FOOTHILL RANCH – About 7,000 Orange County kids helped a local charity group focused on children raise nearly 200 boxes of food, clothing and supplies for babies in Japan. On Sunday, volunteers from Kids Who Care Foundation organized, sorted and packed boxes at Mercedes-Benz in Foothill Ranch after a two week outreach effort that included students in schools from Lake Forest, Foothill Ranch, Trabuco Canyon, Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, Anaheim Hills, Fullerton, Irvine, B

Founded in 2004, the mission of The Kids Who Care Foundation is:  ~Bring joy and cheer to kids with major surgeries/medical conditions with various KWCF programs: Smile Pack,  and Traveling Variety Show ~Provide resources and support groups for children with Pancreatitis as well as their families. Risha Shukla then a 7 year old who underwent an Auto Islet Cell transplant in March 2004 for chronic pancreatitis, understands very well the challenges of being in the hospital room

By Ian Hamilton | Orange County Register PUBLISHED: September 20, 2010 at 7:14 AM PDT IRVINE – Risha Shukla, 14, crowded around a table at her home with some of her friends as they made birthday cards for Nick Jonas, the youngest of the world famous trio of sibling musicians, the Jonas Brothers. The band, idol to many young girls, played a concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine on Sunday evening. Some of the cards the friends made are adorned with colorful bi

By  Risha Shukla, Contributor 16 years old from Southern California Dec 13, 2012, 08:27 AM EST The blessings that come to you in life sometimes are hidden behind medical procedures and hospital stays; and as a proud Starlight teen, I know I have been blessed multiple times, even though the blessings may come in disguise. Kids with chronic illnesses have to learn to bring home to the hospitals and make the most of the time with our families, especially around the holiday seaso

By Lauren Jow  | Orange County Register PUBLISHED: October 14, 2012 at 9:00 AM PDT It’s noon on a school day, and Risha Shukla rests quietly on a twin bed tucked in a corner of her parents’ bedroom. The 16-year-old has been nauseated and in pain since she woke up – just as she has for the last four weeks. Down the hall in her own room, her bed is draped with a bright yellow quilt decorated with handwritten messages of support from her friends. Some of the words have faded ove

February 16, 2010 Risha Shukla , a Sierra Vista Middle School eighth-grader who co-founded an organization that brings cheer to children with serious medical issues, was recently named California’s top middle school volunteer for 2010 through the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program . Established by Prudential Financial, Inc., in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals , the awards program annually honors young people for exemplary