Civic Engagement Fair
Join us for our fourth-annual Civic Engagement Fair
November 15th from 4 PM - 6 PM in Kingsmen Park
Looking for a way to get involved outside of campus? Join Civic Engagement & Leadership in our annual Civic Engagement Fair. We will be featuring local organizations and non-profits that you can get involved with throughout the day. Students have the opportuntiy to meet with community organizations and learn about different ways they can serve their community.
Community Organizations:
Civic Engagement & Leadership invites local community organizations to our fourth-annual Civic Engagement Fair! During the program, you will have the chance to showcase your orgnization's mission and goals to our students.
If you are a community organization interested in joinging us during the Civic Engagement Fair, please complete the Civic Engagement Fair Community Partnership Form. After submitting this form, we will reach back out to you with more details about the program.
Civic Engagement Fair Community Partnership Form
2020 Virtual Fair Featured Community Partners:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County
BBSVC is the county's only one to one mentoring program. Their goal is to find a mentor for every child in the community who needs or wants one. Contact them today to become a mentor! Spend a few hours a week with your "little" to help them develop life skills and confidence to find their own path to success!
Check this great video out to see what fun, meaningful engagement looks like during the pandemic!
Contact
| 1-805-484-3382 | |
| choefflin@bbsvc.org | |
| Cat Hoefflin | |
| Recruitment Coordinator |
Food Forward
Food Forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people in need and inspiring others to do the same.
Contact
| 818-764-1022 ext. 1 | |
| volunteer@foodforward.org |
Food Share Ventura County
Food Share is dedicated to leading the fight against hunger in Ventura County. Because no one should go hungry. Since 1978, Food Share has been feeding the hungry in Ventura County. It all began when eight friends banded together to provide food to those in need under a bridge in Ventura, CA. The early philanthropic movement started in a family garage, quickly outgrew a donated fire station in Saticoy and now operates in Oxnard, CA with two warehouses with a combined 36,000 square feet. Today, staff and volunteers distribute more than 17 million pounds of food, or more than 20 million meals annually through its 190 pantry and program partners. As Ventura County’s regional food bank, Food Share provides food for over 75,000 hungry friends and neighbors monthly. Food Share is a member of Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief network of food banks, as well as the California Association of Food Banks. A 501(c)3 non-profit organization, Food Share is a member of the Feeding America network, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization.
Contact
| 1-805-983-7100 ext. 104 | |
| volunteer@foodshare.com | |
| Christina Forino | |
| Director of Volunteer Services |
Maggie's Place
Maggie’s Place welcomes pregnant and parenting women and their children into a safe and loving community, providing life-changing programs and ongoing services to help them to become self-sufficient.
Contact
| americorps@maggiesplace.org | |
| Rosemary Krenek | |
| AmeriCorps Liaison |
My Stuff Bags Foundation
Each year, hundreds of thousands of children are rescued from violence, neglect, abandonment, homelessness, and natural disasters and are painfully separated from all they've known. These children are frightened, heartbroken, and have nothing of their own to cling to for comfort.
My Stuff Bags are bright blue individual duffels filled with brand new, age- and gender-appropriate toys, books, a stuffed animal, clothing, personal toiletries, and a warm, often hand-made “security” blanket, all theirs to keep. Packed with items they desperately need as they adjust to their new surroundings, My Stuff Bags provide hurting children with brand new necessities during this time of great distress.
Contact
| 1-818-865-3860 | |
| info@mystuffbags.org | |
| Simone Grice | |
| Administrative Assistant |
Senior Concerns
Seniors are the top priority at Senior Concerns, a private nonprofit organization located in Thousand Oaks and serving eastern Ventura County and western Los Angeles County. For the past four decades, Senior Concerns has provided high-quality, affordable support services to seniors and their families through innovative and effective programs aimed at fostering independence, well-being and self-esteem.
Contact
| 1-805-497-0189 | |
| info@seniorconcerns.org | |
| Kayla Fowler | |
| Volunteer Coordinator |
Step Up Ventura
We are a grassroots nonprofit started 7 years ago by social workers and psychologists to support the homeless preschool age and younger to receive classroom participation in readiness for kindergarten.
Contact
| 1-805-275-6497 | |
| volunteer@stepupventura.org | |
| kate Curtin | |
| volunteer coordinator |