Food Access Archives - Community Foundation Sonoma County

March 30, 2023 Strengthening Sonoma Valley: 13 Nonprofits Benefit from $500,000 in Capital Improvement Grants

Posted at 15:50h in Basic Human Needs, Featured Stories, Homelessness, Housing, Nonprofit Spotlight, Sonoma Valley Fund

Sonoma Valley Catalyst Fund (Catalyst Fund) and Community Foundation Sonoma County (CFSC) are pleased to announce $500,000 in new funding for vital capital improvement projects for 13 Sonoma Valley-based nonprofit organizations. This initiative aims to support local nonprofits, many of which operate on tight budgets,...

July 29, 2020 Bridging Racial and Economic Divides in the North County: Corazón Healdsburg

Posted at 12:48h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Healdsburg Forever

Since 2011, Corazón Healdsburg has worked to bridge the racial and economic divide in the northern reaches of Sonoma County. Their work has made a big impact in the Latinx community, through adult education programs, financial counseling, health outreach, a bilingual drop-in resource center, emergency...

July 14, 2020 Feeding the Medically Fragile: Food For Thought

Posted at 17:11h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories

The staff at Food For Thought in Forestville began implementing sanitation plans as soon as they got word of the pandemic in early March. But because the organization relies heavily on volunteers to help get food on the tables of those in need—and because the...

July 7, 2020 Feeding Seniors in Sonoma County: Meals on Wheels

Posted at 15:57h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

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 population safe and...

June 1, 2020 Sonoma Family Meal: Feeding Families, Supporting Restaurants

Posted at 19:59h in 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 calls from some...

May 26, 2020 Meals on Wheels: helpings seniors with food and connection

Posted at 20:07h in 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...

May 7, 2020 Adapting to Shelter in Place: The Living Room

Posted at 09:49h in 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...

March 17, 2020 Our COVID-19 Response: $805,000 in Emergency Grants to Support Sonoma County

Posted at 13:24h in COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund

Even with relatively few COVID-19 cases in Sonoma County so far, people are already suffering from the economic impacts of lost hours at work, and fears of a longer-term economic slowdown. Parents who have children in schools that are closing are struggling to find childcare...

September 19, 2016 Ceres is CNN Hero. Ours Too.

Posted at 21:34h in Advisor Newsletter, Donor Newsletter

We couldn’t be more proud. Ceres Community Project and founder Cathryn Couch have been featured by CNN’s Hero series. The honor put Ceres in the national spotlight along with 24 other nonprofits and showcases the work Ceres does to provide healthy, life-sustaining food to Sonoma County...

January 20, 2016 Chop’s Teen Club

Posted at 18:39h in Advisor Newsletter, Featured Stories, Nonprofit Newsletter

2:54 p.m. – It’s eerily silent for a weekday afternoon. Signs of life: lights, music and computers are fired up as the doors unlock. Time for teens at Chop’s. 3:01 p.m. -- When those doors open, classrooms, halls, floors and courtyards come alive with laughter, music,...