Yolo County Local News: Community Service & Support


All Local Community Service & Support News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

Image caption: Kerry Wood, CEO of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, says the organization researches areas of need to help donors direct their contributions.
What Is a Community Foundation?

By channeling funds to a number of nonprofits working on various issues in a given region, community foundations help solve big problems throughout California.

Image caption: There are more than 300 community service districts in California.
Community Services Districts, Explained

Community service districts can do most anything a city government can do. Here’s how they work and how to start one.

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Celebrating Veterans Every Day

About 1.8 million veterans live in California. Here are some organizations dedicated to serving the needs of those who served America.

Image caption: Stand Down events provide veterans with valuable resources including housing assistance, medical care, and a solid community of support.
Veterans in Need ‘Stand Down’

At hundreds of Stand Down events throughout California, veterans agencies and organizations come together to deliver life’s necessities.

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07/12/2024
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.

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07/09/2024
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Local nonprofit Make It Happen for Yolo County is partnering with the Martin Luther King Jr., High School Bicycle Repair Shop in Davis to ensure underserved transition age youth across the county have refurbished bicycles for transportation to work or school.

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06/11/2024
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Local nonprofit Make It Happen for Yolo County has received a grant of $25,000 from the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation Community Fund to ensure local under-resourced transition age foster youth can become successful first-time renters.

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06/06/2024
The Center for Land-Based Learning has launched a new mobile farmers market for Woodland communities without access to fresh locally grown food.

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06/04/2024
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Wildhorse Golf Club to host golf tournament to benefit food insecure families and individuals in Yolo County.

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05/23/2024
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Local Nonprofit Organizations Were Big Winners in the May 7 Big Day of Giving.

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05/20/2024
Sacramento State will be home to the central office for the $10 million Black student advancement drive on all 23 California State University campuses.

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05/16/2024
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.

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05/07/2024
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Largest-Ever Gift to Campus Arts Provides Comprehensive Support for Faculty, Students and Programming 

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05/05/2024
Image for display with article titled Yolo Nonprofits Net $1.6m on Big Day of Giving

May 2, 2024, was Big Day of Giving in the Sacramento region – and it was a very big day for the Yolo County nonprofits that participated, as they raised a collective $1.6 million.

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05/04/2024
An initial donation of $1.3 million established a new All Things Right & Relevant endowment for grants to support career development for those living with mental health diagnoses.

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05/03/2024
The Sacramento Region Community Foundation announced the May 2 Big Day of Giving had raised $13.2 million in donations to 826 nonprofits in El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo counties.

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05/01/2024
Hundreds of people attended a May 1 event held in the quad outside the Memorial Union on the UC Davis campus.

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04/09/2024
The City of Davis is seeking local residents to fill openings on city commissions.

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04/06/2024
The Yolo County Community Services Action Board is seeking applicants to join in its mission to combat poverty by promoting the health, safety, stability and self-sufficiency of low-income residents of the county.

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04/06/2024
Sutter Health invested $569K in West Sacramento's Mosaic Village for for people impacted by substance-use, homelessness and mental health illness.

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04/06/2024
After its first year in operation, First 5 Yolo reports on the progress of its Welcome Baby program.

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04/03/2024
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The Yolo Community Foundation’s 2024 State of the Yolo Nonprofit Sector report showed that growth in nonprofit organizations’ expenses outpaced growth in revenues again last year.

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04/03/2024
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Yolo Farm to Fork is thrilled to announce its Inaugural Lavender Run, taking place on Saturday, June 1.

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