Category: Nonprofit News
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Women’s Empowerment Receives $75K From Wells Fargo
Women’s Empowerment has received $75,000 from Wells Fargo to provide workforce development skills, paid job training, job search assistance and housing support during the pandemic for women who are currently homeless or have recently…
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Donations Needed for Sac Life Center Baskets4Babies Drive
Local residents can help low-income new moms in Sacramento this holiday season through the Sacramento Life Center’s annual Baskets4Babies drive running through Dec. 31. The drive stocks the Sacramento Life Center’s baby needs closet…
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Holiday Gifts and Craft Supplies Needed at Women’s Empowerment
During this difficult year, local residents can bring joy to formerly homeless women and children in Sacramento this holiday season by contributing to Women’s Empowerment’s Holiday Gifts and Crafts Drive. The group is seeking…
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United Way Launches Shine Your Light Holiday Drive
At the end of a year that has been dark for many communities across the country, United Way California Capital Region is asking residents across the region to join its Shine Your Light holiday…
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Society for the Blind Receives $10K from Maximus Foundation
The Maximus Foundation recently awarded a $10,000 grant to Society for the Blind in Sacramento for its Senior IMPACT Project that empowers people age 55 and older with alternative, non-visual techniques and skills that…
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United Way Launches REMIX Virtual Speaker Series for Young Professionals
United Way’s Young Leaders Society is hosting a virtual speaker series this fall to meet the most pressing work-related and mental health needs of young professionals during the pandemic. The REMIX speaker series will…
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United Way and City of Sac Partner to Offer Free Broadband, Computers and Training During Pandemic
Up to 10,000 Sacramento households affected by the pandemic, particularly low-income households with children and seniors, will receive free broadband access this fall through a new pilot program launched by the City of Sacramento…
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Six Women Graduate From Women’s Empowerment During Pandemic
Six women once homeless gathered with staff at Women’s Empowerment for a ceremony earlier this month to celebrate their graduation from the seven-week employment-readiness and empowerment program for women experiencing homelessness in Sacramento. Most…
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United Way COVID Relief Fund Helps 1,145 Local Families
In a span of three months, United Way California Capital Region’s COVID-19 Local Relief Fund raised $572,000 to provide 1,145 families in need across the region with a one-time $500 distribution to help offset…
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Koinonia Teaches Laser Cutting to Foster Girls Thanks to Soroptimist Greater Sac
Koinonia Homes for Teens in Loomis has received the $10,000 Big Dream Endowment Grant from Soroptimist International of Greater Sacramento to teach laser cutting to girls in foster care. Koinonia, a residential program for…