Featured California Non Profit Organization:
Blue Mountain
Coalition for Youth and Families
West Point, CA
From the BMCYF website:
"For more than fifteen years BMCYF’s core
work has been the operation of a drop-in youth center in downtown West
Point. In 2008, BMCYF documented 191 youth participants (37%) of the
local under-eighteen population. Our Main Street Center is open to youth
four days per week, serves family-style meals on Tuesdays and Thursdays,
and offers a variety of art workshops, supported play, teen outreach
sessions and life skills activities. On Wednesdays the center is
dedicated to adult activities, hosting ECHO and a monthly Ladies Tea. The
BMCYF center on Main Street is also available to community organizations
for meetings and special events. The center provides space for Mountain
Mi-Wuk tribal meetings and parties, social service outreach, toddler play
groups, art workshops, community yoga classes, senior exercise classes,
neighborhood watch meetings, local art shows, and farmers’ markets."
"Our community garden is in full swing for
the spring, summer season. As we knew and planned from the beginning, the
garden is not just a place for plants but also one of the foundation
stones for rebuilding our community. Much effort has gone into this on
going endeavor we are all honored to be a part of. Ambitious plans
continue not just for expanding and improving the garden itself but also
for a place to met, entertain, educate, meditate and create beauty. If you are interested in getting
hands-on in our community garden, please call 209 293-4500,
and feel free to visit the garden any time!"
WISH LIST:
acrylic paints- this includes leftover
acrylic latex house paints
paint brushes
scissors
glue
watercolor paints
ribbons
clay
clay tools
sponges
low fire glazes
gently used basketballs, soccer balls, frisbees, etc.
soft balls for toddlers
percussion instruments
musical instruments
plant donations for our garden
heirloom seeds
quality wood
And of course, financial donations are
appreciated as well.
For more information:
www.bmcyf.org
Are you looking for a great California charity to donate to this year?
Here is a list of many different kinds of services that would be happy to
have your contribution. It will make you feel good and it will be
doing a great service to your local community! Challenge your
family, friends and co-workers to match your donations or to make a
donation of their own!
Animal Place
Vacaville, CA
www.animalplace.org
Audubon Canyon Ranch
Stinson Beach, CA
www.egret.org
Boys and Girls Clubs of San Marcos
San Marcos, CA
www.boysgirlsclubsm.org
The Family Giving Tree
Milpitas, CA
www.familygivingtree.org
Goodwill of Silicon Valley
San Jose, CA
www.goodwillsv.org
Guide Dogs of the Desert
Palm Springs, CA
www.gddca.org
Mama's Kitchen
San Diego, CA
www.mamaskitchen.org
A Place Called Home
Los Angeles, CA
www.apch.org
Raphael House
San Francisco, CA
www.raphaelhouse.org
The San Francisco Foundation
San Francisco, CA
www.sff.org
Shoes That Fit
Claremont, CA
shoesthatfit.org
Tri-City Homeless Coalition
Fremont, CA
www.tricityhomeless.org
