The Kids Charities of the AV was founded in 2000 by Ron Emard. Ron is the Managing Partner at Robertson Palmdale Honda in Palmdale, California and Antelope Valley Harley Davidson in Lancaster, California. Ron is known for his untiring devotion to kids in need and has been actively involved as a private citizen and business leader since moving to the Antelope Valley in 1986.

Kids Charities proudly supports numerous local charities that direct all of their funds towards assisting disadvantaged kids of our community. The Kids Charities of the AV does not typically operate as a direct-service provider. This is the role of the non-profit organizations they support. Rather, the fully developed Kids Charities has five primary functions:

Fundraising: to raise money and in-kind donations efficiently.

Community Service: to promote and coordinate volunteer support of service  providers.

Fund Distribution: to distribute charitable funds to the most effective service  providers.

Community Building: to build alliances among charities, businesses and other  entities in support of the community.

Publicity:  to execute support through events, promotions and awareness  campaigns.

 

Ron Emard, President

Art Ledesma, Vice President

James O. Fourr, Treasurer

Therese Garcia, Secretary

Billy Ward, Tom Ward, Larry Thornhill, Jana Treece, Jeff Little, Sherry Lasagna,

Marvin Crist, Wendy Williams, Mary Jo Hertan and John Bench