{% extends "global/Page.html" %} {% load staticfiles otree %} {% block scripts %} {% endblock %} {% block title %} Choose Your Charity {% endblock %} {% block styles %} {% endblock %} {% block content %}
Here is a list of charities and funds. You have 10 minutes to to read and learn more about their missions and activities. Given the special COVID-19 circumstances, we've selected charities and organizations that are on the front line fighting against the virus. We are also presenting trusted local charities in the Santa Cruz area. After you are done reading, please select one charity. If you choose to donate to it in any of the upcoming 8 decisions, we will send your donation to the selected charity.
The world is facing an unprecedented challenge with communities and economies everywhere affected by the growing COVID-19 pandemic. The world is coming together to combat the COVID-19 pandemic bringing governments, organizations from across industries and sectors and individuals together to help respond to this global outbreak.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is leading and coordinating the global effort with a range of partners, supporting countries to prevent, detect, and respond to the pandemic.
Our Goals:Año Nuevo Reserve is one of the University of California's 39 Natural Reserves. It is located a short drive north of Santa Cruz and is an important breeding site for an incredible diversity of marine mammals and birds. Nearly 100,000 tourists visit the Reserve every year to see the northern elephant seals on docent-led tours.
The close proximity of the Reserve to UC Santa Cruz and several other universities make it a hotspot for undergraduate experiential learning. Students obtain hands-on research experience while working on world-class scientific research projects, resulting in dozens of peer-reviewed publlications annually.
Recent research topics include:
The Homeless Garden Project provides job training, transitional employment and support services to people who are experiencing homelessness. HGP's vibrant education and volunteer program for the broad community blends formal, experiential and service-learning. The programs take place in our 3-acre organic farm and related enterprises.
In May of 1990, the Citizens Committee for the Homeless, a Santa Cruz County non-profit, began a new project by opening the gates of an organic garden on Pelton Avenue. The Homeless Garden Project would provide job-training and meaningful work in a therapeutic environment. The Project began as a place to provide sanctuary, refuge and meaningful work within the healing environment of the organic farm.
Our Values
University of California, San Francisco is among the top health sciences universities in the world. We are coordinating with colleagues across the Bay Area and Northern California to care for patients. As the COVID-19 outbreak expands, teams throughout UCSF’s hospitals, clinics, and research labs are actively monitoring and responding to the evolving situation.
Your gift will be used to address the needs of patients and caregivers impacted by COVID-19, and to support emerging areas of greatest need, such as:
The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is a non-profit Joint Powers Authority that provides 24-hour animal rescue and is Santa Cruz County’s only full service, open-admission animal shelter. We rescue and assure temporary shelter, veterinary and humane care for approximately 5,000 stray, unwanted, abandoned, mistreated, neglected and injured animals every year.
The support of our community is crucial to sustaining and expanding our services. Effective October, 2019, we are initiating a three-stage expansion at our 7th Avenue/Rodriguez Street site.
These unprecedented times are challenging for all of us—but for some, the situation is dire. This is why our campus has created the COVID-19 Slug Support Campaign. Together, our Banana Slug community can help support students who are experiencing financial or personal crisis because of the infection and the drastic measures our state and country have had to take to curb it.
Your gift today will help our slug community to: