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Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County
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The Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County serves over 200 pantries, shelters, senior and children’s programs in the county to alleviate hunger. If we win this contest, we will pass the $10,000 winnings on to those non-profit community partners that demonstrate a commitment to distributing healthy food to their recipients, which is made available to them at the Food Bank Coalition. Malnutrition negatively affects education, health, and the ability to thrive. Your vote will help us not only fight hunger, but also support healthier food choices. Together we can build a healthier community! |
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Foodbank of Santa Barbara County (Santa Maria Div)
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The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County provides for the needs of one in four people in the county; over 102,000 unduplicated people of whom 44% are children. Working through its own award-winning programs and a network of over 300 food distribution partners, the Foodbank provides nourishment and education to transform health by eliminating hunger and food insecurity through good nutrition and food literacy. Last year, the Foodbank distributed the food and resources to support 8.5 million meals with half of the food being fresh produce. |
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Mission Community Services Corp (MCSC)
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Are you an entrepreneur, or do you dream of starting your own business? MCSC and the Women’s Business Center help entrepreneurs, especially women, minorities, veterans, and low-income individuals, to receive comprehensive training and business counseling. We offer assistance on a vast array of topics from securing financing to tackling legal questions, and meeting with one of our counselors is free of charge. This grant will help us continue to offer our consulting at no cost and help create the next wave of successful small businesses in SLO County. We are here to help you start and grow your business! |
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People’s Self-Help Housing
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Peoples’ was founded 44 years ago in San Luis Obispo by a group of community volunteers who were concerned about the housing conditions of the poor and the impact these conditions had on their lives. The group secured a $2,000 loan and built one home for an impoverished family. From this humble beginning, Peoples’ has grown to become the premier affordable housing developer on the Central Coast . Peoples’ has achieved much success having assisted nearly 1,200 low-income households build and own their first home and have constructed 1,520 much-needed affordable apartments. We provide free after school education for 250. |
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Salvation Army of Santa Barbara and SLO Counties
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Through our local offices, The Salvation Army provides services to over 10,000 families per year in the Counties of Santa Barbara & SLO. These year-round services include eviction prevention, utility bill assistance, transportation, disaster services, after school programs, groceries & feeding programs. Additionally, we provide seasonal assistance such as our ever popular Christmas Toy & Food Programs. We are looking to use the $10,000 to keep our Food Pantries & Feeding Programs fully stocked. We have been hit hard by the recent food price increases we are currently struggling to meet the growing need in our local communities. |
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Assistance League of San Luis Obispo County-ALSLO
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Since 1995 ALSLOC has provided new school-appropriate clothing and made a difference in the lives of more than 18,000 of our County’s neediest children. In the 2014-2015 school year Operation School Bell (OSB) will provide new school wardrobes to more than 1,200 students in need, grades K-12, who live in and attend schools in SLO County. OSB is the only program that provides this service throughout the school year. The program is administered and staffed by our all-volunteer membership. The children are referred to us by school personnel, social service agencies and shelters. We provide a most basic need – clothing. |
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Bakari Mentoring Program at Cal Poly
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The Bakari Mentoring Program at Cal Poly is a culturally sensitive and gender specific prevention and intervention program for at-risk high school males and females between the ages of 14-17 years. The program is provided to youth for 6-months with a 3-month follow-up phase. The current proposal requests funding to support key program components: job readiness, job shadowing, professional development, and college preparation. The program seeks to serve between 25-30 students for the next year. If funded, the program will provide both academic and social-emotional services, support, and a pro-social environment to youth that facilitates successful transition into adulthood. |
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Boys & Girls Club of Northern San Luis Obispo Co.
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For twenty-two years we have offered our members daily access to high-quality developmental programs, emphasizing: Character and Leadership, Educational and Career, Health and Life Skills, The Arts, and Sports, Fitness and Recreation. At $20 a year per child, our low membership allows the Club to serve families nondiscriminatory of their socioeconomic status. To keep kids on track to graduate, our Club implements Power Hour. With Power Hour youth extend their learning beyond the school day by participating in: - homework help - fun, interactive high-yield learning activities - tutoring for youth who need more help with specific subjects or skills. |
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Camp Hapitok- Friends of Hapitok, Inc.
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Camp Hapitok is a summer camp for children from San Luis Obispo County ages 6-11 with speech, language, and hearing disorders. Hapitok is unique in that each camper is paired one-on-one with a teenager called a TIGR. In addition to daily speech therapy, campers practice their speech and language in fun and engaging camp activities with their TIGRs. Camp Hapitok has helped many children make incredible growth in their speech and language and has inspired many SLO county teens to enter the field of education. Hapitok has always been free for campers and TIGRs; let’s help keep it that way! |
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Committee for Atascadero Public Schools (CAPS)
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The Committee for Atascadero Public Schools (CAPS) was chartered in 2007 under the fiscal umbrella of the The Link (Family Resource Center). CAPS holds an annual “Evening for Education” to raise money for enrichment programs, projects and supplies to help students and teachers be successful in the classroom. Since CAPS inception they have donated over $380,000 to Atascadero Public Schools. CAPS is a 100% volunteer organization comprised of community citizens and teachers. CAPS received the "Organization of the Year" award from the Atascadero Chamber of Commerce in 2012. CAPS also received the 2012 Gold Award from the California Teachers Association. |
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Friends of the Library of Atascadero
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Our all-volunteer, no-staff organization, 400-plus members, works tirelessly to sustain and enhance Atascadero’s library. Our recent five-year fundraising campaign raised over one-million dollars from the community to make possible (with matching funds from SLO County) purchase and completion of our new library building. Now we’re playing catch-up to secure materials and programming that will foster love of reading and propel our library into the age of digital technology, information literacy and cultural relevance. Funds are needed for all-ages reading programs, quality books and media, worldwide database access, and other resources for information, education, entertainment and vitality of our diverse community. |
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Transitions- Mental Health Association
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TMHA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating stigma and inspiring hope, growth, recovery and wellness for people with mental illness. We operate 30 programs at over 35 locations in San Luis Obispo and North Santa Barbara counties. The emphasis of our innovative services is to teach vital independent living skills and help build a framework for community re-entry through personal empowerment and hands on experience. For over 30 years, TMHA has been dedicated to providing work, housing, case management and life-skills support to teens and adults with mental illness while offering support, resources and education for their loved ones. |
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Central Coast Aquarium
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The CCA is seeking funds so we can continue to provide daily educational programs to both our local students and public visitors. The day to day operational costs of running the aquarium are very high and we rely on private and corporate donations to offset these costs so we can provide scholarships to our students and reasonably priced general aquarium admission tickets to the public. We follow a streamlined budget and business plans to insure that our principal mission is met each year and could not exist without the support of our local community donors. |
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Central Coast Concerned Mountain Bikers
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Central Coast Concerned Mountain Bikers (CCCMB) has been building new trails and maintaining existing multi-use trails throughout SLO County for nearly 30 years. Affiliated with International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA), CCCMB welcomes participation from everyone who enjoys our impressive trail system. CCCMB volunteers are hikers, mountain bikers, equestrians of all ages working together. They do over 6,000 hours of volunteer labor per year in SLO City and County parks, local California State parks and Los Padres National Forest. Funds raised can purchase tools, kiosks, benches, trail markers as well as fund printing trail maps and brochures for public distribution. |
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Central Coast Grown
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Central Coast Grown is changing the way the San Luis Obispo community thinks about food. Growing, buying, and eating locally affects us all. Through our City Farm School Project, we provide a unique learning environment and on-the-ground vocational training for students in an effort to transform the educational experience and teach about the food we eat multiple times a day. With additional support, we aim to expand hands-on educational opportunities and workshops for all SLO community members to learn about the vital role local food plays in all of our lives, a true farm-to -fork experience. |
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Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center
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The Dunes Center is seeking funding to turn local underprivileged elementary school children into published authors through the creation of the second volume of a book filled with stories, poems, and drawings produced by children in our programs. |
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Zoo to You- Conservation Ambassadors
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Conservation Ambassadors was formed to teach learners of all ages to make informed decisions about the world of tomorrow. Based on years of experience teaching through Zoo To You and Wildlife On Wheels, we have developed highly entertaining and informative programs that teach students about our interdependence with nature. We foster passion and empower our audience to take action for wild places and wild things. |
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Central Coast Funds for Children
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Central Coast Funds for Children (CCFC) is dedicated to improving the lives of children by supporting local organizations with like-minded goals. Since 1994 CCFC has awarded more than $1.3 million, through a grant review process, to local 501 (c) 3 agencies in San Luis Obispo County. CCFC members (35 women) volunteer over 3,400 hours per year, raising funds by dues, donations (private and business) and three, member coordinated, fundraising events. We require that all funds be used for children with needs, under the age of 18, and residing in San Luis Obispo County. |
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Children’s Resource Network of the Central Coast
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We help 4000 disadvantaged children and youth, ages newborn to eighteen, annually in Northern Santa Barbara and all of San Luis Obispo counties. We provide them with free clothing, school supplies, backpacks, books, diapers, blankets, toiletries, Christmas presents, Halloween costumes, and other basic resources. THE TEENS CLOSET (S): We have three Teens Closet programs located in San Luis Obispo, Arroyo Grande, and Santa Maria. These are free teen-sized clothing and resource stores. TRAVELING CHILDREN'S CLOSET: This traveling trailer and truck (donated by PG&E) helps small children by providing them with free clothing, school supplies, diapers, children's books, and other resources. |
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Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children
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CASA of San Luis Obispo County advocates for the best interests of abused and neglected children within the court system. It costs $2,000 to provide a screened, trained CASA Volunteer for an abused or neglected child for one year. Right now, hundreds of abused and neglected children in our community are waiting. |
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Hats for Hope
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Hats for Hope provides certificates to fund wigs to every oncology office between Santa Ynez and Paso Robles. As each cancer patient throughout San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara counties is diagnosed and given her treatment plan resulting in hair loss, the oncology office provides the patient with a Hats for Hope certificate to receive a wig. Hats for Hope has no paid staff. Since it began in 2001, the entire program has been funded through donations and successfully managed by the Board of Directors. 100% of funds received support this local wig program. |
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SLO Noor Foundation
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Since 2011, SLO Noor Clinic has offered free healthcare for uninsured adults (ages 18-64) countywide. Funding will help provide 300+ appointments/month. Services include quality primary care exams/diagnostic screenings, plus on-going medical supervision for patients with diabetes, heart disease and other chronic illnesses. Our volunteer medical teams also offer vision care (exams, disease treatment, and free eyeglasses), plus dental services began this spring: exams, cleanings, and basic restorative procedures like fillings. Our focus is to detect/treat conditions EARLY ON to reduce probability of escalation into a catastrophic situation. In doing so, the benefit to both patients and community is maximized! |
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