by Caitlin Childs | Jan 12, 2021 | COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund
Erica Diamond began volunteering with California Homemakers Association ten years ago after witnessing the problems and suffering in Sonoma County’s low-income communities. “I wanted to do everything that I can to address the root causes of poverty,” she says. “And I...
by Caitlin Childs | Sep 11, 2020 | COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund
Until late January 2020, a community of nearly 250 unhoused people lived in tents along a 2-mile stretch of the Joe Rodota Trail, an eight-mile bike and pedestrian path that runs west from Santa Rosa to neighboring Sebastopol. Declared a public health crisis, the...
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 9, 2020 | COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories
When shelter in place orders were instated, *Elena’s hours at the coffee shop where she’s worked for twelve years were cut from 40 to 16 hours per week. A parent with two children at home (ages 4 and 22), Elena’s job helps keep the bills paid; if she isn’t working,...
by Caitlin Childs | Jul 2, 2020 | COVID-19 Resilience Fund, Featured Stories, Resilience Fund
Interview by Dani Burlison. Photo: Hanford ARC Vice President and CEO Mark Cederborg with founder Doug Hanford, by Caitlin Childs Sonoma County based Hanford Applied Restoration and Conservation (Hanford ARC) is a general engineering and landscape contractor...
