Baker Family Foundation

Love that we can come together as a community to support another amazing local non profit!

Please help me wish our amazing Kristen a Happy Birthday 🥳!!! We all appreciate all you do for us!!!! Have a fantastic day 🎂!!!!

Thank you so much to these 2 AMAZING Lane Sponsors! We are so grateful for your continued support!!

Who is ready for this years event! WE ARE!!!! Thank you to LA North Studios for hosting again this year and for giving us MORE space so we can have MORE teams this year!!! We have room for about 40 more so please reach out with questions and get signed up!!! Sept 28th! bags fly around noon!!! Link to sign up in the comments!

A HUGE Thank you to our title sponsor this year!! The Waschak Family for being our Title Sponsor for 2024 Battle Of The Bag! This family is incredible with the biggest hearts! Thank you so much we appreciate you all & are so very grateful for you!!!! 🥰

Thank you so so so much to Steffanie Stelnick for your generous sponsorship and continued support! We all are so grateful for you, as your big heart will continue to make a direct impact on so many in our community!

So thankful for Nikki Buckstead from Child and Family Center! The 2 of us collaborated to help a single mom and her daughter who recently lost their housing find safe shelter and support for a couple weeks while she waits for long term support to kick in! We love being solution based and able to make a direct impact on those in our community who find themselves in a unexpected situation and just needed a hand up. Collaboration is key and so important! We are stronger together!!!

Thank you so much to Chelsea for being our photagrapher and to Jake from Black Market Spirits for being the Spirits Sponsor!! We really appreciate you both and all you do for the foundation!!!!

This is Viviana - She is a single mom who lost her job and needed a little hand up! She contacted us and we were able to help her resolve some issues she had and look at her now!!! She was able to start and business and get back on her feet!!! We are so proud of her and are honored to have been able to help her!!! Her homemade treats are AMAZING!!! I confess I couldn't contain myself and now have bunch of her stuff in the freezer!! Please reach out to her if you need any yummies! She lives in SCV and would love to share with you her creations!! Her cell #661-244-7847.

There are no words to express our gratitude 🙌for this incredibly talented and amazing person!!! Hillary is a gift and a blessing to us and we are so thankful for all the work she has done for the Foundation!!! (even though i probably make her crazy 😉)

Thank you so so much to our friends and Media Sponsor Santa Clarita Magazine, Alexander Hafizi and his incredible parents, Mo and Linda :) You always step up and support and we really really appreciate you all!

Thank you so much to these 2 incredible friends and companies for being a 4 Bagger Sponsor for this years Battle Of The Bag event on Sept 28th!!! 🙌 😊

Thank you so much Holly an John!!! Appreciate the support!!!

Great time today meeting with these amazing young women and their proud Mom ☺️ . The non profit "Tidings for Teens" was started by twin sisters, Jessica + Kaylin Mai when they were only 8 yrs old!!! WOW so impressive!! They support kids in foster care in SCV and AV with gifts in an effort support to empower them. Learn more about them and their mission! (Link to their website in comment section).

Its so important as a Non profit to support others and collaborate to help those in the community that may fall through the cracks or experience an unexpected crisis situation. That is where we kick in! We can fill the gap and offer support when a non profit has a client in need and their needs fall outside of the framework of available support or resources. We are proud of what we have done and what we will continue to do for those in our community who find themselves in need.

Its important as a Non Profit to reach out to other organizations in our community and learn about them!!
I had the pleasure of meeting a "new to me" Non Profit last week called Agape Village. This organization is working to serve a very special need in SCV! Tim and Jessica began this program in the Fall of 2021 with a small group of loving parents and teachers who wanted a place for our special friends with special needs to grow socially, emotionally, vocationally, and independently! Agape is a day program for Adults with special needs, wanting to fill a void in our valley and create an environment where they could not only be met where they are at, but challenged to be the best version of themselves daily! This non-profit program is designed to help clients become more functional and independent in the following areas: Social Skills, Life Skills, Adaptive Skills, Transportation Training, Bible Skills, Adaptive Fitness, and Culinary Arts. Within our facility, we also run a coffee shop business called JustBrewIt, which is completely run and operated by our clients. We also have a heat press business to make and sell all types of merchandise, and our clients are the ones learning how to use the heat press and make all of the orders! Check them out!!!

Was an honor and a privilege to attend this event and spend a few minutes with Supervisor Kathryn Barger. She is a champion for our Community and Non Profits. Appreciate the SCV Chamber of Commerce putting on The State of the County Event.

