![Announcing: COVID-19 Competitive Grants Program](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/grants-announcement-blog.jpg)
Announcing: COVID-19 Competitive Grants Program
The COVID-19 pandemic has touched every aspect of our lives and created widespread and long-term challenges in Sonoma County communities and throughout the world. As with previous disasters, the impact is not distributed evenly. The Latinx population has been...
Over 8 million meals since March: the Redwood Empire Food Bank
Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB) is no stranger to supporting communities through disasters. In recent years, they’ve responded to their fair share: Sonoma and Mendocino Complex Fires, Russian River floods of 2019, the Kincade Fire, and more. Now they have a new crisis...
![211 – A Lifeline in Times of Emergency](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/211-website.jpg)
211 – A Lifeline in Times of Emergency
Since United Way of the Wine Country took over operations of the 211 information and referral line just over a year ago, many Sonoma County residents have come to know the service as an emergency hotline. When in crisis, locals can call or text 211, or visit the 211...
Bridging Racial and Economic Divides in the North County: Corazón Healdsburg
Since 2011, Corazón Healdsburg has worked to bridge the racial and economic divide in the northern reaches of Sonoma County. Their work has made a big impact in the Latinx community, through adult education programs, financial counseling, health outreach, a bilingual...
La Luz Microloan Program
When Cliff Casolla bought Marshall Auto Body in Glen Ellen nearly six years ago, he could have never predicted the bumps he’d pass over during his first years in business. Fires, black outs, evacuations, closures because of coronavirus; he maneuvered it all with small...
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Supporting Student’s Mental Health
Established in 1993 by Sonoma State Professor Mark Doolittle, Support Our Students Community Counseling (SOS) continues to draw on the original mission of supporting the wellbeing of Sonoma County’s youth. “Mark created the organization with the idea that we’d keep...
![Feeding the Medically Fragile: Food For Thought](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/food-for-thought-3.jpg)
Feeding the Medically Fragile: Food For Thought
The staff at Food For Thought in Forestville began implementing sanitation plans as soon as they got word of the pandemic in early March. But because the organization relies heavily on volunteers to help get food on the tables of those in need—and because the bulk of...
![UndocuFund: Supporting Our Community in Times of Crisis](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/undocufund-stock-image.jpg)
UndocuFund: Supporting Our Community in Times of Crisis
When shelter in place orders were instated, *Elena’s hours at the coffee shop where she’s worked for twelve years were cut from 40 to 16 hours per week. A parent with two children at home (ages 4 and 22), Elena’s job helps keep the bills paid; if she isn’t working,...
![Feeding Seniors in Sonoma County: Meals on Wheels](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Council-on-Aging.jpg)
Feeding Seniors in Sonoma County: Meals on Wheels
For more than 50 years Sonoma County’s Council on Aging has provided valuable support to the region’s older adults. Of the many services they offer, the Meals on Wheels delivery program is an essential part of keeping one of our most vulnerable population safe and...
![Giving Back During COVID-19: An Interview With Hanford ARC](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-06-19-Hanford-ARC-web-01.jpg)
Giving Back During COVID-19: An Interview With Hanford ARC
Interview by Dani Burlison. Photo: Hanford ARC Vice President and CEO Mark Cederborg with founder Doug Hanford, by Caitlin Childs Sonoma County based Hanford Applied Restoration and Conservation (Hanford ARC) is a general engineering and landscape contractor...
![Racial Justice Grantmaking: Recommendations and Resources](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/supporting-racial-justice-02.jpg)
Racial Justice Grantmaking: Recommendations and Resources
Recently, we shared a letter from our CEO affirming our support for racial justice, and promising to continue the conversation as we work, as individuals and organizationally, to be better. With that in mind, we asked our team to share recommendations on how donors...
![Supporting Racial Justice](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/supporting-racial-justice.jpg)
Supporting Racial Justice
As our nation grapples with channeling the sadness and outrage we feel over the killing of George Floyd and so many other black and brown lives taken too soon, our team has been connecting to share our grief, our frustration, and to focus our resolve for change. I am...
Redwood Alliance Conference Grounds: Providing Shelter for Sonoma County’s Unhoused Community
Story by Dani Burlison When shelter in place orders were implemented in California, Jim Blake had an idea that could prevent overcrowding—and prevent a potential increase of COVID-19 cases—at some Sonoma County shelters and addiction treatment facilities. Blake, the...
Sonoma Family Meal: Feeding Families, Supporting Restaurants
Story by Dani Burlison, Photos by Caitlin Childs During the 2017 North Bay fires, Heather Irwin came up with what she refers to as a “silly idea” to help feed displaced families. Irwin, a local reporter focusing on Sonoma County’s restaurants, started getting phone...
![Meals on Wheels: helpings seniors with food and connection](https://www.sonomacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/meals-on-wheels.jpg)
Meals on Wheels: helpings seniors with food and connection
Story by Dani Burlison For more than 50 years Sonoma County’s Council on Aging has provided valuable support to the region’s older adults. Of the many services they offer, the Meals on Wheels delivery program is an essential part of keeping one of our most vulnerable...