Needs
We're raising $10,000 to fully fund and launch our "Feed Sacramento" focus area to address food insecurity in our region with our new community partner, Alchemist Community Development Corporation.
“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu
When exploring all of the ways we could make an impact in our community, I wanted to find a focus area that our membership could make a difference. We aren’t a very large League, but our members indicated over several years of surveys, they wanted to work on these issues.
The pandemic highlighted many of the stark gaps in services offered in our community, especially with basic needs, like food. And according to a study done by Valley Vision in late 2021, food insecurity in Sacramento is higher than the U.S. average. On average, 16% of respondents said they experience low or very low food security, with at least 25% participating in at least one food assistance program. That’s compared to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s report that 10.5% of U.S. households were on food assistance during that same time span.
In Fall 2020, we launched WE Rise, a nine-month module leadership program for women. We are raising $5,000 to provide scholarships to women who not only have education barriers, but financial ones, in working toward leadership goals.
Our Community Impact projects are scheduled throughout the year to fulfill a specific need in the community, such as election day support, feeding people experiencing homelessness, collecting supplies for our local food bank, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving, posting positive quotes in elementary school girls' bathrooms, writing thank you letters to first responders across the country, and giving supply donations to organizations whose missions support our community's children. We estimate $3,000 for our 2023-2024 Community Impact projects.
At the heart of everything we do is the desire to develop civic and community leaders who can make a great impact on the Sacramento region and beyond. We offer leadership training opportunities for our members to continually seek professional and personal development in this area: $6,000.
Unrestricted funding is the heartbeat of the Junior League of Sacramento, providing critical resources and support to every aspect of what we do. Thank you for making a difference with an unrestricted gift!