What a fantastic night with Senator Scott Wilk and Councilman Jason Gibbs at the VIA event cocktails and conversation. So grateful for all his hard work and effort for our community.

Come join us for this years Battle Of The Bag! Registration is now open! https://www.bffofca.org/cornhole-tournament/

Always a great time supporting and celebrating other local Non Profits successes!! Boys and Girls Club event was a great time and this community is amazing at how we support one another!!!

Thank you VIA for an incredible event today discussing workforce development! So much great information and the panel from our community was great!

It was an honor and a privilege for The Baker Family Foundation to host an incredible informational event for another wonderful local non profit, Finally Family Homes.
Appreciate Stephanie English, Santa Clarita Valley Senior Deputy
Supervisor Kathryn Barger office for spearheading this gathering. Thank you to those who attended really appreciate everyone coming and for the support of our SCV City Officials, Mayor Cameron Smyth and Council member Jason Gibbs. A gathering like this where we all come to support another non profit is exactly what makes SCV so special and such an incredible place to live!

What a fantastic day supporting another wonderful Non Profit in SCV! Congrats Nikki on a wonderful event!!!!

Cheers to all of you from the 4 of us!!!! We would like to say a special Thank you to our Battle of the Bag "2023" Event sponsors!!! The event was a huge success and we appreciate you all, our team of Volunteers and everyone that participated!! Can't wait to do it again this September 28th!!!

Hughes - Fox Family Foundation - Title
Sharpe Interior Systems - Kids Zone
Prabhu Family - Sports Lounge
LA North Studios - Bar and VENUE!!!
IRS Demolition - Photo Booth
Draper Family - 4 Bagger
Paramount Ins. – 4 Bagger
Waschak Family - Ax Throwing
Hardin Carter Group - Lane Sponsor
Egg Plantation - Lane Sponsor
AAlbright Painting - Lane Sponsor
Stelnick Law - Lane Sponsor
Ruben Haynes Design - Lane Sponsor
QM Design Group – Hillary Broadwater
Alison Lindemann – Website
Magazine of Santa Clarita – Media
Chelsea Breiner Photography
Black Market Spirits
Logix Federal Credit union

What a great experience spending time with local SCV HS students at the "Get Real Adulting 101" put on by JCI at Child & Family Center. 161 students played and learned about financial responsibilities! Students had incredible feedback and walked away with knowledge about cost of living, taxes, credit scores and much more. It was an incredibly rewarding event helping these kids prepare for their future. Thank you Kari Suarez for including me :)

We are excited to announce that The Battle Of The Bag is BACK!!!! Save the Date. Sat 9.28 @ 11:00 ish ;) Stay tuned for information.

A Huge Thank You to our Sponsors and Community Partners!! We are so grateful for your support!!!!

Waschak Family - Presenting Sponsor
DrinkPak - Presenting Sponsor
ALLBRiGHT Painting - Presenting Sponsor
Law Offices Of Steffanie Stelnick - Workshop Sponsor
LA North Studios - Dinner Sponsor
Bri King and Associates - Dinner Sponsor
Prime Real Estate - Dinner Sponsor
Logix Federal Credit Union - Audience Choice Winner Sponsor

Sponsors:
Sharpe Interior Systems
Egg Plantation
Ask Amanda
Neotech Products
Santa Clarita Magazine
The Local
Paul and Wendy Ash
Kathy Watterson Team
QM Design Group
Neal Weichel Group
John Lite - State Farm
Denise Lite
Garth and Annett Holsinger
Jenny Ketchepaw
Vance Wealth
MD Appliances
Norona Insurance Agency

Valley Industrial Association - Community Partner
Santa Clarita Economic Development Corporation - Community Partner
Hart School District - Community Partner

Had the pleasure today meeting in person this amazing trio! They helped build a bridge between The BFF and 50 un-housed families from Bowman HS in SCV. Because of this collaboration and our incredible supporters, The BFF was able to provide Thanksgiving meals for those 50 families!! 🙌

Had a great morning yesterday at Bowman High School sharing the Big Idea SCV with the students! Was fun speaking with them and seeing the wheels spinning in their heads :) Appreciate the support of the Hart District!!

What a fantastic first 2024 VIA luncheon! An excellent presentation from SCV Mayor Cameron Smyth on what we'll see from the City of Santa Clarita in 2024. VIA is such an incredible organization and I am proud to represent The Baker Family Foundation and serve on The Education Committee.