Category: Nonprofit News
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1,000 Volunteers Needed for United Way’s Day of Caring
A thousand volunteers are needed to spend one day caring for the community on Sept. 11 by signing up for one of 37 volunteer projects happening across the region on United Way’s 3rd Annual…
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Sponsors Needed for Sacramento Life Center Dinner
More than 600 local residents will celebrate the Sacramento Life Center’s free medical care, counseling and education for pregnant women and teens at the organization’s annual Salute to Life Dinner and Auction on Nov.…
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Women’s Empowerment Featured on The TODAY Show!
Women’s Empowerment was recently featured on The TODAY Show for its incredible work empowering women who are homeless to break the generational cycle for their children. http://www.today.com/video/hope-to-it-helping-homeless-women-start-over-492603459711
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Women’s Empowerment Receives $30K in Grants
Kaiser Permanente, Bank of America and American River Bank each recently donated $10,000 to Sacramento nonprofit Women’s Empowerment to help homeless women find jobs and recover from substance abuse and domestic violence. “Just as…
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Koinonia Homes for Teens and Raiders Break Ground on New Teen Substance Abuse Facility
NFL Hall of Famer and Raiders legend Fred Biletnikoff, several Oakland Raiders and the Raiderettes joined the Biletnikoff Foundation to break ground on Koinonia Homes for Teens’ latest residential facility in Loomis for teens…
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24 Local Nonprofits and Schools Honored by Intel Folsom
Bringing together hundreds of employees with dozens of local nonprofits and schools where they have volunteered, Intel held its annual celebration of its Intel Involved Matching Grant Program on Monday. Five hundred fifty Intel…
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Local Medical Group Fills 100 Baby Baskets for New Moms
Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society Alliance has awarded a $5,000 grant to the Sacramento Life Center to fill 100 baby baskets for low-income new moms in the Sacramento area. Baskets are filled with needed…
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Sacramento Life Center Raises $108K for Low-Income Pregnant Women
The Sacramento-area community came together to raise $108,000 for the Sacramento Life Center through three fundraisers this spring: the Baby Bottle Project, Mother’s Day Rose Sale and Walk for Life. The fundraisers benefited the…
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United Way Women Collect Towels, Toiletries, Luggage for Foster Youth
United Way’s Women in Philanthropy collected 253 towel sets, 48 pieces of luggage and hundreds of toiletries last week for Sacramento County foster youth preparing to emancipate from the system and live on their…
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Society for the Blind: Meet Aser Tolentino
Aser Tolentino just collected his first ever paycheck. After years of law school and volunteer legal positions, he thought his first paycheck would be from a district attorney’s office, but when his vision became…