December 2011
C O M M U N I T Y N E W S T H AT M A K E S A D I F F E R E N C E
Vol 16 No. 12
Serving Central Santa Cruz County
2011 Holiday Volunteer Opportunities Guide
Gathered donated gifts his season, the Volunteer Center invites community members to reach beyond their normal holiday celebrations and create new traditions through volunteering. The Volunteer Center maintains an on-line listing of Holiday Volunteer Opportunities on their Annual website to make the Valley search for holiday volHoliday unteer opportunities Projects quick and easy. This Now through list will be available Dec. 22 now through New Year’s and will be regularly updated throughout the season. To view the listing visit www.scvolunteercenter.org and check out the list of opportunities. Feel free to call the Volunteer Center with any questions about Holiday Volunteering at 831427-5070. ••• he Valley Churches United Missions Thanksgiving Project provides ingredients for a Thanksgiving meal. The Christmas Project provides toys, gifts, basic necessities and food to families, seniors, disabled and homeless.
T
Chairmen of the Second Harvest Food Drive.
SECOND HARVEST – THE POWER
OF
COMMUNITY
Your Holiday Giving Will Last Well Into 2012
PAGE
6
Bob Begun Remembered Former Capitola Mayor
12
The Nutcracker Tradition
that can increase the risks of malnutrition and obesity. Communities are considered to have food security when everyone has access to culturally appropriate, nutritious food from local, nonemergency sources. Second Harvest Food Security projects
PAGE
fter three years of the economic recession, hunger has become a community crisis on the Central Coast. Many residents are faced each day with difficult choices in how to use their
A
diminishing resources; whether it’s for transportation, food, rent, utilities or medicine. Many have to consider limiting their food purchases, which could result in periods of hunger. Such food insecurity often results in the purchase of cheaper, lower quality foods
PAGE
By Noel Smith
14
help support this goal. To better understand the challenges faced by our hungry neighbors and the agencies that serve them, Second Harvest recently released its 2010 hunger study showing that:
World of Many Colors SC World Choir
T
... continued on page 5
Locally owned & operated www.TPGonlinedaily.com
... continued on page 4