My Favorite Charity Events (MFCE) is a charity that supports elementary school-aged children by providing tutoring during the school year and Christmas gifts during our annual Christmas for Kids event. When holding campaigns for donations to support these efforts, we are sometimes met with responses that are based on judgments made without the knowledge of family, social, or economic factors that cause children to not succeed in school. We have no insight into the family dynamics; therefore, we do not make judgments but focus on the children’s needs. Our job is to help children become better students, enjoy school, and to be happy carefree kids. We collaborate directly with the school administration and teachers to identify specific subject areas of weaknesses and low SOL scores. Our goal? Improve them both! The approach we have taken is to follow and support the children we provide tutoring to for as long as it takes for them to become the superstar students, we know they can be.
Our experience is that children from every race and ethnic group sometimes face bullying because of how they dress, where they live, or because they are struggling in school and their peers think of them as not being smart. As a charity, we realize not all children are born with the same opportunities. We prefer to focus on why we started our charity and that is to help our underserved children become shining lights in the community, experience educational successes, and to ensure that, like all of the other children, they experience Christmas the same as their classmates. We provide Christmas presents for all the siblings in the family unit so the family as a whole can experience the wonders of Christmas.
Our tutoring donation campaign is ongoing throughout the year, and we will begin our Christmas for Kids campaign in September 2023. BUT we cannot provide tutoring support nor Christmas gifts without your help. We need your donations to allow us to bring in the resources needed to help children meet or even exceed the educational skill levels set by the Virginia Department of Education and to provide gifts, so the children wake up Christmas morning to gifts from Santa. Please visit our website https://myfavoritecharityevents.org. Your donation is both secure AND tax deductible! Remember–100% of your donation goes towards the tuition and Christmas gift programs. Kids deserve a successful educational experience and with your help, My Favorite Charity Events strives to make this, and the Christmas for Kids program a reality.
We are proud to announce that My Favorite Charity Events has achieved the Candid (Guidestar) Platinum Transparency Seal for providing pertinent data about our organization that can be found at 
Ms. Bradshaw has over 30 years of teaching experience at the community college and grade school levels. She has worked with the VBCPS system since 2019, including offering tutoring for SOL preparation. Motivational speaker, topics include Volunteer Management, Team Building, and Stress Management. Ms. Bradshaw received her undergraduate degree in Gerontology/Human Services, and her Graduate degree in Aging & Management. Her love and enthusiasm for education is only second to her desire to be a part of the foundation of learning for students. 
Mr. Turner has worked as an educator for over a decade, first as a full-time Kaplan tutor before shifting into the public-school setting. Mr. Turner originally provided New York City public schools with SAT and ACT tutoring programs on behalf of Kaplan test prep. Since moving to Virginia Beach with his wife and daughter in 2015, Mr. Turner has taught, tutored, and coached students at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. He has provided Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy to students with autism ranging in ages from 3-16. As a special education teacher with Norfolk Public Schools, he taught a group of 3rd and 4th grade students with Emotional Disabilities. Through the coordinated support of families, co-teachers, and supportive administration, his team of students (dubbed the “SuperDolphins”) achieved a collective SOL pass rate of over 80 percent. Mr. Turner currently works as a Special Education teacher at Green Run High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and believes strongly that relationship-building and play-based learning are the foundations of academic recovery and long-term success.