Co-op CAUSE

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2021 Recipients

JANUARY - Interfaith Food Ministry (Owner Choice)

Interfaith Food Ministry works to reduce food insecurity in Western Nevada County. Dedicated to providing supplemental food to families, IFM feeds the hungry, helping to sustain good health and human dignity. It receives no government funding and relies entirely on donations of money and food and the work of 450 volunteers.

FEBRUARY - Farms to Grow, Inc.

Farms to Grow, Inc. is dedicated to working with Black farmers and underserved sustainable farmers around the country. It is committed to sustainable farming and innovative agriculture practices which preserve the cultural and biological diversity and agroecological balance of the local environment.

MARCH - Sierra Streams Institute

Sierra Streams Institute (SSI) is a watershed monitoring, research and restoration group based in Nevada City. In August 2020, the Sierra Streams office and Environment Center burned to the ground during the Jones Fire.

APRIL - Planting Justice

Since 2009, Planting Justice has built over 450 edible permaculture gardens in the San Francisco Bay Area, worked with five high schools to develop food justice curricula and created 40 green jobs in the food justice movement for folks transitioning from prison.

MAY - Sammie’s Friends

Sammie's Friends provides a safe and caring place for neglected, abandoned and abused animals to be cared for, rehabilitated and adopted as quickly as possible into loving homes.

JUNE - The Trevor Project

Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.

JULY - Farmworker Justice

Farmworker Justice is a nonprofit organization that seeks to empower migrant and seasonal farmworkers to improve their living and working conditions, immigration status, health, occupational safety and access to justice.

AUGUST - The Food Bank of Nevada County

The Food Bank of Nevada County was established in 1986 to alleviate hunger and food insecurity in Nevada County. It procures nutritious food and distributes it to individuals and families in need.

SEPTEMBER - Wildlife Rehabilitation & Release (Staff Choice)

Wildlife Rehabilitation & Release is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the care and rehabilitation of injured and orphaned wildlife. Each year it successfully releases over 100 different species of native wildlife, including small mammals, songbirds, raptors, waterfowl, reptiles and amphibians.

OCTOBER - FREED Center for Independent Living

FREED’s mission is to promote independence and self-determination for people with disabilities through person-driven services, collaborative community partnerships and education and leadership that advocates for fully inclusive communities.

NOVEMBER - Color Me Human

Color Me Human works to dismantle systems of oppression both within ourselves and the institutions of Nevada County, here on Nisenan land. Through community education, cross movement solidarity building, capacity building and crisis response, it aims to eliminate harm inflicted on people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals.

DECEMBER - Auburn Interfaith Food Closet

The Auburn Interfaith Food Closet provides nutritious food to those in need, preserving their dignity and encouraging self-reliance. Run entirely by volunteers, it provides more than 180,000 meals to more than 20,000 individuals every year.