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Santa Cruz Bucket List: Spring Edition
With longer days and warmer weather, spring is the perfect season to explore stunning coastal hikes, sip on exquisite local wines, and discover hidden gems across the region.
Native Animal Rescue
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For the food-insecure community in Santa Cruz County, Second Harvest Food Bank feeds the need.
By channeling funds to a number of nonprofits working on various issues in a given region, community foundations help solve big problems throughout California.
Community service districts can do most anything a city government can do. Here’s how they work and how to start one.
About 1.8 million veterans live in California. Here are some organizations dedicated to serving the needs of those who served America.
At hundreds of Stand Down events throughout California, veterans agencies and organizations come together to deliver life’s necessities.
From Press Banner...
Community Bridges recently announced the promotion of Dana Wagner, who has been selected as senior program director for Meals on Wheels for Santa Cruz County, marking a full-circle moment in her distinguished career in nutrition and community service.
From KSQD...
On KSQD's Talk of the Bay, Host PK Hattis speaks with Community Bridges' CEO Ray Cancino. Like so many nonprofits across the country, Community Bridges and Cancino were caught up in a world of chaos late last month when President Donald Trump's budget office issued a sweeping order that froze all federal grants and loans. The order was later rescinded, but Cancino will walk us through what the experience was like on the ground and just how high the stakes are moving forward.
From Santa Cruz Local...
Nearly a decade after two Santa Cruz County residents were killed by law enforcement officers during separate mental health crises, a Mobile Crisis Response Team now offers 24-hour, non-police response to mental health problems by calling 1-800-952-2335.
Every year, community organizations appear before Scotts Valley to share what they’ve been doing to bolster the social health of the local landscape and ask for a grant from the City toward their efforts.
From The Pajaronian...
The Santa Cruz County Supervisors Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to reaffirm the county’s support for its LGBTQ+ residents and for women.
INewly-formed Ben Lomond Village Alliance sets sights on revitalizing downtown with ambitious projects.
From Lookout Local...
From Santa Cruz Sentinel...
From Local News Matters...
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors Tuesday passed a resolution stating the county’s supportive stance on its immigrant residents and reaffirming it as a “sanctuary county.”
From San Lorenzo Valley Post...
In November, the town of Ben Lomond witnessed the culmination of a heartfelt community effort as the newly-refurbished “Welcome to Ben Lomond” sign was unveiled and reinstalled on Highway 9, near the entrance of Highlands Park.
From Good Times...
Nothing really compares to a bike ride along the Santa Cruz coast, wind in your hair, breathing the sea mist, free from the jammed highway with its air and noise pollution. Locals and visitors alike can agree on at least one thing: Santa Cruz County has incredibly diverse scenery, and there’s nothing quite as exhilarating as seeing it under your own pedal power.
With the recent election results now clear, the Encompass Community Services Board of Trustees has announced that its CEO, Monica Martinez, will be transitioning from her role at Encompass as she steps into her new position as Santa Cruz County supervisor for District 5.
From California Local...
Founded as a business organization in 1915, the Kiwanis Club now serves millions of children worldwide.
Santa Cruz Gives is the brainchild of Jeanne Howard former publisher of Good Times weekly. It's a local crowdfunding site where people can support many local good deeds and projects in one spot. Guests are Karen Delaney and Leslie Lee of the Volunteer Center, one of the partners in Santa Cruz Gives. The conversation ranged from the role of nonprofits in safety net and arts programs to the huge need they fill in creating a livable community.
The San Lorenzo Valley and the broader Santa Cruz County community are mourning the loss of Mary Hammer, a beloved founder and lifelong advocate for the region. Hammer died Nov. 6 after a brief illness, leaving behind a profound legacy of service, compassion and environmental stewardship.
At Joe’s Bar in Boulder Creek, bartop dancing is strictly prohibited. That is, for everyone but musician Sharon Allen, who, with her band The Dusty Blues, will play a benefit concert on Dec. 14 to raise money for the nonprofit Valley Churches United.
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday cast a split vote to allocate $3.79 million in Collective of Results and Evidence-based (CORE) funds to 28 nonprofits after a contentious discussion that prompted many to question the transparency of the process.
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