by Caitlin Childs | Aug 6, 2020 | COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories
Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB) is no stranger to supporting communities through disasters. In recent years, they’ve responded to their fair share: Sonoma and Mendocino Complex Fires, Russian River floods of 2019, the Kincade Fire, and more. Now they have a new crisis...
by Caitlin Childs | Aug 1, 2020 | COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund
Since United Way of the Wine Country took over operations of the 211 information and referral line just over a year ago, many Sonoma County residents have come to know the service as an emergency hotline. When in crisis, locals can call or text 211, or visit the 211...
by Caitlin Childs | Jul 29, 2020 | 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...
by Caitlin Childs | Jul 17, 2020 | COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund
Established in 1993 by Sonoma State Professor Mark Doolittle, Support Our Students Community Counseling (SOS) continues to draw on the original mission of supporting the wellbeing of Sonoma County’s youth. “Mark created the organization with the idea that we’d keep...
by Caitlin Childs | Jul 14, 2020 | 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 bulk of...
