Category: Nonprofit News
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Society for the Blind: Meet the Sekoras
Lynda Sekora knew she was losing some of her vision, but the night she realized she couldn’t read her insulin pump anymore, the Orland resident sank into a deep depression. “I cried all through…
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Intel Folsom Donates 2,357 Books to Local Kids
Volunteers from Intel Folsom loaded children’s books into the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Sacramento’s library after raising 2,357 books from the Intel Kids Book Drive this spring that benefited two nonprofits: Reading…
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United Way Unveils Public Mural During Week of Thanks
As United Way California Capital Region dedicated last week to thanking its volunteers, donors and partners, the nonprofit also unveiled a new public mural called “United Passion” that it commissioned from local artist BAMR.…
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Meet Ramona: Client and Volunteer with Society for the Blind
Ramona Herriford, 63, can still hear her dad telling her, “If you can read, you can do anything.” So when her retinas hemorrhaged independently of one another, she thought her life was over. The…
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Women’s Empowerment celebrates first year of paid training program for homeless women
Thirty women once homeless can now add Women’s Empowerment’s paid job training program and small business, The Get A Job Kit, to their resumes as the program celebrates its first anniversary this month. The…
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Tickets on sale for Women’s Empowerment’s annual Gala
Community members are invited to the 14th Annual Celebration of Independence Gala that benefits Women’s Empowerment, a local nonprofit job training and empowerment program for women who are homeless and their children. The event,…
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Local foster youth meet with leaders at State Capitol
Kome Ajise, chief deputy director of the California Department of Transportation, was one of eight leaders who spoke to local foster youth about his experience working in government at United Way Women in Philanthropy’s 3rd…
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Young professionals build Habitat for Humanity housing
Twenty-five young professionals from United Way’s Young Leaders Society and Habitat Young Professionals joined together on March 21 to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento’s largest project to date on Indian Lane in…
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Young professionals raise $4K for schools at United Way fundraiser
As 125 Sacramento-area young professionals worked together to solve trivia questions over beers at Yolo Brewing Company, they also exceeded their goal of raising $3,000 to increase access to healthy drinking water at Sacramento…
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Women’s Empowerment receives $10K from Long Foundation
The Joseph & Vera Long Foundation has donated $10,000 to help homeless women in Sacramento improve their health so they can find homes and jobs to support their families through Women’s Empowerment’s comprehensive program.…