The 5th Annual MPAK Gala Held to Raise Funds for Orphans and Vulnerable Children of North Korean Escapee Women
2025 MPAK Fundraising Gala
RECENT EVENTS
The 11th Annual MPAK Fundraising Gala Held Successfully
The 11th Annual MPAK Fundraising Gala was successfully held at the Anaheim Hilton Hotel on Saturday, October 4, 2025.
The gala to raise funds for a one-on-one mentor/tutor program serving 80 children in six different orphanages in Korea was very successful with over 200 people in attendance as we raised $320,000 for the evening.
MPAK will distribute 100% of the proceeds to the program after all the expenses are taken out. MPAK is very grateful to over 20 volunteers that worked hard to make the program move smoothly. MPAK does not have any paid staff, so we can give all the funds needed to the orphanages.
Compared to the children with parents, the children in orphanages suffer significant loss of education as they have no adults that can help with their schoolwork. Since the one-on-one mentor/tutor program was started in early 2024, we are already seeing significant increases in the children's academic performances.
MPAK's goal is that all the children being helped by this program will eventually move onto colleges and beyond, and hopefully they will be employable as they become independent adults and be able to stand strong in society.
Our MPAK Volunteers
UPCOMING EVENTS
February 3-13, 2026
The 2nd Annual MPAK 'ICAN' Vision Tour for Orphans
MPAK is hosting nine students from five different orphanages in Korea. These students were selected from 80 students that have excelled in their academic studies that are being supported with MPAK's one-on-one mentor/tutor program called 'ICAN', as in 'I Can Also Do It'.
This is our 2nd year of such tour project to provide the students to have a vision that they too can succeed in anything they put their minds to. The vision tour includes visiting a university, Getty museum, LA and Hollywood tour, Griffith Observatory, Science and natural history museum, worship at the Grace Korean Church, and four days and three nights of visiting the western US by visiting the canyon lands such as the Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, Bryce and Zion canyons, and perhas the highlight would be to visit the Disneyland.
The purpose of the tour program is to help the students to observe and experience the world beyond their own and provide an opportunity to see and experience the wonders that they would otherwise not have if it wasn't for all the supporters rooting for them through MPAK.
Hopefully the students will go back to Korea and take something with them, and their experiences will motivate other students to work hard in their academic studies to join the future vision tour.
To understand what our MPAK 'ICAN' project is about, please see the video below.
June 6, 2026 - Saturday
26th Annual MPAK Picnic
Carbon Canyon Regional Park, CA
June 26-28, 2026,
Annual Adoptive Family Retreat
@ Thousand Pines Christian Camp
Gala Floor Image
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Jinah Kim, Our Emcee
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Ms. Callie Bennett performed for us.
Callie is a Korean adoptee, singer/songwriter serving in the Navajo Community
Freinds from NakedMD, which is one of the Platinum Sponsor
One Lucky Man with Beautiful Ladies
July 15-18, 2026,
2nd Annual MPAK-Korea Adoptive Family English Bible Camp (EBC)
@ Resom Splash
July 23-25, 2026,
2nd Annual English Bible Camp (EBC)
at Two Orphanages
September 26, 2026
The 12th Annual MPAK Fundraising Gala
VEA Marriott Hotel, Newport Beach, CA
Thanks to our corporate sponsors
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