60 Monterey County GIVES! 2023 mcgives.com Community & Social Services DONate online mcgives.com bonding activities. Harmony at Home also provides supplemental essentials for infants, like diapers and formula. Beyond basic needs, this Big Idea also helps young parents earn their high school diploma or achieve a secondary education or certificate. “It was difficult to begin with, but I saw myself growing within to be a better parent for my daughter. It is scary and very emotional but very rewarding. I faced people doubting me and questioning my ability to be a parent, to be a present parent. The support is having the right people guide me and giving me the right tools I need to succeed and thrive. Being in a situation like this and being alone takes a toll on your mental health. I wouldn’t think twice about joining because having the resources and help I need to provide for my daughter and move forward in life—it’s a great chance for a lot of fathers.” -Anonymous Healing and Reconciliation Institute Year Founded: 2015 Paid Staff and Volunteers: 1 paid, 25 volunteers Budget: $404,700 (650) 863-3196 hricommunity.org Big Idea: The Healing and Reconciliation Institute (HRI) is seeking support related to the nonprofit’s Peacemaking Gathering for Land Stewardship and Indigenous Engagement. This Big Idea helps provide ongoing free land governance services and tools like peacemaking or facilitated dialogue to help bridge communication divides across cultures. HRI also steps in to help unrecognized tribes reach governance outcomes by providing culturally-appropriate written agreements, leadership coaching, and 501(c)3 compliance guidance. This nonprofit steps into the gap to help repair relationships and encourage healthy, respectful and legal collaborations. “We are grateful for HRI’s thoughtful advice that commitments to Indigenous organizations and community members need to be value-aligned. We are particularly grateful for HRI’s teachings on the importance of inclusion as a core institutional value.” -Karen Rapp, deputy director, San Jose Museum of Art Housing Resource Center Year Founded: 1984 Paid Staff and Volunteers: 17 paid, 10 volunteers Budget: $5,574,677 424-9186 hrcmontereycounty.org Big Idea: Addressing homelessness in Monterey County takes collaboration from many diverse places. Housing Resource Center’s Big Idea builds partnerships with landlords to provide affordable housing to the unhoused. The Landlord Gold Standard program provides financial incentives to participating landlords and covers necessary repairs or missing rent concerns that may arise. Donations to this nonprofit help Housing Resource Center continue to provide innovative solutions to the housing crisis in the community, with 10 new participating landlords last year. “I would like you to know how much the HRC program has changed mine and my family’s life for the better. Coming into the program, I was very unsure I was going to find housing. HRC made it their job to assist me into getting a place that my family and I could call home. Without the financial assistance, I would have not found a place. With Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula Year Founded: 1972 Paid Staff and Volunteers: 27 paid, 525 volunteers Budget: $2,583,412 375-4454 mowmp.org Big Idea: Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula has a Big Idea to provide more home-delivered meals in Marina, Seaside, Monterey, Carmel, Pacific Grove, Carmel Valley, Cachagua and Big Sur than ever before. Currently, this nonprofit produces 1,500 nourishing meals a day for seniors, disabled adults, veterans, and other underserved populations. But with demand increasing dramatically, the Big Idea is to open a second commercial kitchen. That will enable the nonprofit to increase capacity, serving up to 10,000 meals per day. “I can’t tell you how much it means to me to get meals at my door. I am an 86-yearold widow and I have been very lonely. I am handicapped and have no car and it is hard to get out. I have heart and lung disease and the medications that I have to take are very expensive and my income is very low. It means so much to have a delicious meal, made with care, after a lot of hours of loneliness and difficult situations. Your drivers are very kind, which I appreciate so much. Thank you all; I am grateful for your services.” -Annette F., Monterey spotlight There is no way I can adequately express the gratitude I feel to the volunteers for saving my life.” Eduardo N., Monterey County Sheriff’s Advisory Council
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