Nevada County Community Service & Support Digest

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS ARE proving that they play a vital role when it comes to public safety in California. The California Reentry Institute, directed by Collette Carroll to help potential parolees, has graduated more than 230 incarcerated individuals in San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.

Read on to learn more about the giving trees hosted in many local businesses and agencies, and how you can help local in need.

Your input and feedback are sought for an initiative by the Interfaith Food Ministry and Sierra Harvest to expand the community garden at DeVere Mautino Park in Grass Valley. Read on to learn more about the proposed project and how you can participate.

Learn how you can help Interfaith Food Ministry provide holiday meals to Nevada County families in need.

Donate turkeys and other food supplies to help meet the urgent need this holiday season at the Food Bank of Nevada County. Read on to find out how you can help.

Learn more about the annual fundraising day on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, this year falling on December 3.

Learn more about the four warm clothing November distribution dates for the United Way of Nevada County Project Warmth clothing drive.

The Heart of Gold Gravel Race on October 5 raised over $100,000 to support youth mental health programs.

The public is invited to an open house hosted by Bright Futures for Youth on October 22 to hear more about recent milestones including the one-year anniversary of the NEO Youth Center.

Learn more about the Rotary Club of Nevada City's "Paws and A Cause” fundraising event scheduled for October 20 in Pioneer Park.

United Way Nevada County has received a grant from the California Fire Foundation to fund fire preparedness and prevention programs.

The Interfaith Food Ministry reminds the community that among other things, September is Hunger Action Month and seeks to raise awareness of those who need food assistance in Nevada County.

A ribbon cutting ceremony on August 21 celebrated the completion of the 45th home constructed by Nevada County Habitat for Humanity.

Sierra Commons is hosting a 15-year anniversary celebration in Nevada City on September 20 with an auction to help fund its business education and entrepreneurial innovation program.

The Penn Valley Community Foundation announced the project to develop a community center on Spenceville Road in Penn Valley has entered the planning phase with a fundraiser to be held in September.

Beginning Monday, 150 households in Fresno County are expected to receive a $500 prepaid card to spend on anything they’d like — no strings attached. It will be the first of 12 monthly recurring payments those Southwest Fresno and Huron residents will receive as part of a guaranteed basic income program for low-income families.

Volunteers have answered the call to help the Gold Country Senior Services Firewood Program move dozens of cords of wood out of the current location by June 25. Good progress has been made, and volunteers are still sought to move the remaining wood.

Nevada County Public Health Department's Mobile Crisis Team reported receiving over 200 calls since its founding in January, and launched the new Mental Health Matters Nevada County program in May to make it easier to access resources and help.

Gov. Gavin Newsom launched the community school initiative with $4.1 billion in grants to connect students and their families to medical care, counseling and other services.

Various Nevada County agencies and community partners have launched the Mental Health Matters Nevada County campaign.

A $10 million dollar grant was awarded to Nevada County and community partners for the upgrade of the Grass Valley and Nevada City Veterans Halls and services for local seniors and other residents in need.

Interfaith Food Ministry announced it had exceeded its March Matching Campaign goal and raised $160,000 to address food insecurity in Nevada County.

Input is sought from local seniors for what programs and services are desired at the new Senior Service Center located at 231 Colfax Avenue in Grass Valley.

The Fire Safe Council of Nevada County announced on April 12 the furlough of all staff and suspension of operations until the funding "impasse with our long–standing partner, the County of Nevada – Office of Emergency Services" is resolved.

Sign up to volunteer for the Nevada City annual Beautification Day to be held on Thursday, April 4 from 8:00AM to 12:00PM.

Hospice of the Foothills announced a generous estate gift from the Templeton Family Trust.

A report on how Nevada County allocated $5.8M of federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for Community and Economic Resiliency projects.

A retired law enforcement officer with a lifetime involvement in politics, Michael Gomez is working as a Nevada County Vote Center manager this election season because he believes in public service.

SYRCL’s annual Brains of Nevada County Quiz Night is back and has a new home. It will take place March 12th at Gold Vibe Kombuchary, with drinks, food trucks, and trivia.

Bright Futures for Youth’s Nevada County Cinderella Project, which provides dresses, tuxedos and other formal clothes to students, has moved to a space inside Sammie’s Nifty Thrift Shop in Grass Valley.

The Food Bank of Nevada County is experiencing “huge increases across the board through all our programs and especially our direct distribution sites,” according to Volunteer Coordinator Heather Haddock.

The local Redbud Chapter of the California Native Plant Society has announced a new Redbud Community Grant Program, through which the chapter will give back proceeds from their native plant sales.