In honor of Giving Tuesday, the Sereno Group 1% For Good Charitable Foundation is donating $20,000 to 10 trusted Bay Area nonprofits to address the local challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here are the 10 non-profits we have chosen and what they are doing for our local communities. We hope you will join us on this #GIVINGTUESDAY and make a donation directly to one or more of these worthy organizations.

CITY TEAM
https://cityteam.org/

With your support, neighbors in need will find real help …

Sereno Group is pleased to announce that the company has risen to #21 (up from #26 last year) in the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Top Corporate Philanthropists. Social impact has always been a part of the company mission and the Sereno Group 1% For Good Charitable Foundation is an extension of the belief that businesses have a responsibility to contribute to the people and communities where they operate.

Sereno Group’s recent partnerships with both the Community Foundation Santa Cruz and Los Altos Community Foundation has increased its community impact and ability to network with other nonprofit organizations.

The company’s contributions to organizations during the fiscal year 2019 totaled $844k and benefitted Mountains 2 Sea, Downtown Streets Team, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Monterey Bay Trout & Salmon Project, Santa Cruz Animal Shelter Foundation – Extra Mile, Vista Center for the Blind & visually Impaired, Felton Library Friends O’Neill Sea Odyssey, Mariano Castro Elementary School, New Creation Home Ministries, Hope’s Corner, Magical Bridge Foundation, Child Advocates of Silicon Valley, Destination Home, Hearts & Minds Activity Center, Parisi House on the Hill, Build-A-Box, Gilroy Foundation – Gilroy Garlic Festival Victim Relief Fund, Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley, LaRaza Lawyers SCC Charitable Foundation, Los Gatos & Monte Sereno Disaster Aid Response Team, Stroke Awareness, Canopy, Bay Area Cancer Connection, The Beat Within, East Palo Alto Kids Foundation, Cristo Rey High School, Renaissance Entrepreneur Center, Homework Central, Support Saratoga Elementary Teachers, Family Supportive Housing, Saratoga Senior Center, Shop With a Cop, Veggielution, National Alliance on Mental Illness Santa Clara County, and Elevate Tutoring.

The largest grant made in 2019 was $30,000 to the Los Gatos Monte Sereno Disaster Aid Response Team which helped to replace their command center trailer which is vital for local disasters like the recent catastrophic wildfires that devastated local communities.

Since 2012, this agent-driven initiative has been able to contribute to 248 philanthropic organizations throughout Silicon Valley and the Santa Cruz coastal communities and donate over $3.4 million.

“Our priority from the beginning was to discover how to leverage our business for the greatest good and I continue to be humbled and inspired by the benevolence of our group.” Chris Trapani, CEO + Founder, Sereno Group

Read the full press release HERE.

In honor of Giving Tuesday, the Sereno Group 1% For Good Charitable Foundation is donating $20,000 to 10 trusted Bay Area nonprofits to address the local challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here are the 10 non-profits we have chosen and what they are doing for our local communities. We hope you will join us on this #GIVINGTUESDAY and make a donation directly to one or more of these worthy organizations.

CITY TEAM
https://cityteam.org/

With your support, neighbors in need will find real help and the necessary resources to experience hope and a new life. Your gift today will provide nutritious meals, safer shelter, life-changing programs and more.

OPENING DOORS 2020
https://od2020.com/

With over 1840 people served annually, the population our organization helps is primarily low income seniors experiencing homelessness, and low income families. During this COVID-19 crisis, we are requesting additional financial support for meal supplies, supplemental food, and storage.

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY
https://www.jfssv.org/

We have strengthened and increased our services addressing financial instability, access to food, mental health, and isolation. Our success depends on YOUR support. Any donation, big or small, will bring help and support to many needy people in our community.

VIA SERVICES, INC.
http://www.viaservices.org/donate

We provide services for children and adults with physical and developmental disabilities ages 0-85. Via Services has been a staple in the Bay Area special needs community for over 75 years, and we will persevere through COVID-19 and the setbacks it has brought to our organization. But, we can’t do it alone. We are asking for your help to raise $50,000 to prepare for our reopening of Via West Campus, once we are safely allowed to do so. Your donation will ensure that our camps will be ready to welcome those in need back to the safe, loving, and fun environment that our community has relied on for the past 75 years.

WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES
https://www.wvcommunityservices.org

West Valley Community Services offers a range of services, including a food pantry, affordable housing, emergency financial assistance, a mobile food pantry, financial coaching, family support, access to public health and food assistance benefits, case management, and referral services. Our programs target families with children, at-risk youth, seniors, individuals, and disabled adults who are extremely low-income, living on a fixed-income, homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless.

TRINITY CENTER WALNUT CREEK
https://trinitycenterwc.org/

Trinity Center is a non-residential program serving homeless and working poor adult men and women in Walnut Creek and Central Contra Costa County. As a result of COVID-19, demand for services is steadily increasing and we need help to meet this need and to keep our entire community safe, especially for those that have nowhere to shelter in place during a pandemic.

SANDRA J. WING HEALING THERAPIES FOUNDATION
https://www.healingtherapiesfoundation.org/

SJWHTF serves cancer patients in the Tri-Valley cities of Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin, San Ramon, and Danville at no cost. Your donation will continue to make funding available to local cancer patients so that they can benefit from complementary healing therapies.

EAST PALO ALTO KIDS FOUNDATION (EPAK)
https://epak.org/

The organization supports district and charter schools serving over 3,500 children in Pre-kindergarten through 12th grades in the East Palo Alto and eastern Menlo Park community. Your donation will help teachers to meet the challenges of teaching remotely during the pandemic.

SERVICE OPPORTUNITY FOR SENIORS (SOS) MEALS ON WHEELS
https://www.sosmow.org/

SOS Meals On Wheels’ primary function is to deliver nutritious, balanced meals and friendly safety checks to homebound seniors. We fight every day to keep seniors in their homes, healthy and happy, for as long as safely possible. Your donation would offset food, meals delivery and operational costs for our Meals on Wheels system of care during a time of unprecedented need.

LOS GATOS YOUTH THEATRE
https://lgyt.net/

We are a non-profit organization dependent upon not only financial support of our communities and families, but also the endless volunteer hours donated to put on shows. We welcome any and all support and encourage local businesses to consider participating in our sponsorship opportunities.