CACM Goes Local with Give Back Initiatives

Local Committees Collect Items and Donate Time to Serve Their Communities

While CACM is a statewide nonprofit, our philanthropic efforts have a local focus. Through the formation of our local committees, 13 throughout the state, not only is CACM developing educational and networking events quarterly for members and non-members, but these committees are also giving back through donations of items and time to nonprofits and charities that benefit the communities in their backyard.

CACM is proud to be a part of several charities and utilizes our local committees and events to give back to these organizations.

SOCAL REGION

In Southern California, most of our local events are an opportunity to meet with members and connect but also bring donations to The Priority Center. The Priority Center is a nonprofit in Orange County that supports kids and families in the area in a multitude of ways. Primarily, they focus on resources and support for all ages in the county that have had previous trauma, abuse, neglect and supporting them to get mental health resources.

They have a donation warehouse available so that therapists and social workers (for kids and families in need) can bring donations to their home on their next visit. They also offer a kid-friendly office, providing multiple rooms with multiple themes to comfort kids of all ages when they need to be interviewed for serious meetings involving the police, social workers, etc. The Priority Center is an additional resource to support people in need in our backyard and in our members’ backyards.

NORCAL REGION

Up north, we have several different regions that each support different organizations.

In Sacramento, we support Compassion Planet. Compassion Planet is an organization that works to empower aged-out foster youth and youth from at-risk backgrounds to achieve independence, overcome obstacles and reach their fullest potential.

South Bay supports the Bill Wilson Center. This center has programs that focus on housing, education, counseling and advocacy for youth. The Bill Wilson Center reaches more than 100,000 clients through street outreach and their crisis line programs.

In North Bay, we support Redwood Empire Food Bank. This organization has been working to feed neighbors in need and leading their community to end hunger since 1987. Redwood Empire Food Bank serves through three different initiatives, Every Child, Every Day; Senior Security and Neighborhood Hunger Network.

In San Francisco we support One Warm Coat, an organization that aims to provide free coats to children and adults in need. They work to create awareness of the basic human right and the vital need for protection against the cold.

HOW CAN YOU HELP

With these charities, our goal is to utilize our platform and events to give back to our communities. We work directly with these organizations and support them through collection of donations at our local events in each region.

We as a company are still continuously learning and improving, which means we are trying to come up with new ways to continue supporting these organizations. As a member, these local events are available to you and so is getting involved and giving back. We hope that we can work together to learn, improve and do more for our neighborhoods and communities.

Interested in learning more, contact our NorCal and SoCal regional directors, Natasha Fierro at nfierro@cacm.org and Alia Saouli at asaouli@cacm.org, respectively, to find out how you can get involved.