Mission

The people of the United Methodist Church (UMC) are a covenant community – dedicated to God’s work and making disciples for Jesus Christ. The United Methodist Church was formed with the merger of the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church in 1968. United Methodists trace their spiritual heritage back to the 18th-century evangelical leaders John and Charles Wesley, Jacob Albright and Philip William Otterbein.

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Today the task of United Methodist Church of Westlake Village, our joyful mission, is to empower people everywhere to find their voices as they search for active participation in the decisions that affect them. Church leaders strive to help everyone find a Christ-centered place of refuge and protection in a covenant community of deep faith and purpose.

People of faith and people who are searching for answers to life’s tough questions are all welcome. They love worship, study of God’s word, music, church suppers and a sense of community, a sense of belonging. In life’s clouds of doubt and division, we see the sunlight of God’s purpose that brings healing, hope and harmony. 

Address:

1049 S. Westlake Blvd
Westlake Village CA 91361

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The mission of UCP of Sacramento and Northern California is to provide programs and services that improve the independence, productivity, and quality of life of people with developmental disabilities and their families.

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UCP of Sacramento and Northern California is the leading provider of comprehensive services to children and adults with all developmental disabilities and their families. UCP works with 4,775 people a month in our eight-county area, empowering children and adults who – without support – would be isolated from community.

Address:

4350 Auburn Blvd
Sacramento CA 95841

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Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation connects people and opportunities, generating resources to build a more caring, creative, and effective community. 
With a long-term goal of securing discretionary resources from many donors to meet changing community needs, TTCF has been building philanthropy in North Tahoe through its work with donors, nonprofits and communities for more than a decade. Established through the vision of William Hewlett and the commitment of community leaders throughout the region, the Foundation serves thousands of people who share a common passion for the Truckee Tahoe region. 

Individuals, families, businesses, and organizations create charitable funds that help meet the challenges of the region. Today, the Foundation’s assets of $25 million are held in stewardship for more than 3,000 donors. 

Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation grants impact the life of every full time resident, part time resident, and visitor to our community. We make grants in the areas of: 

• Arts and culture 
• Education and youth development 
• Environment, conservation, and animal welfare 
• Health and human services

How Your Donation Helps

Donate your car and help those in need by supporting the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation. Your car donation can provide meaningful support for an important cause and you get all the benefits of vehicle donation – free pick-up of your donated vehicle, and a tax deduction if you itemize your tax return. Don’t wait call now – 800-240-0160 or use our easy online form.

Address:

11071 Donner Pass Rd.
Truckee CA 96161

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We Plus You. These three words celebrate the commitment of the entire Sutter Health family to provide personalized care through partnerships.

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Sutter Auburn Faith Foundation offers the opportunity for Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital to become a link for the surrounding community to the many programs and services provided by the hospital and sustained by the generosity of our donors. Becoming involved with the foundation is your opportunity to play an active role in improving the lives of all who call our area home.
Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital Foundation provides resources to assure our community the ability to live life to the fullest.

Some of the projects funded and programs initiated by the Foundation include:

• Cancer Support Group – meets weekly to address specific needs of patients and their caregivers as they are challenged with this difficult disease.
• Lifeline – A program that provides special telephone equipment and emergency monitoring to seniors and people with chronic illnesses.
• Hospital Capital projects
  • Women’s Imaging Center that provides digital mammography and bone density testing
  • Emergency Department remodel
  • Ambulatory Surgery expansion
  • Infusion Therapy Center
  • Wound and Ostomy Care Center
  • Operating Room Equipment for Orthopedics

Address:

11815 Education Street
Auburn CA 95602

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Soldiers’ Angels provides aid and comfort to the men and women of the United States Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and their families.

