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Author Archives: BFJ Sonoma County
Keep Our Libraries Open
February 28, 2012
In August of 2011, public library hours in Sonoma County were cut by 25% without public input or opportunity to seek more creative solutions to budget cuts. SOCOSOL (Sonoma County Save Our Libraries) is a grass-roots organization dedicated to bringing … Continue reading →
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Garden Project Provides Tools for Community Development
September 19, 2011
Sonoma County’s rich history of small family agriculture and environmental sustainability has brought another opportunity to Bread for the Journey of Sebastopol. Village Park Community Garden is part of Global Student Embassy, an international exchange effort between teens in Sebastopol, … Continue reading →
Seeds of Sustainability: Spiral Foods Cooperative
June 14, 2011
Over the years, Bread for the Journey of Sebastopol has been quietly nourishing seeds of sustainability in Sonoma County, often helping local foods projects get off the ground. Spiral Foods Cooperative is one of those grassroots efforts. Spiral Foods is working … Continue reading →
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Healing creatively after cancer diagnosis
April 26, 2011
HOPE is the message of the Women’s Cancer Awareness Group (WCAG) in Petaluma, CA. The women at WCAG offer a welcoming place of education, support, and conversation for all women affected by cancer, including family, friends, and supporters, as well as … Continue reading →
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“Garden Starts” Feeds a Community
April 14, 2011
A group of volunteers in Petaluma is actively developing and supporting neighborhood gardens. This group, Garden Starts, received seed funding for their first plant sale from local business and individuals, but they were looking to become more self-sufficient. Bread for … Continue reading →
The Vision Conversations Span the Globe
March 4, 2011
“What kind of world would you like to create?” This is the question Carole Peccorini is asking teens in Sonoma, California and in a village in Tanzania. The Vision Conversations project grew out of Peccorini’s Big Ideas and Rich Conversations … Continue reading →
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Update: Free Books For All Program Gets Bookmobile!
February 9, 2011
In March 2010, Bread for the Journey of Sebastopol gave $1,000 to the Sonoma County Free Bookmobile as a matching grant to kick start a campaign for a new vehicle. The money was quickly matched and leveraged for additional funds … Continue reading →
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High School Student Spearheads Environmental Studies
November 22, 2010
Julian Bauer, a junior at El Molino High School in Forestville, CA, approached Bread for the Journey of Sebastopol for help in establishing a new Advanced Placement Environmental Science class for the 2010/2011 school year. A $1,000 grant from BFJ … Continue reading →
New Life for Latino Immigrants
October 25, 2010
Adapting to life in a new culture can be tremendously stressful, yet new immigrants are often unlikely to seek mental health services due to culture and language barriers, stigma, isolation, and cost. Nueva Vida – “new life” – is seeking … Continue reading →
Our Kids’ Sake
April 15, 2010
More than 1,000 children in Sonoma County, California are homeless, through no faultof their own. Our Kids Sake is a nonprofit organization whose sole purpose is to helpeach one of them escape poverty and hopelessness. Our Kids Sake provides thesechildren … Continue reading →
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