Category: Nonprofit News
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Baby Basket Drive Raises $16K for Sacramento Life Center
The Sacramento Life Center’s sixth annual Baby Basket Drive for new moms raised $16,000 from the community in December, which will buy 320 baskets for Sacramento Life Center patients throughout 2020. The drive is…
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United Way Offers Free Tax Prep Starting Jan. 21
Households throughout the Sacramento region are eligible for free help preparing taxes and claiming credits this year, saving an average of $200 in preparer fees and earning up to $6,500 in credits. United Way California Capital Region’s Free…
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United Way to Provide Free Healthy Meals Over Holiday Break
Over holiday break, kids who rely on United Way’s Healthy Meals after-school supper program can still receive free meals at six locations across Sacramento through United Way’s partnership with Sacramento Public Library and Mack…
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Baby Basket Drive for Sac Life Center to Run Through December
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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Filled Holiday Stockings Needed for Formerly Homeless Women
Local residents can bring smiles to formerly homeless women and children in Sacramento this holiday season by contributing to Women’s Empowerment’s annual Holiday Stocking Drive. The group is seeking 250 unstuffed stockings and specific fillers for local…
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United Way Seeks Holiday Gifts for Low-Income Families and Foster Youth
This holiday season, Sacramento-area residents can donate and volunteer with United Way California Capital Region to make sure all families in their community have the support they need for kids to have a bright…
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Sacramento Life Center Raises Record $310,000 at Dinner
Sacramento Life Center’s A Knight for Life Dinner and Auction raised a record-setting $310,000 with 720 guests on Nov. 2 at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento. This year’s event, which honored the Knights of Columbus,…
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Society for the Blind Receives $20K from Wells Fargo for Seniors
Wells Fargo recently awarded Society for the Blind in Sacramento a $20,000 grant to provide education, training and assistive devices to 500 Sacramento-area seniors who are blind or have low vision. The funding will…
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Get Your Tickets to United Way’s Brews & Brains Trivia Night Fundraiser
Sacramento-area residents can show off their trivial knowledge and enjoy local brews at United Way’s Young Leaders Society’s annual Brews & Brains trivia night on Oct. 18 from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Sacramento Masonic…
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Chronic Absenteeism Down, Grade Level Reading Up in United Way’s Square One Project
Three years after United Way California Capital Region launched its Square One Project, more students at its partner Robla School District are attending school consistently and improving their reading, according to United Way’s recently…