May No Soldier Go Unloved

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Soldiers’ Angels is a volunteer run non-profit organization. Their mission is to provide aide and comfort to any of the armed forces and their families. More importantly, the slogan describes the motivation behind Soldiers’ Angels. By working together and sharing a common vision of service, the volunteers of Soldiers’ Angels send care to deployed soldier’s and their loved ones at home. To date they have accomplished to send thousands of care packages to deployed soldiers, helped the wounded at three major military hospitals and aided many military families. From its very inception, the focus of Soldiers’ Angels has been: Helping to bring home healthy soldiers.

Address:

1792 E Washington Blvd 
Pasadena CA 91104

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The Sacramento Kings are about much more than just basketball.

By investing their time, their resources, their talent and their passion, the Sacramento Kings Foundation gives their region the support they need to succeed, economically and emotionally. Because being a positive agent of change in their community is at the core of their ongoing efforts to do good, impact the world and make Sacramento Proud.

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How Your Donation Helps

The Sacramento Kings Foundation donates, supports and connects with over 1,100 organizations each year through in-kind and cash donations, charitable tickets, community events and more. Help us continue to do good in the Sacramento region by donating a car, truck, van, boat, RV, or other vehicle to the Sacramento Kings Foundation.

Address:

One Sports Parkway
Sacramento CA 95834

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The mission of the Sacramento Children’s Museum is to spark a passion for life-long learning.They will accomplish their mission by providing a place where children are encouraged to think for themselves, expand their problem-solving abilities through creative exploration, and exercise both their bodies and their minds.

How Your Donation Helps

Donate a Vehicle for the Sacramento Children’s Museum. Your vehicle donation goes to help kids become life-long learners. Help provide a place where kids are encouraged to expand their thinking. 

Address:

2701 Prospect Park
Rancho Cordova CA 95670

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Opening doors to the future by maximizing the potential of children and families.

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Through a wide range of residential and community-based programs and services, the Sacramento Children’s Home systematically addresses family issues with a focus on building strong families and ending the generational cycle of abuse and neglect. The Sacramento Children’s Home makes a significant difference in the lives of 5,500 children and 4,200 families in the Sacramento region every year.

The Sacramento Children’s Home relies on the generosity of individuals and organizations throughout the community to keep our doors open to children and families in need. Your vehicle donation allows them to provide critical prevention and intervention services and programs to the most vulnerable children in our region. You can open the door to a better tomorrow for children and families in Sacramento County by donating your vehicle in support of Sacramento’s oldest nonprofit organization.

Address:

2750 Sutterville Road
Sacramento CA 95820

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Project Second Chance (PSC), the Contra Costa County Library Adult Literacy Program, offers free, confidential, one-on-one basic literacy instruction to people who read or write below the 6th grade level. Students are over 16 years of age, out of high school, and speak English well enough to communicate over the telephone and in person. While many PSC students are native English speakers, many others are non-native English speakers who can benefit from tutoring sessions that are conducted in English.

How Your Donation Helps

It is estimated that one in five adults in California struggles with reading, such that they would be unable to handle basic literacy tasks. Project Second Chance was founded in 1984 to help tackle this problem. Since that time, PSC has helped more than 5,400 county residents develop skills to read to their children, vote, advance at work, write to family and friends, read the newspaper, follow directions, acquire their high school diploma, and perhaps most significantly of all, feel better about themselves.

Address:

75 Santa Barbara Road (Street) 1750 Oak Park Boulevard (Mailing)
Pleasant Hill CA 94523

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To ensure that every individual has the knowledge, opportunity, and freedom to make every child a wanted child and every family a healthy family.

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte (PPMM) is the largest Planned Parenthood affiliate in the U.S., providing medical and education services to more than 250,000 people annually at our 32 health center locations in 42 counties in mid-California and northern Nevada.

PPMM was formed by a series of mergers of Planned Parenthood affiliates and independent health centers during the 1990s. The affiliate’s name was chosen to reflect a service area that stretches from the sea (mar) through the mountains (monte).

Health services include birth control, emergency contraception, pregnancy testing, prenatal care, abortion, adult general care, breast and cervical cancer screening, pediatrics and well-baby care as well as testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, HIV testing, and sterilization.

