COA celebrated 10 year Anniversary with a San Clemente Music Festival

Community Outreach Alliance (COA) kicked off its 10 year Anniversary with the San Clemente Music Festival this weekend at the Outlets of San Clemente. It was attended by hundreds of local families, youth, and young adults who were able to visit 19 Wellness Resources Booths and were able to enter for some incredible prize drawings donated by the Outlets of San Clemente, GoldyMax Designs, Panera Bread, Metropolitan Theatres, Dana Wharf Sportfishing, Michelle Yeam Home Smart Evergreen Realty, Richard Saragoza New York Life Insurance, Synaptic Cycles, Blaze Pizza, Sonny’s Pizza & Pasta, Antoines Cafe, San Clemente Chamber of Commerce, VikingBags, Business Design Innovations, Target, Chipotle, YogaSix, Zebra House Coffee, Connect-OC, Wellness and Prevention Center and The Noble Path Foundation

They had 6 local COA Entertainment singers and bands perform from 11 am - 3 pm
COREY ANGELI @coreyangelimusic, LINDSAY KOHL @lindsaykohl.singer, MAGGIE’S DILEMMA @maggiesdilemma, INLIMBO @thebandinlimbo, TEENAGE NOISE @teenagenoiseband, STEREOSITY @stereosity and BLIND SPOT @heyitsblindspot
They had many speakers discuss various health and wellness topics. COA's Board members Jennifer Aquino, Joan Angeli, and Molly Flores discussed the history and celebrated 10 year anniversary of COA and their programs COA Entertainment & Food Connection. Tyler Boden discussed the value of incorporating community service into your lifestyle for the benefit of your community and for your own personal growth. Chris Pionke from NAMI-OC
discussed his passion and journey with mental health and all the resources NAMI-OC has to offer. Teri Steel from the Noble Path Foundation spoke about the AIM High program they offer to teens 13+ offering free music lessons, art, fitness, internship, and mentorship programs.
The Mayor of San Clemente Chris Duncan did a Recap of the State of the City and expressed gratitude to all the resources that came to help our community. Perla Mendoza with Project Eli & Amy Neville with the Alexander Neville Foundation spoke about the Fentanyl crisis and what you can do to protect your family.

Some of the wellness booths that provided free information to the community were
COA-COMMUNITY OUTREACH ALLIANCE with info on resources, NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE with Child/teen/adult ID cards, THE NOBLE PATH FOUNDATION offered Face painting, CONNECT–OC , PARTNERS4WELLNESS, PROJECT ELI, ALEXANDER NEVILLE FOUNDATION, WELLNESS & PREVENTION, LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE offered Painting on a 5X7 canvas, READY S.E.T. OC/Workforce & Economic Development hada Virtual Reality Career Exploration, LAURA’S HOUSE, CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, OCHCA, SC KIWANIS, US VETS, B.I.L.Y., BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THRIVE TOGETHER OC

The event was a dream come true for both lead coordinators Joan Angeli and Jennifer Aquino from COA. They envisioned a community outreach with entertainment after attending a Fentanyl awareness event in January in North Orange County. COA wanted to bring awareness and resources to local families in San Clemente and surrounding Orange County cities. The event was a success! Thanks to their amazing teamwork of the event Coalition members to make this event happen (Community Outreach Alliance, Noble Path Foundation, Wellness and Prevention Center, Orange County Health Care Agency, City of San Clemente, Partners for Wellness, Connect-OC) hundreds of families were in attendance with resources for a healthy summer, live music by COA Entertainment performers, and lots of great prizes won. Thank you Outlets of San Clemente for hosting this incredible community event.