Meals That Connect receives more than $11,000 in donations
San Luis Obispo County
Meals That Connect, also known as Senior Nutrition Program, recently received a $10,000 grant from The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County. Meals That Connect also recently received $1,148 from the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Luis Obispo County through its “Second Sunday” program, in which the entire collection for the morning is donated to a nonprofit.
Meals That Connect serves free, hot noontime meals at 10 dining sites throughout the county and delivers meals to the homebound.
San Luis Obispo
Central Coast Funds for Children has awarded $1,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters’ School Based program.
“We are so thankful for Central Coast Funds for Children’s support,” said Anna Boyd-Bucy, executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo. “Their donation will help our School Based program at Sinsheimer Elementary, where each mentor relationship will result in two youth served. These children go on to have higher educational aspirations, greater confidence and better relationships with family and friends.”
▪ ▪ ▪
CASA of San Luis Obispo County has received a donation of $350 from Athari Fine Jewelry and Designer Watch Shop. The donation was generated by a weeklong sale event in which 20 percent of sales were donated to CASA.
CASA recruits, trains and supervises volunteer advocates for abused, neglected and abandoned children in San Luis Obispo County. For more information, call 805-541-6542 or visit www.slocasa.org.
Good News? Send word of accomplishments in your community. Email: goodnews@thetribunenews.com; phone: 805-781-7902.
This story was originally published October 11, 2017 at 3:48 PM with the headline "Meals That Connect receives more than $11,000 in donations."