How Your Donation Helps

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte (PPMM) provides reproductive health services, primary care, education workshops and community outreach to more than 250,000 women, men and teens annually. At its 33 health centers and 8 satellite sites in mid-California and Northern Nevada, Planne Parenthood offers a range of general health services including birth control, prenatal care, STD testing and treatment, breast and cervical cancer screening, abortion, HIV testing, sterilization, pediatrics and adult primary care. Planned Parenthood Mar Monte also proudly advocate for reproductive freedom to ensure that the voices of the pro-choice majority are heard at all levels of government.

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte improves and transforms the lives of over 250,000 women, men and children every year in 29 counties throughout mid-California and 13 counties in Northern Nevada. It reaches people through medical services, education programs and advocacy initiatives.

Address:

1691 The Alameda
San Jose CA 95126

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PAWS is dedicated to the protection of performing animals, to providing sanctuary to abused, abandoned and retired captive wildlife, to enforcing the best standards of care for all captive wildlife, to the preservation of wild species and their habitat and to promoting public education about captive wildlife issues.

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The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) was founded in 1985 by Hollywood animal trainer and author, Pat Derby, and her partner, Ed Stewart. PAWS is the only animal welfare society dedicated to the rescue of performing and exotic animals from cruel confinement and performances of pain. Among our greatest concerns are the treatment of animals in circuses, animal acts, television and movies, as well as the problem of excess captive breeding, inadequate standards for captive wildlife and the exotic animal trade.

The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) captive wildlife sanctuaries are places where abandoned, abused, or retired performing animals and victims of the exotic animal trade can live in peace and dignity. For more than 25 years PAWS has been at the forefront of efforts to rescue and provide appropriate, humane sanctuary for animals who have been the victims of the exotic and performing animal trades.

PAWS investigates reports of abused performing and exotic animals, documents cruelty and assists in investigations and prosecutions by regulatory agencies to alleviate the suffering of captive wildlife.

Address:

PO Box 849
Galt CA 95632

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The overall mission for the Survivor’s Memorial Fund is to reach the $1,000,000.00 mark so SMF may be able to give a one time grant disbursement of $10,000. This one time grant disbursement provides immediate financial support and assistance to the families of ALL California Law Enforcement Officers who have been killed in the line of duty.
Thus far, over 180 families have received assistance from this fund.

*It is also important to note that each grant is often delivered to the family of a fallen officer within 24 hours.*

Officers put their lives on the line everyday, and thankfully many go on to see a well deserved retirement.
Sadly, a fallen officer will never have a such a retirement.
A fallen officer will never see their children grow, to share special memories with their spouse, to be able to hug a parent, or simply just to enjoy what you and I have at this moment—LIFE.

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What is the Survivor’s Memorial Fund?
Tragically, each and every year, in the State of California, ten to twenty law enforcement officers lose their lives in the line of duty. The survivors of our fallen officers have informed us that the family’s immediate financial need is for funds to cover food, travel, lodging and burial expenses. Insurance and pensions are not received until many months after the death of their loved one.

Due to the unforeseen expenses resulting from the untimely loss of a law enforcement loved one, the California Narcotic Officer’s Association has established a “Survivor’s Memorial Fund” to help subsidize these expenses. It is our opinion that this immediate financial assistance is vital to the well being of the family members during the shocking first days following the death of an officer.

The next time you watch television or listen to the radio and learn that a police officer has been killed, this Memorial Fund will already be in the process of making an immediate contribution to the family. Since its inception, the Fund has assisted more than 180 families in their time of need.

Address:

28245 Avenue Crocker - Suite 230
Santa Clarita CA 91355-1201

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Chabad-Lubavitch is a philosophy, a movement, and an organization. It is considered to be the most dynamic force in Jewish life today. The word “Chabad” is a Hebrew acronym for the three intellectual faculties: chochmah-wisdom, binah-comprehension and da’at-knowledge. Lubavitch means the “city of brotherly love”. The movement’s system of Jewish religious philosophy, the deepest dimension of G-d’s Torah, teaches understanding and recognition of the Creator, the role and purpose of creation, and the importance and unique mission of each creature. This philosophy guides a person to refine and govern his or her every act and feeling through wisdom, comprehension and knowledge.

The origins of today’s Chabad-Lubavitch organization can be traced to the early 1940s. Today 4,000 full-time emissary families direct more than 3,300 institutions (and a workforce that numbers in the tens of thousands) dedicated to the welfare of the Jewish people.

How Your Donation Helps

Help support Chabad of San Francisco with a vehicle donation. Chabad of San Francisco supports the Chabad-Lubavitch movement that supports 4,000 emissary families working and 3,300 institutions dedicated to the welfare of the Jewish people. Your car donation helps Chabad of San Francisco achieve the goals of their mission and continue contributing to the Jewish community in San Francisco and around the world.

Address:

830-832 28th Avenue 
S. Francisco CA 94121

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The Catholic Charities Diocese of Fresno‘s mission is to build and strengthen communities of caring and justice for all people by carrying out the social mission of the Church. We offer assistance to individuals, families and communities to empower them to live lives filled with dignity and self-reliance.

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Catholic Charities is a non-profit social service agency serving the needs of the poor and disadvantaged in the following counties

1. Merced
2. Fresno
3. Kern

They are here to empower the people of the San Joaquin Valley meeting their needs and addressing their issues, eliminating oppression and build a just, informed and compassionate society.

Address:

149 N. Fulton St.
Fresno CA 93701

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To train and support community volunteers who advocate for abused or neglected children placed in foster care; upholding the children’s rights while pursuing a safe and permanent home.ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES

• Children should feel safe and protected wherever they live.
• Children deserve to be treated with respect and have their opinions validated.
• Children in our communities are everyone’s responsibility.
• Our society has developed and implements systems to remove children, who are victims of abuse or neglect, from their parents to ensure their safety and well-being. Therefore, as a society we must be responsible. As a society, we must not only expect the system to care for these children, but rather we must hold each other responsible, making sure that these same children’s safety, welfare and dignity are upheld in the process.
• CASA is the organization designated to educate the community and be a spokesperson on issues of child maltreatment, always keeping the welfare of the child the priority.

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CASA of Monterey County trains and supports community volunteers who advocate for abused or neglected children placed in foster care; upholding the children’s rights while pursuing a safe and permanent home.

When Child Protective Services determine circumstances warrant a child being removed from their parents for their own protection, the legal case comes before the Dependency Court and the child is placed in foster care.  Monterey County has approximately 320 children in foster care; they are children in crisis, highly at-risk and vulnerable.

While all children are assigned a social worker and attorney, over 200 of those children are also assigned to CASA due to their complicated circumstances which, per the Juvenile Dependency Judge, require additional help and guidance.

Advocacy is conducted in the context of permanency: finding lifelong support and connections for children and youth in the foster care system while ensuring the quality of life a child deserves.  Advocacy focuses on four primary activities: investigate the circumstances of the case; advocate for what is in the best interest of the child; facilitate services; and monitor compliance with court orders and progress towards permanency.

Address:

945 S. Main Street, Suite 107
Salinas CA 93901

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CALICO achieves justice and healing for abused children. We achieve justice by bringing together law-enforcement officers, child welfare workers, prosecutors, and other professionals to investigate abuse allegations and elicit testimony from children. We use a nationally proven method designed to attain accurate information while protecting the emotional needs of the victim. We promote healing for victims by coordinating the first and most crucial stages of recovery. Our skilled mental-health clinicians offer guidance, resources and support to help the entire family along the path to physical and mental health and well-being.

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CALICO achieves justice and healing for abused children. Since 1997, CALICO, (the Child Abuse Listening, Interviewing and Coordination Center of Alameda County), has brought together police officers, child welfare workers, prosecutors and other professionals to respond collaboratively to child abuse allegations, hear children’s testimonies, and link children and families with vital therapeutic, medical and legal support services in the community. CALICO’s mission is to provide a supportive environment to interview children and facilitate a collaborative response to child abuse in which the needs of children take precedence.

Every $1,000 donated to CALICO provides a family in crisis with a comprehensive package of services.  These services include a quality forensic interview of an abused child by a specially trained professional in a safe environment; crisis intervention and emotional support for the child’s family; and follow up support and referrals for community-based services to help the child and family on the road to justice and healing.

CALICO improves the quality of life of abused children and families in several important ways:

• First, CALICO stops the immediate violence for both the child interviewed and other children to whom the abuser has access.
• Second, by coordinating the response of various agencies, CALICO reduces further trauma to the child that would result from being part of multiple investigations.
• Third, by connecting abused children with therapeutic support, CALICO can break the inter-generational cycle of violence and help a child onto a path of healthy adulthood.

Each year, CALICO aids 600-700 children, adolescents and developmentally disabled adults, most of whom were sexually abused, and many of whom were physically hurt, neglected, exploited as prostitutes, and/or witnessed violence in their homes or communities. 

Address:

524 Estudillo Avenue
San Leandro CA 94577

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CalTrout‘s mission is to protect and restore wild trout, native steelhead and the waters they inhabit throughout California, and to create high quality angling opportunities for the public to enjoy. Although great fishing has been restored, protected, or made possible by much of our work, CalTrout is not a fishing club or organization. Quality angling is an outcome of our primary focus: to improve the health of the state’s watersheds, rivers and lakes.

How Your Donation Helps

California Trout is headquartered in San Francisco with satellite offices in the Eastern Sierra, Mount Shasta, North Coast, Northern Sierra, and Southern California areas.

California Trout’s decisions and recommendations are not driven by popular opinion but by sound scientific rationale based on collaborative relationships with UC Davis, Stanford, UC Santa Barbara and University of Nevada Reno.

Strong collaborative relationships with local, regional and national partners help strengthen California Trout’s position and accomplish our goals.

With a decade-long history of regional conservation offices, CalTrout is intimately familiar with local issues and challenges, and thus is positioned to drive and implement well-founded solutions.

This approach enables California Trout to:

• Advocate and drive federal, state and regional water and fish legislation and policy
• Use existing law to monitor, implement and litigate, if necessary
• Implement large-scale, regional fish habitat restoration projects

Address:

360 Pine Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco CA 94104

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The California Hospice Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation that advocates for patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families through public outreach, education and research.

They are committed to improving end-of-life care and expanding access to hospice and palliative care with the goal of profoundly enhancing the quality of life for people who are suffering, and for their families and loved ones.

Created in 1986 as the California State Hospice Association, they are governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees composed of hospice professionals and community members from across the state. All trustees serve without compensation for their time or expenses.

How Your Donation Helps

Donate a car to the California Hospice Foundation and help provide hospice and palliative care across California.

Address:

3841 North Freeway Boulevard, Suite 100
Sacramento CA 95834

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CALICO achieves justice and healing for abused children. We achieve justice by bringing together law-enforcement officers, child welfare workers, prosecutors, and other professionals to investigate abuse allegations and elicit testimony from children. We use a nationally proven method designed to attain accurate information while protecting the emotional needs of the victim. We promote healing for victims by coordinating the first and most crucial stages of recovery. Our skilled mental-health clinicians offer guidance, resources and support to help the entire family along the path to physical and mental health and well-being.

How Your Donation Helps

CALICO achieves justice and healing for abused children. Since 1997, CALICO, (the Child Abuse Listening, Interviewing and Coordination Center of Alameda County), has brought together police officers, child welfare workers, prosecutors and other professionals to respond collaboratively to child abuse allegations, hear children’s testimonies, and link children and families with vital therapeutic, medical and legal support services in the community. CALICO’s mission is to provide a supportive environment to interview children and facilitate a collaborative response to child abuse in which the needs of children take precedence.

