A Sense of Home, is a nonprofit organization run by former foster youth that utilizes donated furniture for youth that have aged-out of the foster care system and are now living on their own, often in subsidized housing. They help by providing furniture and other basic necessities required to make the youth’s first permanent living space feel like home.
A Sense of Home, received a grant for needed home-makingsupplies. Items may include bedding, kitchen gadgets and small pieces of furniture. Former foster youth who receive a home creation commit to doing the same for at least one other youth recently released from the system. ASOH transforms the lives of former foster youth at-risk for repeat homelessness by creating their first ever homes utilizing loving-kindness of volunteers.
Click here to learn more about A Sense of Home.
Team Giving, received a grant for community outreach, project coordination, database management, training, marketing, website maintenance and social media expenses. Team Giving’s mission is to inspire, guide and advocate for non-profit organization by matching their needs with businesses, corporations and service clubs to complete volunteer projects. They support systemic change by bridging the gap between non-profits with substantial need for volunteer support and corporations, service clubs and individuals with the time and skills to meet those needs.
Volunteerism empowers people to support causes they care about. Giving of time, talent and effort is hugely consequential and monetary value is one way to measure the impact that Team Giving volunteers make toward improving their communities.
“As promised, here are some of the fabulous finished art projects from today’s Therapeutic Art Classes provided at the Mountain Communities Boys and Girls Club “Teen Mentoring Center (TMC)”. We are welcoming new members today at IAC Club and its TMC. This is only one of the many great weekly programs these teens get to take part in. Directly after this painting, they all went to their Skills Streaming Class. Success takes form in a smile.”
“To date, we have engaged almost 4000 amazing volunteers within our Sacramento area nonprofits! They all have accomplished much to uplift our communities.
It’s Fall, which means the 2019/2020 season is just around the corner…but Summer at Pacific Chorale always means education. Flash Back Friday to Choral Camp 2019!
“Redlands East Valley High School student Chloe Tincher’s work “Captured” is among the artwork included with this year’s winning designs of REP’s latest note card collection. Be sure to reserve your package of this year’s designs: packs may be of a single design, or a pack that includes all 11 designs for this year. Ordering instructions are available at www.rep4schools.com.”
“Thank you all for an incredibly successful 7th Annual Books ‘n Brunch! Here are some facts:
We are honored that our founder of ASOH was asked to speak on the main stage of the Spartan World Championships in Lake Tahoe. Inspirational speaker and NY Times best selling author — Joe De Sena, founder and CEO of the Spartan Race, is considered to have created the number one team building experience in the world — and yet Joe thinks ASOH is so powerful and important that all ASOH volunteers get free Spartan corporate team building tix. We are so excited to partner with Spartan to explore how we can find more ways to reveal the best of the human spirt”
“We help low-resourced, high-potential first generation students get in, stay in, and graduate from a four-year college. We do this by providing academic support, mentoring, and exposure to a broader world.