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Joy & Kindness
Campaign 2022

Catalog of Volunteer Opportunities
for SAFE Employees

Click on the "Learn more" buttons below each opportunity to learn more about the organizations we're partnering with for this year's Joy & Kindness Campaign.

Organizations are organized into two categories:

Pick which one works best for your team! Each team (determined by RC) has a budget of $300, please use the button below to provide information for which organization you've chosen, and have all expense reports for projects completed by 12/12/22.

Note: if you choose a monetary donation, we will take care of completing the donation for you from the info you provided in the form you filled out via the button below -- no expense reports will be required from you, expense reports are required if you are buying supplies for your team's chosen project.

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Monetary Donation Opportunities

These nonprofits are asking for monetary donations -- see the next section for project donation opportunities like gift and toy drives. Click on the "Learn more" buttons below each opportunity.

Yolo County Children's Alliance

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Yolo County Children's Alliance is gearing up for our winter events which supports upwards of 1000 families per event. The Community Giveaway Day event supports families with a holiday food basket for thanksgiving as well as winter coats and blankets for their children. This year, we hope to provide 2000 coats and are in need of partners to help support the effort.

 

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Project Optimism

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Project Optimism is holding its 5th annual Power of Giving Toy Drive at Greer Elementary school in Sacramento, CA December 18th, 2022. Prior to the event, we are looking for toy donations to share at the event – we would also be happy to be considered for a monetary donation. 

 

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Food Literacy Center

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Sponsor our Kids Holiday Farmers Market! During the event, students at a low-income school will shop at a mini-farmers market and choose their favorite fruits and veggies to take home. We do our part to teach these kids healthy habits throughout the school year and want to help them practice healthy eating and cooking with their families. We would like to be considered for a monetary donation to help provide fruits and veggies to the students for this event!

 

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Effie Yeaw Nature Center

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Our end of year “Needs Tree” project focuses on larger ticket items (that range in price from $400 - $3,000) are needed by our departments this year we are looking to help our animal care department! Any help in getting any number of these items is greatly appreciated!

 

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Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Sacramento

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Sponsor a Club Family for the Holidays! We have many families who are not financially able to buy presents for the Holidays and the SAFE CU team can make all the difference! We can pair you with a family (or more!) who needs extra support and provide the details for the family. It is up to you what you provide, but new clothing, toys, and household items are very much appreciated. Gift cards to Target or a grocery store are also incredibly helpful for families, values can range from $25 to $200. Please wrap each gift and label it with the name of the child (or parent). We ask that all gifts are delivered to the Boys & Girls Club before December 23rd.

If you are interested in sponsoring a family, let us know and if you have any family size requirements. Then we will pair you with the right family and provide the details you need for shopping. Thank you!

 

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Wellspring Women's Center

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Wellspring Women’s Center nurtures the innate goodness and personal self-esteem of women and their children. Since 1987, our drop-in Center has provided respite and services based on “hospitality with dignity and love. We need your help to make this year a success and fill up our shelves with donations of diapers, baby wash/lotion, feminine hygiene products, coffee, travel size toiletries, yarn, and so much more (we are happy to provide a list of most needed items).

Further, Wellspring celebrates 12-Days of Christmas. We work hard to help the women and children who rely on our Center to experience seasonal activities - crafts, music, decorations, food, gifts etc. We welcome volunteers to support these activities and to offer other operational support (Monday through Friday between 8am and noon).

 

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Hearts Landing Ranch

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Hearts Landing Ranch is a faith-based organization that exists to Build Community to Change a Community.

 

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Sierra Nevada Journeys

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We are hosting a holiday campaign where we are asking for donations to go towards scholarships for science activities and camps for kids in STEM who might not otherwise have access to such programs.

 

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Sacramento Splash!

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This holiday season, Sacramento Splash has a goal of connecting 150 Sacramento students to the outdoors!

Every school year, Splash connects 14,500 students to the outdoors with our incredible hands-on field trip experiences for area 2nd-7th graders. Outdoor education should be accessible to ALL students, which is why we want to make these experiences possible for students in traditionally under-resourced and under-represented communities. This holiday season, give the gift of the outdoors to a Sacramento student!

 

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Saint John's Program for Real Change

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We host Adopt-A-Family for our residents. We will be sending out information the 2nd week of November. Each organization/business/group/family uses the wish list of the women and children to purchase items to be returned to Saint John's by December 9th.

 

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River City Food Bank

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River City Food Bank is always looking for monetary donations to feed our neighbors in need. Every $2 donated will provide a healthy meal to a family facing hunger this holiday season! Please consider making a gift of any size to help RCFB source and purchase nutritious and culturally meaningful food.

 

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Powerhouse Ministries

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Our Christmas Around Towne event on December 10th will provide a Christmas experience for hundreds of families in our community who are struggling with isolation, poverty, or hardship. We would appreciate monetary donations for the brunch portion of the event. We would also welcome volunteers to help with clean up from 12-3pm. Thank you!

