Names of Note: Stanislaus Foundation gives COVID-19 grants. Modesto Toyota helps, too
The Stanislaus Community Foundation has granted $315,000 to help nonprofits and businesses weather the pandemic.
The money from the new Resilient Stanislaus Fund includes grants of $1,000 to $7,500 to 24 nonprofits, for a total of $100,000.
Another $150,000 went to the small business assistance program established by the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors.
And the foundation provided a total of $65,000 to programs that help students meet basic needs at Modesto Junior College and California State University, Stanislaus.
“During a time of hardship and division, it is inspiring to see the many ways our community has come together to serve our neighbors though their generous gifts,” said Marian Kaanon, the foundation’s CEO, in a news release.
The nonprofits getting grants are:
- City Ministry Network
- Able Works
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Stanislaus County
- Carnegie Arts Center Foundation
- Central West Ballet
- Family Promise of Greater Modesto
- Parent Resource Center
- Peer Recovery Art Project
- The State Theatre
- Turlock Gospel Mission
- LearningQuest/Stanislaus Literacy Center
- Modesto Symphony Orchestra Association
- Cricket’s Hope
- Gallo Center for the Arts
- Invest In Me
- Children’s Crisis Center
- Habitat for Humanity, Stanislaus
- Ice Cream Company
- Modesto Performing Arts
- Prospect Theater Project
- Society for Disabilities
- Boys Scouts of America Greater Yosemite Council
- Modesto Sound
- She Became, Inc.
For more information or to make a donation to the Resilient Stanislaus Fund, visit www.stanislauscf.org.
Modesto dealership boosts food bank
Modesto Toyota donated $12,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of San Joaquin & Stanislaus Counties to help it meet increased demand during the pandemic.
Owner Kevin Stinson had pledged to give $50 for every new car sold from March to June at the north McHenry Avenue dealership.
The Toyota company added $10,000, meaning a total of $22,000 for the Manteca-based nonprofit. It also serves Merced and nearby Sierra Nevada counties.
And finally ...
Tenet Healthcare has named Sabrina High the chief strategy officer for its three hospitals in the Northern San Joaquin Valley.
High oversees the development of services at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto, Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock and Doctors Hospital in Manteca.
She has been with Tenet since 2013 and most recently was vice president of business development for the Northern California Group, covering six hospitals. Before that, she was a physician relations manager at Doctors in Modesto.
High also has been a sales representative with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. She has a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing from Stan State.
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