You can make a difference in 2022 by supporting LOCAL nonprofits.
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Get the scoop on a few featured GO LOCAL nonprofits and the positive impacts they make in our community.
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TLC Child & Family Services is a nonprofit organization serving over 250 youth and families a day and is home to Journey Academy, a therapeutic non-public high school. We help teens form connections to self, others, and the larger community
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Visit us at BikeSonoma.org 707-545-0153 • info@bikesonoma.org If you ride a bike in Sonoma County… we work for YOU!
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Fostering health and healing to Sonoma County residents affected by HIV and other serious medical conditions.
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Sonoma County Ag + Open Space
is a community-created, taxpayer-funded agency that provides lasting protections for our working and natural lands. Since 1990, we have con served over 123,000 acres of scenic, natural, and agricultural land that provides clean air and water, healthy food, diverse wildlife habitats, and places to enjoy the outdoors – now and for future generations.
We invite you to subscribe to our eNewsletter to learn more about how we’re addressing climate change, sup porting wildfire resiliency, helping local farmers and ranchers, and protecting land for everyone in our community.
Sign up at sonomaopenspace.org/e-news
As a nonprofit, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts serves more than 50,000+ in the North Bay annually through its Education and Community Engagement programs. Visit our website to find out how you can support these programs!
707.546.3600 | lutherburbankcenter.org
LBC is transforming lives through the power of the arts!
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Founded in 1973, TRAILS is a has worked for in Sonoma County. the continuing County agriculture of ag as a vital
Since 1987, the REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK has been feeding our neighbors in need and leading the community to end hunger.
As the largest hunger-relief organization in Northern California, we work on the front lines of emergency food assistance, helping individuals, families, seniors, and children in Sonoma County and beyond. With more than 300 direct service distributions, and 150 partnerships with other hunger-relief organizations, residents facing food insecurity have access to more than 450 weekly and monthly grocery distribution sites.
We could not accomplish this without strategic resources. Our donors, corporate sponsors, and foundations provide the fi nancial fuel our organization requires. Over 10,000 dedicated volunteers work at our distribution sites and warehouse to serve or prepare food for our community. And of course, there are our employees, whose dedication and effort make them the vital Hunger Relief Workers our community relies upon every day.
To join us in our fight to end hunger, visit refb.org.
Announcing DAILY ACTS’ new book, Take Heart, Take Action: The Transformative Power of Small Acts, Groups, and Gardens
Every day there is a better world being born and a world that is rapidly unraveling. Which world do your actions feed? Are you ready to rise up and be the change you seek?
In Take Heart, Take Action, Trathen Heckman shares how to be a catalyst for big change by discovering the power of small. You’ll learn how to transform yourself, your garden, and your group as a pathway to transforming our communities and world.
“As timely, relevant, and accessible a book as you’ll fi nd to renew your vision, nourish your heart, and catalyze you into action.” –Nina Simons, Co-Founder of Bioneers Organization
Need some inspiration, hope and encouragement? Want to help spread Daily Acts’ vital work? JOIN our CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN today! crowdfundr.com/takehearttakeaction .
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who are making a difference in our community:
1973, SONOMA COUNTY FARM
501(c)(6) nonprofit organization that for decades to keep Farms Forever County. Our mission is to “ensure continuing economic viability of Sonoma agriculture by instilling an appreciation vital part of our community/lifestyle.”
United in heart, health, and justice, SANTA ROSA COMMUNITY HEALTH provides comprehensive, culturally responsive health care that meets the needs of our diverse community. With eight locations, our staff of 500+ provides medical, dental, and mental health care for more than 40,000 Santa Rosans.
Our 2023 Epic Trail Challenge is an endurance hike and fundraising event designed to push your limits and make a difference in our community! This year, you can train for and hike 11+ or 20+ miles while helping lowincome seniors citizens age safely and with dignity.
GENERATION HOUSING is leading the movement for more, more affordable, and more diverse housing in Sonoma County. We champion effective policy, sustainable funding resources, and collaborative efforts to create an equitable, healthy, and resilient community for everyone.
we publish the annual Map & Guide, dynamic website, organize seasonal and marketing campaigns, produce Gravenstein Apple Fair, and collaborate network of organizations who care local agriculture, family farms, future of our food system. Farm Trails our sister 501(c)(3) nonprofit, funds for aspiring and young farmers.
approach our 50th anniversary, we remain to cultivating community through agriculture and will continue to support our meet the challenges of the present opportunities of the future.
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Income should not decide the quality of an elder’s life. Our new AgeWell PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) project will provide integrated health care and social services for low-income adults aged 55+ with complex medical needs, plus offer caregiver and family support.
Learn about the Epic Trail Challenge and sign up to make a difference at srhealth.org/epic .
You can be a part of that movement by joining Generation Housing. As a Gen H member, you are part of the solution! Members help amplify the voices of those impacted by our local housing shortage and affordability challenges, and help grow our power to make meaningful progress in making sure that people in Sonoma County have housing that meets their needs.
This work is critically important to improving the health of our community members, our local economy, and to protect our environment — developing smart, sustainable housing where people work is a critical part of a climate action plan.
Add your voice at wearegenh.org.
EXCHANGE BANK
For the Good of the Community Exchange Bank has been giving back for over 130 years, investing in the community by providing fi nancial support and commitment to local nonprofits, allowing our whole community to flourish.
An annual contributor to over 200 local nonprofit and charitable organizations, Exchange Bank is proud to partner with the Redwood Empire Food Bank, Petaluma Education Foundation, American Heart Association, Ceres Community Project and Catholic Charities. Other notable contributions include support for the Santa Rosa Junior College Foundation, Social Advocates for Youth (SAY), the Committee on the Shelterless (COTS), the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, the Santa Rosa Symphony and the Santa Rosa Community Health Clinic.
In addition, 50.44% of the Bank’s cash dividends go to the Doyle Trust, which funds the Doyle Scholarship at Santa Rosa Junior College. Since 1948, the Doyle Trust has provided over $100 million in scholarship funds to more than 140,000 students.
Learn more at exchangebank.com .
Sonoma County GO LOCAL is a community marketing alliance of businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. Members work together using shared brand promotion, targeted advertising, and a Rewards Program to increase their presence and sales in the local marketplace.
GO LOCAL’s mission is to shift consumer and commercial purchasing to locally owned, independent businesses to lift our local economy and quality of life.
DID YOU KNOW?
• Small businesses donate more than twice as much per sales dollar to local non-profits, events, and teams compared to big businesses. Not only is your support of local businesses good for the local economy, it strengthens our local nonprofits and community (amiba.net).
• 33.5% of people surveyed say they would be more likely to buy a brand that supports a charity (esri.com).
• Sonoma County was ranked fi rst statewide in volunteerism (Corporation for National and Community Service report).
Your business or nonprofit can join us and be part of the solution—visit golocal.coop .