Community Involvement

Redwood Empire Food Bank

The Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB) is the largest hunger-relief organization serving north coastal California from Sonoma County to the Oregon border. Since 1987, the REFB has been helping our community through 11 innovative programs, serving 133 charitable organizations, including emergency food pantries/closets, shelters and dining rooms, childcare centers/youth programs, group homes, and disaster relief agencies. REFB responds to the immediate needs of people seeking help through the provision of healthy food and nutrition education and pursues long-term solutions to food insecurity through public policy and the development of partnerships with civic, faith-based, corporate and government organizations and, most importantly, individuals in our community.

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Redwood Gospel Mission

The mission is dedicated to helping the “least, last and lost” of Sonoma county, offering shelter and drug or alcohol recovery services 365 days a year. Program services include: temporary overnight housing for homeless men, 24 hour temporary housing for women & children; 12 to 18 month alcohol/drug recovery for both men & women; community outreach events to homeless individuals & low income families; job training skills through various certification programs offered at all the service locations & at a thrift store. Free clothing & household items are available on request to homeless & low income families.

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Social Advocates for Youth

Social Advocates for Youth (SAY) provides support, opportunities and hope to children, youth and families. They are dedicated to creating and supporting a caring community where all children, youth and families grow, thrive and succeed. Since being established, SAY has helped over 50,000 youth, aged 5-24. Over the years, SAY has continually refined its program formula to break cycles of abuse and hopelessness. That formula incorporates three pillars: housing, counseling and careers. The product: Youth who are stable and able to rise to life’s challenges and opportunities. Today, SAY, the principal organization serving at-risk kids in Sonoma County since 1971, has recently renovated the old Sutter Warrack Hospital in Santa Rosa re-purposing this idle community asset into the SAY Finley Dream Center. The Dream Center has become part of SAY’s family of services, which also include a teen shelter, drop-in center, youth apartments, street outreach team, in-school mental health care, grief services, and a robust career services programs.

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Samaritan’s Purse

Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people in countries around the world with food, medicine and assistance. For over 40 years, Samaritan’s Purse has helped come to the aid of the world’s poor, sick, and suffering and help meet the needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine.

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Miracle League

The Miracle League removes the barriers that keep children with mental and physical disabilities off the baseball field and lets them experience the joy of America’s favorite pastime. Since the main barriers for these adults arise from the natural grass fields used in conventional leagues, Miracle League teams play on a custom-designed, rubberized turf field that accommodates wheelchairs and other assertive devices while helping to prevent injuries. But it’s more than playing a game. The Miracle League is about making new friends, building self-esteem and being treated just like other athletes. To help the athletes, the Miracle League uses a “buddy” system – pairing each player with an able-bodied peer. The result is a bond that cannot be described. The Miracle League serves children and adults who suffer from any physical or mental disabilities, which causes them to be excluded, whether intentionally or not, from conventional Baseball leagues.

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