 

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Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services

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During the holidays we have an increased need for financial contributions to support our School Food Program, our Senior Food Box Program and our distributions to our partner agencies. For every $1 donated, we can provide 5 meals to those in need. We are also looking for volunteers to work at our Food Bank to sort, box and package food for the upcoming season.

 

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Soil Born Farms

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Our mission is to create an urban agriculture and education project that empowers youth and adults to discover and participate in a local food system that encourages healthy living, nurtures the environment and grows a sustainable community.

 

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Placer Food Bank

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No one should go hungry. Give today and help distribute healthy food to hungry people in El Dorado, Nevada and Placer Counties, including:

Hungry children
Hardworking families
Struggling seniors, and more

 

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Project or Gift Donation Opportunities

Project or Gift Donation Opportunities These nonprofits are asking for donations of gifts or supplies for an upcoming project or event -- not monetary donations.  Click on the "Learn more " buttons below each opportunity.

My Sister's House

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Every November we start a program called Adopt-a-Family. We have donors adopt a family and provide gifts to fulfill their holiday season. We ask all families to bring their unwrapped gifts to the office by 12/9/22. After we accept them, we look for volunteers to help us wraps the gifts. Please let us know if a group can come to our office. We are open M-F from 9-5.

 

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Project Optimism

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Project Optimism is holding its 5th annual Power of Giving Toy Drive at Greer Elementary school in Sacramento, CA December 18th, 2022. Prior to the event, we are looking for toy donations to share at the event – we would also be happy to be considered for a monetary donation. 

 

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Ronald McDonald House Charities Northern California

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Help us provide essential food pantry items, personal care products, and holiday gifts for all ages to the families staying at the House!

Click on the link below to see the full list of donation items we are seeking.

 

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Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Sacramento

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Sponsor a Club Family for the Holidays! We have many families who are not financially able to buy presents for the Holidays and the SAFE CU team can make all the difference! We can pair you with a family (or more!) who needs extra support and provide the details for the family. It is up to you what you provide, but new clothing, toys, and household items are very much appreciated. Gift cards to Target or a grocery store are also incredibly helpful for families, values can range from $25 to $200. Please wrap each gift and label it with the name of the child (or parent). We ask that all gifts are delivered to the Boys & Girls Club before December 23rd.

If you are interested in sponsoring a family, let us know and if you have any family size requirements. Then we will pair you with the right family and provide the details you need for shopping. Thank you!

 

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Opening Doors Inc.

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At Opening Doors we rely heavily on in-kind donations to support newly arrived refugees. Welcome Kits are a simple, yet incredibly impactful way to directly impact the lives of refugees upon their arrival.

Below is a link to our Welcome Kit list:

https://openingdoorsinc.org/content/uploads/2022/04/OpeningDoorsWelcomeKits_web_updated02.11.2022.pdf

 

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River City Food Bank

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RCFB will be hosting a food drive throughout the holidays and will have a Community Donation Drop Off event on Dec. 10th to collect any items that our community has gotten together for their neighbors facing hunger. This could be canned goods (tuna, veggies, fruit, soup, chili) or snacks ( granola bars, peanut butter, protein shakes) as well as hygiene items and baby items (diapers, wipes and formula). We would be thrilled to have items donated by SAFE employees or we could take any monetary donations and use them to purchase food ourselves. Thanks!

 

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Sacramento Loaves & Fishes

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We have Christmas Stocking Stuffers and Mustard Seed School Books & Toy Drive.

Christmas Stocking Stuffer: A stocking full of 1 set of knit gloves and a hat, disposable razors (men & women) 1 pair of shoelaces, travel-size toiletry, chapstick, toothbrush, toothpaste, hand sanitizer.

Mustard Seed Book & Toy Drive: age-appropriate toys for children 3-15, gas cards for families, grocery cards for families, age-appropriate books 3-15.  

 

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Saint John's Program for Real Change

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We host Adopt-A-Family for our residents. We will be sending out information the 2nd week of November. Each organization/business/group/family uses the wish list of the women and children to purchase items to be returned to Saint John's by December 9th.

 

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Keaton's Child Cancer Alliance

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Keaton's will be hosting our annual Holiday Adopt-A-Family Program to support children and families who are battling pediatric cancer and receiving care at our local partnering hospitals. Acknowledging the financial hardships that come with any childhood cancer diagnosis, the isolation felt by siblings, and the emotional toll that cancer has on the entire family unit, we put forth our best efforts to create a memorable and joyful Holiday for 50 Keaton's families each year. Most or all referrals for our AAF Program come directly from the family's Hospital social workers who go through great lengths to identify which families would most benefit from this amazing program. 

With support from SAFE, we would be honored to share family Wish Lists with you all, according to specific preferences (# of families, household size, etc.), and encourage you an opportunity to get in the Holiday spirit, purchasing and wrapping gifts for Keaton's families, that we'd go out and deliver to their homes or to our local partnering Hospital(s).

 

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