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Segerstrom Center Expands Feel Good, Do Good Donation Drives

09.26.25

Segerstrom Center for the Arts is continuing its commitment to the Orange County community with the fourth annual Feel Good, Do Good donation drives, which pair local nonprofits with touring Broadway productions. During the 2025-26 Broadway season, each show will be thematically matched with a nonprofit organization, encouraging audiences to donate small items that make a big impact. The program reflects the Center’s mission to spread kindness and strengthen connections both on stage and in the community.

Over the years, the Center has worked with more than 20 local nonprofits through these drives. Highlights include nearly 1,000 books donated to Children’s Hospital of Orange County Foundation during To Kill a Mockingbird and more than 600 pounds of pasta ingredients collected for Caterina’s Club during Peter Pan. The program began in 2022 with a canned food drive for Grandma’s House of Hope during Hadestown, which restocked shelves for Orange County’s unhoused population and those in crisis.

Since then, the Center has partnered with Ronald McDonald House, Orange County Animal Care, Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, Miracles for Kids and others. The program has also shown how quickly the theater community can mobilize. During devastating fires in Los Angeles, the Center redirected its efforts to support the LA Dream Center. A school supplies drive for United Way during Mamma Mia also helped bring a sense of hope to students at a struggling Santa Ana elementary school.

Donation bins will be available in the Segerstrom Hall lobby throughout the Broadway season. Drives will focus on four categories: canned food, toys and books, school supplies and hygiene products.

As Broadway inspires audiences worldwide, Segerstrom Center invites its patrons to inspire others locally through community support. The Center extends its gratitude to all who participate and help strengthen the ties between theater and community.

Tickets for the 2025-26 Broadway Series are available at scfta.org, by phone at 714-556-2787, or in person at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa. For group discounts of 10 or more, call 714-755-0236.

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GLOW Coalition Hosts First Fundraiser for Save Newport Nature

09.25.25

Join the GLOW Coalition for an evening of music, connection, and purpose on Tuesday, Sept. 30, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the newly renovated Duffy Rentals space, 2001 W. Coast Hwy. in Newport Beach.

This first community fundraiser supports Save Newport Nature, a grassroots effort to preserve the 1.5-acre open space next to the Environmental Nature Center (ENC) and its preschool.

Here’s what’s planned:
• Live music by Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Eric Marienthal and special guests
• Pizza and tray-passed bites from The Hardware House Kitchen
• Wine from Hi-Time Wine Cellars
• Beer and seltzer from Brewery X
• A first look inside the beautifully remodeled Duffy space, now Newport’s newest gathering spot

Tickets are available at SaveNewportNature.org

GLOW (Grassroots, Land, Organizing & Wellness) Coalition is a Newport Beach nonprofit working to protect local natural spaces through community organizing, education, and advocacy. Its Protect the ENC campaign is focused on stopping a proposed 30-unit development next to the ENC and preschool that would bring noise, safety issues, and the loss of a rare community resource.

Learn more, get involved, or purchase tickets at SaveNewportNature.org

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