by Caitlin Childs | Jan 27, 2015 | Community Issues
From West Virginia to Colombia to Haiti, women and girls across the world face incredible challenges: poverty, human trafficking, teenage pregnancy, and low educational attainment, to name just a few. How do we, as Sonoma County residents, make a dent in enormous...
by Caitlin Childs | Jan 27, 2015 | Featured Stories, Our Donors
Family is paramount to Dean and Belinda (Bo) Soiland. So is faith. Dean, like most of his siblings, got his start in his father Marv Soiland’s sand and gravel business before he and Bo launched their BoDean Company for aggregates and asphalt in 1989. Along the way,...
by Caitlin Childs | Jan 26, 2015 | Featured Stories, Nonprofit Spotlight
When activist Ligia Booker founded La Luz Center in 1985, the Sonoma Valley Latino population was largely transient, composed of seasonal workers who returned to their native countries once the harvest was done. By 2013, however, the community had stabilized. Serving...
by Caitlin Childs | Jan 23, 2015 | Featured Stories, Our Donors
With Pinot Noir vineyards spread out below him, George Tuttle sits on his porch and surveys the West County home he shares with spouse Ben Cushman. When asked to explain his philanthropy, he shakes his head. “The guilt factor is pretty high when you’re sitting here in...
by Caitlin Childs | Jan 21, 2015 | Community Issues
The Portrait of Sonoma County highlights the critical role that early childhood education plays in a person’s later success in school, career, and overall health and well-being. At Community Foundation Sonoma County we’ve taken a leadership role with a countywide...
