Category: Volunteer Santa Cruz

It Took This Village. The Nueva Vista Community Center.

The Nueva Vista and Beach Flats Community Centers in Santa Cruz provide an after school program with a focus on community involvement. Local youth spend three hours after school doing homework and hands on learning activities with help from volunteers and Youth Coordinator Edgar Landeros.… Continue Reading “It Took This Village. The Nueva Vista Community Center.”

The Leveelie Ladies of Santa Cruz

A group of women known as the Leveelie Ladies clean up the San Lorenzo river mouth twice a week. They tally every piece of trash and use this data to excite citizens and politicians to support the restoration of a levy that is both a rich ecosystem… Continue Reading “The Leveelie Ladies of Santa Cruz”

Volunteers Who Slay Dragons

The voice of the Dragon Slayers Animal Therapy Program director Joseph Rivers will send you back in time. His loquacious and annunciated speech are a reflection of his own upbringing and confidence in his work which gives people with disabilities an alternative method to… Continue Reading “Volunteers Who Slay Dragons”