Non-Profits in Northern California Counties Awarded $375,000 In Grants From Starbucks.News Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2004 Fourth Year of Grants for Giving Program Funds Twelve Groups Serving Youth and Families Today 12 non-profit organizations from Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern received grants totaling $375,000 from Starbucks Grants for Giving, which is a unique program only in Northern California. The program awards grants to exceptional non-profit organizations working to build better futures for youth and families. This year, the Starbucks Grants for Giving program has expanded beyond the Bay Area and Greater Sacramento to include all Northern California counties. This expansion was a result of the positive feedback Grants for Giving received from Northern California residents, non-profit organizations, and local Starbucks partners (employees). This year, more than 1,500 applications were received. The grant amounts were selected based on need and ranged from $10,000 to $75,000 per finalist. The 2004 grantees are outstanding organizations that truly work to positively impact the communities they serve. Now in its fourth year, Starbucks Grants for Giving program has awarded more than $1.4 million in grants to non-profit organizations. "Grants for Giving's success enriches the Starbucks tradition of giving back to the communities where we do business," said Gina Marino, regional vice president for Starbucks Northern California. "We are honored to have the opportunity to work with these remarkable non-profit organizations." Each of the grantee An individual to whom a transfer or conveyance of property is made. In a case involving the sale of land, the buyer is commonly known as the grantee. grantee n. organizations provides services that address the needs of youth and families in Northern California, including after-school activities for at-risk youth, literacy and education programs, services for homeless families and victims of domestic violence, and enriching activities for disabled kids. Starbucks commits to the long-term support of its Grants for Giving recipients through the volunteer efforts of its more than 7,000 partners (employees) throughout Northern California. Each grant recipient teams with a Starbucks partner who serves as an ambassador for the organization -- driving enthusiasm, support, and volunteer hours for the grantee among local Starbucks partners. The 2004 grant recipients are: -- San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Women Against Rape (SF WAR) provides advocacy and education to survivors of sexual assault in San Francisco. They intend to use the grant to expand their STAND program, which educates students in public schools and community-based organizations about violence against women and children. -- Kid Serve Youth Murals links public art to public school curriculum in the Mission and Castro districts of San Francisco. Their projects integrate curriculum, social values, creativity, and community service for young people while creating stunning permanent public art in their communities. -- Project H.E.L.P., an early academic intervention program, based in Sunnyvale, is designed to provide supplemental instruction to underachieving elementary-aged public school students in Sunnyvale and Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. . The grant monies will allow them to build upon their literacy and math centers with an array of learning resources. -- Tamalpais High School's MOSAIC / Camp Anytown program, from Mill Valley, educates young people in subjects such as prejudice, disability, relationships and family. The grant will aid in the expansion of activities that promote real world learning for students during off campus retreats. -- YWCA's Safe House, a Santa Rosa-based program that provides a 24-hour hotline, support groups, and legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. for survivors of domestic violence, will use their grant towards the continuation and enrichment of the children's program. -- Open Door Community Health Centers from Eureka, offers health care and preventative health education to residents of Humboldt and Del Norte Del Norte can refer to multiple things:
this grant, the ODCHC will work on reading development with low-income children and encourage children and parents to read together at home. -- Women's Center of San Joaquin San Joaquin (săn wäkēn`), river, c.320 mi (510 km) long, rising in the Sierra Nevada, E Calif., and flowing W then N through the S Central Valley to form a large delta with the Sacramento River near Suisun Bay, an arm of San Francisco Bay. County provides a wide range of supportive educational and crisis intervention crisis intervention Psychiatry The counseling of a person suffering from a stressful life event–eg, AIDS, cancer, death, divorce, by providing mental and moral support. See Hotline. services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. They will be opening a new emergency shelter Emergency shelters are places for people to live temporarily when they can't live in their previous residence, similar to homeless shelters. The main difference is that an emergency shelter typically specializes in people fleeing a specific type of situation, such as battered program in Tracy for battered women and their children. -- Elk Grove Elk Grove can refer to:
safe and enriching after-school learning activities for families in the high-poverty neighborhoods of South Sacramento. The program's primary goals are to increase the students' academic achievement, involve parents in their children's education, and support working parents. -- Trinity Children & Family Services' Supportive Transitional Educational Program (STEP) promotes self-sufficiency through career planning and preparation training for youth graduating from the foster care system. In addition to providing the treatment and therapy needed to heal, Trinity provides youth with independent living skills, employment information, internships, community service and education. -- Sports4Kids creates sports and recreational opportunities to enhance the health and well-being of youth in Alameda, San Francisco and Contra Costa Contra Costa can refer to:
to provide quality lunchtime, recess and after-school youth programs at five low-income elementary schools. -- Special Needs Aquatic Program (SNAP) is an aquatic recreational and motor development program located in Richmond which provides a place where special needs children can socialize so·cial·ize v. so·cial·ized, so·cial·iz·ing, so·cial·iz·es v.tr. 1. To place under government or group ownership or control. 2. To make fit for companionship with others; make sociable. , exercise, have fun and be empowered. This grant allows SNAP to upgrade equipment and training for the program, and offer reduced fees and scholarships to participants. -- The Monument Crisis Center provides healthy food, nutrition education and meal planning assistance for families in Concord. The grant funds will be used to expand the program and help cover the cost of additional food to serve more families. To learn more about these exceptional organizations, visit www.starbucks.com/grantsforgiving. About Starbucks Starbucks Corporation is the leading retailer, roaster roaster a young fowl for eating; weighs 5 to 7 lb at 6 months of age. and brand of specialty coffee in the world, with more than 7,000 retail locations in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. . The Company is committed to offering the highest quality coffee and the Starbucks Experience while conducting its business in ways that produce social, environmental and economic benefits for communities in which it does business. In addition to its retail operations, the Company produces and sells bottled Frappuccino(R) coffee drinks, Starbucks DoubleShot(TM) coffee drink, and a line of superpremium ice creams through its joint venture partnerships. The Company's brand portfolio provides a wide variety of consumer products. Tazo Tea's line of innovative premium teas and Hear Music's exceptional compact discs enhance the Starbucks Experience through best-of-class products. The Seattle's Best Coffee Seattle's Best Coffee is a specialty coffee retailer and wholesaler based in Seattle, Washington, USA. It became part of Starbucks Corporation on July 14, 2003. Its international division is owned by FOCUS Brands, Inc. (R) and Torrefazione Italia Torrefazione Italia café first opened in Seattle, Washington, in 1986. Espresso, coffee and baked goods were served in their cafés. Umberto Bizzari, Torrefazione's founder teamed up with Stewart Brother's Coffee (later renamed Seattle's Best Coffee) founder, Jim Stewart in (R) Coffee brands enable Starbucks to appeal to a broader consumer base by offering an alternative variety of coffee flavor profiles. |
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