For every holiday and special occasion, Nick sends some delicious home-made cookies and treats over to the assisted living residence near his own home. These delicious treats are created by Jacinthe Mitchell and are always a hit with the senior

Nick donated money to “Sweet Twoth,” a new company that just recently participated in the Cerritos Cupcake Camp. The Cerritos Cupcake Camp was an event that raised over $5000 for the Community Family Guidance Center, Su Casa-Ending Domestic Violence, and

Last week Martin, his wife and kids, and other students helped to trim the trees at Nuno Elementary. All of the palm trees on the property got a haircut, making the campus more attractive and the trees healthier. Thanks Martin

Nick and Brian decided to treat the ladies at Dwight’s House to a Taco Tuesday last night. They bought several pounds of london broil steak and all types of goodies for Dwight and the women at his shelter. We hope

Full Circle Events Las Vegas joined with the AOK Team to donate and deliver over $2,000 worth of tools to Martin for his work at the schools in Baja. Rudy delivered the tools himself and Martin got busy working with

Thanks Chad for giving and Martin for installing new soccer nets for the kids. Over 700 kids anxiously watched and waited for Martin to finish painting the goal frame and install the nets. Now they can enjoy some fun games

Martin just finished up installing playground shades at Bertha Kindergarten. He also installed two big shades at Bajamarina that were donated by Rudy. Jamie Nuno Elementary is looking greener these days, thanks to the new irrigation system that Martin installed

Martin just finished building and delivering new soccer goals for the first and second grade students at Jaime Nuno Elementary. They were created from wood pallets and old nets. Thanks Martin for your extra hard work and we hope the

Martin and over 200 people from all over Baja met up to clean the beaches together. Congressmen, marines, municipal authorities, and residents all participated in the clean up. Martin and Playa Clean worked hard alongside others to make the beaches

AOKNICK.ORG keeps busy with ACCESSURF.ORG in Hawaii for three years running. Thanks everyone for your help and support!

In early July, Nick and his buddies, “The Mean Squirrels,” rode their motorcycles from Southern California to Oregon. Along the way, Nick discussed his passion for helping others with a friend Colin Suzman. The very next day after the group’s

For the month of August, Nick and Brian hit Food 4 Less to buy pork tenderloin, tortillas, and sides for the sixty women living at Dwight’s House. Dwight got to “enjoy” another delicious meal of pork, as you can see

The graduating class this year from Baja Marina Kindergarten is the same class that named Nick as their godfather. It is exciting to see the children, who used to sit in a dilapidated one-room building for instruction, graduate and move

Nick and Brian Nix got together a great group of people to help out with an Easter Egg Hunt for the well-deserving children living at Costa Mesa Motor Inn. Brian ordered 1,000 eggs that were individually packed with candy by

In early November, AOK and other volunteers came together to raise and donate money for construction and repairs on the Rancho El Milagro School. Eric Harp, Scott Drumming, Doug Booth, and Mark and C’Ann McMillin gave the money necessary to

AOK started the New Year out right for 2011. Nick donated $1000 for the needy children of San Felipe to enjoy a day of fun. Every year the Hotel Cortez throws a huge fiesta for the local children and their

AccesSurf AOK Challenged Athlete Surf Contest, Duke’s Oceanfest 2010.

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Martin continued his work installing an irrigation hose, provided by Jay Grey, in San Felipe. Up next, Martin is going to trim the palm trees. Thanks Martin for all your hard work!

Nick donated $100 as an AOK and Martin Romo purchased balls for the children at at a local school in Baja. They were delivered this week and made for a lot of happy children and fun times on the playground.

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A note from Jacinthe about the cookie for seniors AOK.

Hi Nick!!
What a special opportunity it was to be a part of the New Years delivery to the Atria this weekend as many of the seniors there pulled me aside to

This past October, Nick sent another delicious delivery to residents of Atria Senior Living. Jacinthe Mitchell created and decorated a large assortment of baked goods for the residents’ and staff’s enjoyment. All of the goodies were baked and presented in

Martin has been busy with putting up shade for the playground at Jardin de los Ninos in San Felipe. The children will be able to enjoy their playground and recess time a lot more without the sun constantly upon them.

Nick donated $500 towards purchasing the breast cancer detection equipment for this cause. Thanks ATR Racing for your time and efforts and you guys look good in pink!

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AOK and Wahoo’s Fish Tacos are heading back down to Baja on November 15th for some more major construction and renovation projects at the Rancho El Milagro Orphanage. They have also challenged each team racing the Baja 1000 to bring

Halloween this year was very festive at Dwight’s House. Twenty-five volunteers dressed up to celebrate with and serve the women of the shelter. Nick continued his AOK with a stop at Food4Less for more supplies and food for the shelter.

Martin was recently elected as the new President of the Parent’s Association at Bajamarina Kindergarten in San Felipe. He is using this new position to continue the AOK work around the school. He is going to install special shades that

Martin and his AOK crew are continuing their work down in Baja. They cleaned the Malecon, a walkway right next to the beach, for about an hour. They cleaned and removed more than four tons of trash from the walkway

Full Circle Events Las Vegas donated some tools to Martin in order to continue his work. Martin in return was able to give tools to Hector as a way to broaden and further the AOK’s throughout Baja.

