This week was a momentous one for the SAY Dream Center campaign: we officially broke ground at the SAY Dream Center campus! Over 150 supporters joined SAY’s Board of Directors in celebrating the achievement, and guests enjoyed cookies, milk, and tours of the construction site. Folks were also given the opportunity...
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Earlier this month, the WillMar Family Grief & Healing Center announced their upcoming closure. When Social Advocates for Youth learned of the impending closure, SAY leaders reached out to WillMar to see how SAY could help preserve WillMar’s services. We are pleased to announce that under SAY’s leadership WillMar services...
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We are SO grateful to Redwood Credit Union for donating to the SAY Dream Center campaign! Redwood Credit Union is well known in our community as a source of affordable financial services, and they're celebrating their 65th anniversary this year. In addition to serving nearly 250,000 people locally with financial...
Read MoreFor those of you who attended our Dream Walk event, you saw a trailer for a documentary film called The Homestretch. SAY is proud to partner with Santa Rosa City Schools and Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol to bring you a free screening of this fantastic film on March 10 at 7pm. We'll...
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As the days have been getting wetter and the nights getting colder this winter season, youth and adults at our Sunflower Community Garden have continued their fruitful work. The last couple of months our staff have focused on establishing a winter garden so that food can continue to be donated...
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Christmas is coming and SAY youth, staff and volunteers are getting into the holiday spirit with activities galore! From a gingerbread house competition at our Tamayo Village housing program, ornament making with our YouthLink Youth Employment Center team, to a lively cookie and Ukulele night we're welcoming the holidays with...
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December is a festive time of year at Tamayo Village, with staff and residents looking forward to celebrating the holidays together. One of our favorite traditions is the Tamayo Family Holiday Dinner, featuring an amazing burrito buffet cooked by the chefs and founding family members of La Tortilla Factory. Carlos Tamayo and...
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Sanford Bressick is a member of SAY's Honorary Board of Directors and is dedicated to supporting SAY and the kids we serve. As a Financial Services Professional with New York Life, Sanford immediately thought of SAY when he was invited to recommend a recipient of the New York Life Community Impact Grant. We...
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On Friday December 5th, SAY hosted our 5th Annual Dream Walk! Over 300 community members gathered at Old Courthouse Square to hear from the likes of 2014 SAY Youth All Star Kenneth Pinney and US Congressman Mike Thompson (just to name a few). Supporters enjoyed the caroling of the La Tortilla...
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At SAY we LOVE saying "thank you" to our supporters. That's why we have so much fun hosting our annual BIG Thank You Awards Dinner. This year, nearly 200 of our friends, donors, volunteers, staff and community partners joined us at Sally Tomatoes in Rohnert Park for a delicious dinner...
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