Every $1,000 donated to CALICO provides a family in crisis with a comprehensive package of services.  These services include a quality forensic interview of an abused child by a specially trained professional in a safe environment; crisis intervention and emotional support for the child’s family; and follow up support and referrals for community-based services to help the child and family on the road to justice and healing.

CALICO improves the quality of life of abused children and families in several important ways:

• First, CALICO stops the immediate violence for both the child interviewed and other children to whom the abuser has access.
• Second, by coordinating the response of various agencies, CALICO reduces further trauma to the child that would result from being part of multiple investigations.
• Third, by connecting abused children with therapeutic support, CALICO can break the inter-generational cycle of violence and help a child onto a path of healthy adulthood.

Each year, CALICO aids 600-700 children, adolescents and developmentally disabled adults, most of whom were sexually abused, and many of whom were physically hurt, neglected, exploited as prostitutes, and/or witnessed violence in their homes or communities. 

Address:

524 Estudillo Avenue
San Leandro CA 94577

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The Boys & Girls Club of Central Sonoma County mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens. Boys & Girls Clubs provide a safe place to learn and grow … ongoing relationships with caring, adult professionals … life-enhancing programs and character development experiences … hope and opportunity.

How Your Donation Helps

Boys & Girls Clubs have been serving Sonoma County youth for sixty years! Many alumni fondly remember their days at the Barbieri Boxing Club in Healdsburg which eventually became the first Club in the County.  Every day, our county’s future leaders come to the Clubs seeking Hope & Opportunity from caring adults. What happens next is hard to describe on paper. Somewhere between hours of homework help, character building experiences, and positive relationships with other kids, lives are changed.

Since 2008, the Boys and Girls Club of Central Sonoma County has grown from serving 300 young people to over 3,000 young people each year. What were once 3 sites are now 24 sites across Sonoma County. This growth is the outward demonstration of Boys and Girls Club of Central Sonoma County’s commitment to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Boys and Girls Club of Central Sonoma County hopes you’ll keep your eye on this growth and invites you to join them in making a difference in the lives of thousands of Sonoma County youth!

Address:

PO Box 7460
Santa Rosa CA 95407 

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The Boys & Girls Club of Central Sonoma County mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens. Boys & Girls Clubs provide a safe place to learn and grow … ongoing relationships with caring, adult professionals … life-enhancing programs and character development experiences … hope and opportunity.

How Your Donation Helps

Boys & Girls Clubs have been serving Sonoma County youth for sixty years! Many alumni fondly remember their days at the Barbieri Boxing Club in Healdsburg which eventually became the first Club in the County.  Every day, our county’s future leaders come to the Clubs seeking Hope & Opportunity from caring adults. What happens next is hard to describe on paper. Somewhere between hours of homework help, character building experiences, and positive relationships with other kids, lives are changed.

Since 2008, the Boys and Girls Club of Central Sonoma County has grown from serving 300 young people to over 3,000 young people each year. What were once 3 sites are now 24 sites across Sonoma County. This growth is the outward demonstration of Boys and Girls Club of Central Sonoma County’s commitment to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Boys and Girls Club of Central Sonoma County hopes you’ll keep your eye on this growth and invites you to join them in making a difference in the lives of thousands of Sonoma County youth!

Address:

PO Box 7460
Santa Rosa CA 95407 

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The Big Brothers Big Sisters Mission is to help children reach their potential through one-to-one relationships with mentors that have a measurable impact on youth.

The Big Brothers Big Sisters Vision is successful mentoring relationships for all children who need and want them, contributing to brighter futures, better schools, and stronger communities for all.

How Your Donation Helps

Donate your car to Big Brothers Big Sisters of El Dorado County and help kids reach their potential through mentoring.

Address:

2914 Cold Springs Road, Suite B
Placerville CA 95667

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