Placer County Local News: Families & Children

The Herbalife Family Foundation has awarded a $70,000 grant to Koinonia Family Services, a Loomis-based nonprofit committed to supporting foster youth and families through trauma-informed care, offering resources to parents, and promoting family reunification to create brighter futures.

Acres of Hope, a nonprofit organization that focuses on helping women and children break the cycles of homelessness and trauma, is asking for the community’s support on GivingTuesday, Dec. 3, to continue sharing the beauty of hope with its families.

Soda Springs is a winter wonderland filled with fun for the whole family. For kids ages 7 and younger, the Planet Kids snow play area features tubing carousels, tubing lanes, snow volcanoes to climb, and more. Families can also enjoy 10 tubing runs at Tube Town, perfect for all ages. The resort opens on Nov. 27 for the 2024-25 season.

A celebratory crowd turned out for Auburn State Theatre’s second annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration sponsored by Arts Council of Placer County and hosted by New Auburn Cemetery.

Youth development nonprofit, SOS Outreach, plans to award an estimated $45,000 in scholarships to families this winter season. The nonprofit, which engages over 3,000 youth annually across 10 states and 15 communities, helps young people develop life skills through the power of mentorship in the outdoors. 

For Nevada County to be wildfire resilient and disaster-ready it will take all of us. This is something the Nevada County Office of Emergency Services has recognized, having worked to identify gaps in disaster preparedness with their 2024 Disaster Engagement Strategy. One of the gaps identified was Youth Emergency Preparedness.

With kids out of school for the summer, Acres of Hope, a nonprofit organization that focuses on helping women and children break the cycles of homelessness and trauma, is seeking volunteers to help in its children’s center.

Rocklin celebrated National Public Works Week with a free kids interactive event “Meet the Machines” on May 23 at the city's Corporation Yard.

Artists, coordinated by Ray Gonzales, carved clay pipes from Gladding McBean’s factory into chickens, trees and time machines.

A bill from a member of the Legislature’s happiness committee would require schools to come up with homework policies that consider the strain on students.

The state is considering zeroing out funds for CalWORKS family stabilization and job subsidy programs to help balance the budget.

Five years ago, the decision to merge four local core service organizations was unprecedented and initially met with skepticism.

More frequent outdoor breaks can improve student attention, reduce behavior problems.