Nick and Brian Nix helped out a local church with a donation of food for their Vacation Bible School program. CCT provides a bbq every year at the end of VBS week in order bring the parents and kids together

Martin and his crew have been working hard to clean the beaches of Baja. It is his desire to create the New Playa Clean Patrol in order to maintain the natural beauty and landscape of Baja’s beaches. Currently there aren’t

One AOK led to another for Nick and the crew this past Christmas. After delivering over 1,000 donated toys to the barrio of Ensenada, Ojos Negros, and San Felipe, Nick told the crew that it was time to start looking

Some much needed supplies for the Dwight’s House on Memorial Day!

While waiting to be seen at the doctor’s office last week, Debbie Baldwin overheard a distraught mother pleading her concerns over mounting medical bills for her uninsured child and her inability to pay them. Her son had recently injured his

In January 2010, the AOK-Nick team partnered with an Olympia Washington church and one of its mission teams, with Warm Blankets Orphan Care International, to provide fresh drinking water and fish to the Kong Pixay Church Orphan home in Cambodia.

A very busy day at Dwight’s House feeding all those in need…

Nick Baldwin and AOK featured in the April addition of the OC Gazette.  Get the full story here…

Lindsey from Texas delivers junk food to Dwight’s House for movie night!

Some much needed support for the Dwight’s House to enjoy on game day.

Twenty-four pallets of new toys are donated to aoknick.org for the Annual Christmas Drive. It took a whole team of people to bless the children of Baja, thank you to everyone involved and please enjoy the video.

Baja Support Run provides a fun opportunity for the Baja race community to give back to the people. Giving back is an integral part to the race and meaningful for everyone involved. Please enjoy the video.

About a week ago, Dwight’s House had a Beauty Day for all the ladies that stay at the shelter. Cosmetology apprentices came and treated the ladies to hair cuts and styling, face treatments, and make-up. Nick and Brian Nix served

Martin is busy with fixing up Baja Marina again. He hopes to make small repairs to the back of the property to improve both its safety and aesthetic appeal. He is working on repairing the holes in the cement, painting,

Nick Baldwin sold his successful development company in 2006 and focused more of his effort and time on “Acts of Kindness.” He is committed to

On November 15, 2009, Under the leadership of AOK’s Nick Baldwin the Wahoo’s Baja Support III mission was achieved by embarking on the Rancho El Milagro children’s home which is about 30km inland from Ensenada, Mexico. Together with the

Nick and Brian loaded up on a bunch of staples for Dwight’s House. This time around the need was for paper products and household items. Another great visit and opportunity to help the ladies at Dwight’s House.

The aoknick.org team is partnering with an Olympia Washington church and one of its missions teams, Warm Blankets Orphan Care International, to provide fresh drinking water and fish to the Kong Pixay Church Orphan home in Cambodia. With the construction

Nick and Melissa Curzon just recently teamed up for another AOK. Nick donated funds to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for breast cancer research at the Women’s Cancer Research Institute at the Samuel Oschin

Martin has been busy at Bertha Kindergarten since cleaning out the ceilings and finishing the tile floors. He just finished placing chicken wire in the attic to keep the cats and rodents

Martin finished laying the new tile floor this past week at Bertha Kinder. The tiles are no longer chipped and dangerous for the children to walk on. It is exciting to see

Martin worked diligently last week to clean and wash the classroom at Bertha Kinder. He started at 6:00 am with just himself and his tools. Cats were living in the ceiling and

Nick and Brian Nix purchased more supplies and food for the shelter and this time Thanksgiving items started to make the list!

Nick’s nephew, Austin, joined in the AOK fun a couple of Sunday’s ago by pricing out the shopping list for Dwight’s House. He got up early and went with Nick to the store to price and select all of the

Martín donated his time this past week to the Bertha Von Glumer school. As another AOK he worked hard to retile and floor the school. Now the children have a safer and cleaner environment to learn in. Thanks Martín again

Martin and friends worked from 7:00am to 4:00pm at the Bertha Von Kinder school trimming the trees. It was hard labor, but worth it to give the children a safer and cleaner environment for their learning.

Dwight, founder of Dwight’s House, provides a very unique and helpful service to the women there. He supplies a P.O. Box number that the women can use in order to receive regular mail. Every Sunday he collects the mail and

Another food delivery to Dwight’s House. This one brought much needed supplies from Food 4 Less for the women.

