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Redwood Alliance Conference Grounds: Providing Shelter for Sonoma County’s Unhoused Community

by Caitlin Childs | Jun 2, 2020 | COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

Story by Dani Burlison When shelter in place orders were implemented in California, Jim Blake had an idea that could prevent overcrowding—and prevent a potential increase of COVID-19 cases—at some Sonoma County shelters and addiction treatment facilities. Blake, the...

Sonoma Family Meal: Feeding Families, Supporting Restaurants

by Caitlin Childs | Jun 1, 2020 | COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

Story by Dani Burlison, Photos by Caitlin Childs During the 2017 North Bay fires, Heather Irwin came up with what she refers to as a “silly idea” to help feed displaced families. Irwin, a local reporter focusing on Sonoma County’s restaurants, started getting phone...
Meals on Wheels: helpings seniors with food and connection

Meals on Wheels: helpings seniors with food and connection

by Caitlin Childs | May 26, 2020 | COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

Story by Dani Burlison For more than 50 years Sonoma County’s Council on Aging has provided valuable support to the region’s older adults. Of the many services they offer, the Meals on Wheels delivery program is an essential part of keeping one of our most vulnerable...

Emergency Grants Help Small Business Owners Stay Afloat Through COVID-19

by Caitlin Childs | May 18, 2020 | COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

Story by Dani Burlison, Photos by Erik Castro On the afternoon of April 22, New Jersey native Tom Singerline made his way through Dry Creek Valley on his way home to Santa Rosa. Singerline, who owns and operates Jersey Tom Wine Country Tours, was emotional as he...

Adapting to Shelter in Place: The Living Room

by Caitlin Childs | May 7, 2020 | COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

Story by Dani Burlison, Photos by Erik Castro Since 1993 The Living Room has provided a safe place for unhoused women and their children to go during the day while overnight shelters are closed. In the early days, a mere handful of women dropped in, had a cup of...
Creating Homes Without Building

Creating Homes Without Building

by Caitlin Childs | Apr 10, 2020 | Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

When Amy Appleton’s children became teenagers in 2011, she decided to spend some of her newfound spare time volunteering. Although she had a background in IT, she found herself working with the county’s unhoused population at the COTS (Committee on the Shelterless)...
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