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MAKING AN IMPACT RESILIENCY. PARTNERSHIP. COLLABORATION.
These words came to life this past year as the nonprofits in our community stretched their resources and found creative ways
to deal with the impact of increasing job losses, food insecurity, homelessness, and isolation among our neighbors.
The nonprofits serving our community are
dealing with two realities: more need for their
services, more obstacles to provide those services.
And they stepped up. Big time. The Women’s Fund was proud to help.
Here are just a few examples of local agencies we’ve supported over the years who overcame new challenges to help our neighbors overcome theirs.
• Doubling food distributions while meeting CDC requirements was no small trick for the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, which added two new temporary warehouses and engaged nearly 1,700 new volunteers to meet the need.
• Thanks to their client relationships nurtured over time, Doctors Without Walls added COVID testing and vaccines to their arsenal of medical support for our homeless population.
• To ensure the well-being of isolated, low-income seniors, Family Service Agency initiated a collaborative of 10 nonprofits, providing food, medications, and other essentials to more than 1,200 seniors.
But “numbers served” tells only part of the story. What impact do our grants have on people—on the clients served by the 100+ programs we’ve supported over the years? Are we really making a difference in people’s lives?
The personal stories on the following pages demonstrate—more than any numbers—how we’re changing lives together.
“Despite a pandemic and an economic crisis, our 2020 members generously created the largest grants pool in our history—$750,000 awarded to local nonprofits this spring—proving once again the power of women joining together to help our neighbors.”
MAKING AN IMPACT
— Lynn Karlson, Board Chair
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