This past Sunday Cole Baldwin and his friend Brendan helped deliver much needed supplies to Dwight’s House. The people behind Dwight’s House supply Nick with a list of items they need regularly and AOK purchases and delivers them. This past

Another recent and fulfilling AOK venture is AOK’s sponsorship of AccesSurf. This is a great organization that helps to get challenged athletes into the ocean surfing again. With every challenge, there is always a means to overcome it and AOK

Brent and Debbie and two of their friends were just recently visiting from Las Vegas and wanted to see what it is we do at Dwight’s House. It was another perfect opportunity to go and take supplies for the homeless

On Wednesday, July 15th, Chad of Baja Junkies (www.bajajunkies.com) paid a visit to Nick Baldwin at AOK headquarters and kindly donated over 3,000 brand new toys. These toys, from Fisher Price Remote Control Trucks to CSI Investigation Kits, and

A new member of Nick’s AOK joined in helping out the women of Dwight’s House. Grandpa Vic, Debbie Baldwin’s father, helped make a delivery this past week to the house. The women are always very grateful for the food and

Over the weekend, Nick’s AOK sponsored a barbeque for the women of Dwight’s House. The women enjoyed hamburgers, cheeseburgers, baked beans, watermelon, and chips that were purchased, prepared, and served by Nick Baldwin, Brian Nix, Chuck and Michelle Cheek of

A full bag of DeWALT tools was donated to AOK from our sponsor Full Circle Events in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jay Gray and Rudy Lekar, owners of Full Circle Events, are good friends and a great help to the

This past Mother’s Day, Grace Church in Yorba Linda, Ca hosted a Women’s Tea for the women of the Sheepfold Shelter. The Sheepfold Shelter is a woman’s home that provides a safe place for women and their children to live.

After Church on Sunday, Nick Baldwin and Brian Nix drove up to Dwight’s House to ask what it is that they need to feed the women that they shelter there. It turns out that what they need is the basics:

This past Sunday, while sitting in church, Nick Baldwin realized that it was time for another AOK. He and Brian Nix purchased fifteen 10lb. hams, six giant cans of pork and beans, fresh fruits, and vegetables for the women at

Chad from Ntensetees, a sponsor of AOK, helped to create and organize a children’s book and clothing drive for the children of San Felipe. Chad’s good friend, Dennis Rogers, recently drove to San Felipe with a pick-up truck filled with

A former employee and personal friend Lyla Hassel contacted Nick to purchase Girl Scout Cookies from her daughter Alexa. Lyla has been a friend of Nick’s for almost twenty years, so Nick thought it would be fun to present her

Martin Romo is a busy man. He has almost completed the steps at the Jardin de Ninos at Baja Marina. These are going to play an important part for the school children because the students will now have safe access

Martin Romo, an integral part of the AOK team, is almost finished with the installation of a new tile floor at Jaime Nuno Elementary in Baja. He used the official AOK truck to haul all of the materials for this

Martin Romo and Chad from ntensetees orchestrated another great opportunity for the people of San Felipe. Chad collected numerous amounts of t-shirts from his various racing clientele and gave them to Martin to distribute throughout San Felipe. Martin packaged the

About six months ago, Nick received another opportunity for an AOK. George, who owns the Cortez Hotel in San Felipe, asked him if he would like to participate in a raffle benefiting the local people. Nick purchased $1000 worth of

Another AOK team member was busy this past holiday season. Geoff Curzon, son of Melissa Curzon, threw a Christmas party for his friends and presented them with a unique opportunity to give. A large group of high school students and

On December 21st, Nick along with his son Cole, Brian Nix, and Cole’s friends Miguel and Matt delivered numerous food items to a woman’s homeless shelter in Santa Ana, California. The shelter houses and sleeps over 90 women every day.

This year Nick was presented with a new opportunity to help people in need during the holiday season. Every year Calvary Chapel Tustin in California sends out request cards for people needing a hot meal on Thanksgiving Day

Every year, for the past fifteen years, Nick organizes an “AOK Turkey and Ham Drive” for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.  Over 300lbs. of turkey and ham are delivered each holiday to various food shelters throughout Orange County, California.  Nick began

One of Nick’s close friends sought and found an opportunity to present him with a unique and meaningful gift. He donated $1000 as an AOK to build a well in the Philippines. The children of this village used to walk

Nick’s AOK helped support the efforts of missionaries in Costa Rica. He donated $3000 to complete a schoolroom for impoverished students. These children had no access to technological advancements until this money was donated that allowed the school to purchase

Nick’s AOK collaborated with the Carson Fire Department to bring some much needed tools to Northern and Southern Baja. He donated money to the fire department so that they could purchase the “Jaws of Life” for the emergency personnel of

Nick wanted to continue his AOK mission in San Felipe by finding another school in need. In 2006, he went to tour a local school’s site and found nothing. There was no structure, only open land ready and waiting for

Nick’s AOK has donated baked goods to the residents of Atria Senior Living in San Juan Capistrano, Ca for years. Once a month and for every holiday delicious baked goods are created by Jacinthe and her team at Homemade by

Nick continued his “Acts of Kindness” in the town of San Felipe because of his good friend Martin Romo. Martin owns a restaurant in San Felipe called Rice and Beans. After sitting and chatting with Martin for a bit in

Nick noticed that there was an open piece of land across from where his truck of donated goods was unloaded (See Food and Clothing Drive) in the small town of Ojos Negros. He asked the local people what

Nick Baldwin has been racing through the landscapes of Mexico for over twenty years. It was during a race in 2005, as he watched the people of Baja cheer and support him that Nick decided it was time to give