Our Mission
MC Community Care is a community-based nonprofit organization committed to advancing youth development and strengthening families across Central Florida through impactful outreach, resource access, and life skills programming. Our mission is to equip underserved youth and their families with the tools, support, and opportunities needed to build confidence, resilience, and a pathway toward long-term success. We provide youth with life skills and positive alternatives, guiding them toward constructive choices and opportunities instead of the gang activity and violence they may encounter in their daily lives, helping them envision a brighter future. We do this by hosting annual events like the Back 2 School Backpack Giveaway, Turkey Giveaway and Christmas Toy Giveaway.
Our story began in 2017, when MC Community Care was founded after recognizing the needs within our community. We saw many young people with great potential but limited access to resources, and we viewed it as an opportunity to give back. The initiative was started by Halah Abed and her son, Hady Abed, as a dream to bring hope to families facing hardship. For Halah, who grew up in an immigrant household with very little and often relied on neighbors and community support, this mission was deeply personal.
What began as a simple effort with a single six-foot table with toys and just 20 children attending, quickly revealed a much larger vision. Halah and Hady saw the possibility of creating meaningful change by helping those who needed it most. They remained committed to that dream, organizing events such as Back-to-School Giveaways and Turkey Giveaways for Thanksgiving to support families throughout the year.
Over time, more people joined the mission, volunteers who believed in the impact of the work being done. What started with only a few helping hands grew into a strong community of 85 to 100 dedicated volunteers, all united by a shared passion for serving and uplifting the community.
Each event grew bigger and better, each year we would have more people showing up and supporting our mission for the community. It became not only about giving much needed items away, it was also about causing an impact on our community, letting them know that they are not alone. This is why we saw an initiative to help people turn their lives around, we started having military recruiters, mental health associations, insurance help, city and county leaders and more resources
Founded in 2017 with one small table, a big vision, and a passion to serve.
With growing support from volunteers and local partners, MC Community Care expanded its outreach efforts.
In 2021, MC Community Care launched its first official community giveaway events. What started as a small outreach effort quickly gained momentum.
To this day, MC Community Care helps thousands of families by distributing thousands of toys, turkeys and backpacks. We look forward to giving more and more each year.
