’ TIS THE SEASON : THE GIFT OF GIVING
SHARE OUR SELVES ( SOS ) SERVING THE COMMUNITY DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND ALL YEAR LONG
BY MATT MORRISON
SOS Turkey giveaway 2021
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Tis the season of giving , yet many throughout our community consider goodwill a year-round celebration . Some make it their life ’ s work .
There ’ s no better example of this virtue than Share Our Selves , the local non-profit organization founded in Costa Mesa in 1970 . For 53 years , SOS has been helping the neediest members in the community with the most essential ingredients to get along in our society .
Food , clothing and medical care are the fundamentals most people need just to get by . Yet even among the most affluent of communities in one of the most abundant nations in the world , there are many having a hard time making ends meet .
For more than five decades , SOS has been helping bridge the gap for those in need throughout Orange County . Offering limited medical services at the outset , SOS opened its free medical clinic in Costa Mesa in 1984 . Three years later , the dental clinic opened . Since then , the operation has expanded to a total of seven locations , offering at the different facilities medical , dental , mental and behavioral health and family services to people in need , regardless of insurance status or ability to pay .
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