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Senior News April, 2003 Vol. 22. No. 4
Published by the Humboldt Senior Resource Center in Eureka, California. HSRC is a non-profit community-based organization offering services for senior citizens, multi-generational families and caregivers.
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Nonprofits serve our community Senior News asked local nonprofits what they would do with a donation of $100. Here are some of their answers. Celebrate your favorite nonprofit by calling and making a donation. Tell them Senior News sent you. * Nonprofits make a significant contribution to the local economy. Nonprofit corporations in Humboldt County contribute approximately $115.8 million to the local economy through jobs, rents, retail and service spending. * Nonprofits reach people who need help. Because of nonprofits, each year more than 60,000 community members are helped with a variety of social services such as transportation, shelter, support groups, education, crisis intervention, counseling, disaster relief, food and assistance. * Nonprofits are a major local employer. Nonprofits employ about 12 percent of the county's workforce, making it the 5th largest employer in Humboldt County. Nonprofit facts on this page are from the Northern California Association of Nonprofits' (NorCAN) brochure about nonprofits. Arts and Culture Ink People Center for the Arts. $100 will buy three months of arts workshops for a person with a catastrophic or life threatening illness; two art classes for at risk teens; an evening of film and discussion about a socially relevant topic; three one-year memberships for low income artists, three all-event passes for low income people to the Storytelling Festival by the Sea; one scholarship for an at-risk teen to learn how to make and edit their own videos. Humboldt Literacy Project. $100 would buy the materials necessary to train five tutors. KEET-TV 13. $100 will buy 30 minutes of the show All Creatures Great and Small. Lost Coast Camp. $100 can buy a feast for 50 children and counselors out on the coast; two days for a needy child at a performing arts summer camp and two perfectly warm sleeping bags to nestle in under the stars Disaster Relief. American Red Cross. $100 could operate an emergency disaster shelter for a day supplying food and other necessary items. United Way. $100 buys 12 hours of community based coordination of disaster services; eight hours of information and referral services for community members seeking volunteer opportunities; or access to human services through the United Way of Humboldt County; or 25 hours of copying for local nonprofit organizations through the Shared Equipment Project of the United Way and Humboldt Area Foundation. Education League of Women Voters. $100 buys 1,000 copies of Pros and Cons on the ballot measures, 666 copies of the Easy Reading Voter Guide, or sends 22 invitations to candidate forums by certified mail. Health North Coast Clinics Network. $100 could buy one dental or medical exam; 33 months of Healthy Families insurance coverage for a child; six months of birth control pills; vaccinate three people against Hepatitis B; or vaccinate four people for the pneumoccocal virus. Youth Services North Coast Big Brothers Big Sisters. $100 covers screening services for one child and volunteer. Camp Fire USA. $100 will buy six scholarships for Teens Actively Serving Community; four Summer LEAP youth scholarships; one Family Fun Day family scholarship; two Humboldt Adventure Challenge Course registrations; eight Pal Camp water filters; five backpacks; two climbing harnesses, one helmet; 40 dinners for the homeless; one set of science animal tracks; 100 feet of climbing rope; or two bags of grass seed. Aging Humboldt Senior Resource Center. $100 will buy 30 meals for low-income seniors who need hot, nutritious lunches and companionship; three hours of physical therapy for mentally or physically disabled seniors; 10 hours of respite caregiving for families caring for loved ones around the clock; or eight subscriptions to Senior News. Healy Senior Center. $100 will buy 12 home delivered meals or 400 delivery miles by volunteer home delivery meal drivers; the basic food for 42 senior dining meals; 57 round trips to lunch on the Quail Dial-A-Ride bus; or funding to host our annual Volunteer Appreciation Dessert for 37 volunteers. Women and Children Humboldt Women for Shelter. $100 will buy two nights of safe shelter for a family experiencing domestic violence. Boys and Girls Club. $100 would provide a boy or girl full services for four months. Northcoast Childrens Services. $100 will buy a child's dental exam; breakfast for 85 preschoolers; 500 children's toothbrushes; six days of preschool; two hours of family counseling; or two children's car seats. Hoopa Valley Preschool. $100 would buy one gallon of glue; five pints of paint; 12 scissors; 40 colored markers; 120 crayons; 800 yards of yarn; 1,000 sheets of construction paper; or 3,000 beads. Emergency Food & Shelter Redwood Community Action Agency. $100 could buy diapers for homeless families with babies; 11 packages of diapers in a variety of sizes would assist from 11 to 30 babies. Arcata House. $100 will shelter a homeless person for about a week. It will help pay the PG&E bill for one of our transition houses for a month, or it could buy bus tickets for one of our residents to get to Eureka for substance abuse treatment once a week for a year. St. Vincent de Paul. $100 to the Free Dining Facility will pay for the food, utilities, general supplies and labor to feed 100 people. We are currently serving an average of 315 meals a day, seven days a week. Arcata Endeavor. $100 will provide 1,400 loads of laundry; 2,500 minutes of long distance phone calls; 29 bus tickets between Eureka and Arcata; or 52 loaves of wheat bread. |
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