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The Foundation For Living Beauty

The Foundation for Living Beauty received a grant to help with a month of programming which will include: four facilitator led workshops, one movement series that includes three to four classes and one Day Retreat that includes a full day of workshops. Each month will have a theme with topics including gratitude, reclaiming oneself and resilience. The Foundation for Living Beauty aims to educate, uplift and empower women with cancer through wellness retreats, educational workshops and support services. They serve approximately 1,059 women and are currently working to modify their programs to accommodate the Coronavirus pandemic and its impact on in-person services.
 
Two recipients of the Foundation for Living Beauty have found ways to give back by starting their own nonprofit to help beatify a room in a cancer patient’s home in order to put a smile on their face. While another has made sure that her Living Beauty sister has food that she needs. The women served by The Foundation for Living Beauty have found many ways to give back. 
 

Jubilee Consortium

“One of the best parts of Jubilee Year is getting to collaborate with some absolutely amazing non-profits. This week we had site visits at Neighborhood Youth Association, an after school program focused on student empowerment, enrichment, and college readiness – and Open Temple, a dynamic, creative, emerging Jewish community that seeks to foster a sense of openness and connection to transform the world!

We’re so blessed to have such amazing partners!”

Echoes of Hope

Learn about of the Echoes of Hope programs. These programs are what funds from the Leo Buscaglia Foundation help support.

 

The EOH Youth program offers resources for current and former foster youth, low-income, and at-risk youth, between the ages of 13-30. 

Services support youth at colleges, universities, and nonprofits throughout the country. 

Some of the younger youth qualify for the Rising Stars Club. 

Resources for EOH Youth include, but are not limited to: 

·      Housing assistance

·      Grocery store gift card and/or food vouchers

·      Transportation (i.e. bus and gift cards)

·      Uniforms

·      Fees relating to school (i.e. commitment fees, graduation fees, testing fees, etc.)

·      Backpack/Toiletry drive

·      Extracurricular (i.e. dance and voice lessons, sports equipment, etc.)

Qualifications: 

·      Actively enrolled in school  

·      Must be low-income, at-risk, and/or former foster youth

 

Click here to learn more about other 2020 recipients.

Beauty Bus

Margaret Atwood’s Beauty Bus story began when her husband was ill and their daughter, Ashley, was his caregiver. Margaret had learned about Beauty Bus and thought her daughter could benefit from a Home Visit. Little did Margaret know that she would carry on her husband’s legacy through her own volunteer work with Beauty Bus.

As a licensed cosmetologist, Margaret’s husband Gilbert, was impressed with the work that Beauty Bus performs. He made it his goal to become a Beauty Bus volunteer after he recovered from cancer. Sadly, that was a goal he was unable to fulfill.

Margaret volunteers at both Pop-Up Salons and at Home Visits. “It’s a way to honor him,” says Margaret of the volunteer work she and Ashley do together. “I’ve gone on home visits and sometimes it’s tough. But I feel good that I can go! The gratitude and feeling the clients have when we leave… it’s just great.”

American Youth Symphony

March 2020, conductor Jessica Bejarano was coming off the success of the debut concert for the orchestra she founded, the San Francisco Philharmonic. While large ensembles haven’t had much of a chance to perform since then, Bejarano is keeping up the orchestral collaboration.

This week, the conductor is partnering with L.A.’s American Youth Symphony. It’s a return appearance of sorts: Bejarano was the first woman to conduct the ensemble, in 2019. This Friday’s concert, a free family event that has Bejarano teaching a short conducting lesson and AYS musicians playing a selection of solo and duet repertoire, isn’t back in the concert hall yet. But online, it’s still bringing people together.

The music from Bejarano and AYS is one half of a larger event, hosted by A Place Called Home, a community organization serving South Central L.A. APCH screens a film following the concert; this week, it’s the 2016 animated movie Sing. It’s all part of a regular series, Family Film Fridays, that, for the first time, AYS is playing the pre-show for, along with APCH’s own Youth Strings Ensemble.

Bejarano, who grew up in L.A. and has made a point of giving back to the community in music, says: “It’s incredibly important to bring free classical music to families to aid in enriching and fulfilling their lives. I also find it incredibly important and notable that AYS is not only bringing music to APCH families but also demonstrating how to be a leader through the conducting lesson that I will be teaching. It gives our youth a different lens through which to experience music and the world.”

Click here to learn more about other 2020 recipients.

Teacher’s Fund

“Teacher’s Fund was created to help Santa Barbara County teachers get the tools and materials they need for their classrooms and their students. Teacher’s Fund has granted more than $1.6 million dollars to Santa Barbara County public and private kindergarten, Elementary, Middle and High School teachers.

In 2002, Renee Grubb the owner of Village Properties established The Village Properties Teacher’s Fund (Teacher’s Fund). The non-profit organization was established to assist local teachers with the purchase of supplies, materials and equipment needed for classrooms. Village Properties and several Village Properties real estate agents supported Teacher’s Fund, and were the sole donors for several years until the non-profit’s mission and reputation were established.

Recognizing that the desire to support teachers was a shared mission in the community, Village Properties began encouraging others to join in supporting the nonprofit organization. They removed the Village Properties name from the nonprofit organization and today, Teacher’s Fund continues to be a strong and vibrant 501(c)(3), with major funding from Village Properties, their real estate agents, in addition to several businesses, individuals and foundations.

On average, the Teacher’s Fund was receiving more than $25,000 a month in requests for grades K – 12. In April of 2009, due to the magnitude of budget cuts to schools, Teacher’s Fund once again expanded support to include grades 9-12 for most Santa Barbara County public and private schools.

While Teacher’s Fund may not be able to solve the budget restraints on the Federal, State and school district levels, Teacher’s Fund support can make a difference one classroom at a time.”

Street Poets

Check out Street Poets words fest!

“We’re so excited to be partnering with @tiachuchas for the 17th Annual Celebrating Words Fest!!! For the first time ever, CWF will have a 2nd Stage and we’ll be hosting!!! There will be poetry, music, and space for you to share your voice on the open mic! Come celebrate with us on Saturday, May 21, 2022 from 2-7pm! 💫“

Click here to learn more about Street Poets. 

Sharefest Community Development

Read about this recent sharefest project.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation believes strongly in investing in local communities to help make people’s lives better. Working with local nonprofit, Sharefest Community Development, Inc., Marathon recently completed a beautification project at Del Amo Elementary school in Carson. Over the course of the day, Marathon’s many volunteers completed 14 large scale mural walls. This project is just one of many Marathon has completed with Sharefest over the past several years. “Marathon is a longtime partner who truly wants to make our communities better places,” said Chad Mayer, Executive Director of Sharefest. “They take on huge projects that transform schools because they know how important it is for youth to feel valued. In fact, this is our second project with them this year and they’ve invested $63,000 into the Wilmington and Carson communities!”

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