazonSmile,” select “change charity,” type OCD Southern California into the charitable organization search bar, and choose “Select” next to OCD Southern California.
You can confirm AmazonSmile is set up when checking out at the end of your shopping as you should be able to see “Supporting: OCD Southern California” listed below your “Order total.” If you do not see this when checking out, please verify you have correctly selected the charity and are using AmazonSmile rather than just Amazon if shopping through a web browser. On the app, you can also view your account Settings for AmazonSmile to verify OCD Southern California is listed, and confirm “Generating donations” is selected to be “ON.” AmazonSmile and the AmazonSmile logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
Please contact us at info@ocdsocal.org if you have any questions or trouble setting up your shopping through AmazonSmile. Thank you for all of your support this shopping season and beyond!
Our free, Family and Loved One’s OCD Support Group meets virtually, via Zoom, every second Saturday of the month from 11am to 1pm PST.
Pictured above are the two clinicians who facilitate the support group– Chris Trondsen, M.S., AMFT, APCC, and Tiffany Vicencio, LMFT.
To join our group, please email: info@OCDSoCal.org to be on the mailing list to receive the link each month. The support group email list is SEPARATE from our general OCD SoCal mailing list, so if you receive our general emails, please re-email us at info@OCDSoCal.org and ask to be on this support group’s email list.
The group offers education, resources, and support to family members and loved ones of an individual with OCD– and to the individual with the disorder as well.
It is led by two clinicians who treat OCD and a mother of a son with OCD.
The next meeting will be held on Saturday, November 13, 2021 and has been going strong for over 8 years!
Each month, the group starts off either with a family sharing their OCD success journey or with a presentation given by an OCD expert clinician. Following that presentation, the group is opened up for a Q&A segment with the presenter–and then once that concludes, we then allow group attendees to ask questions and receive support from other families in attendance.
November 13, 2021’s group will feature a more extensive and lengthy presentation from Kim Quinlan, LMFT.
We hope to see you there each second Saturday of the month at 11am to 1pm PST!
