Opinion
Guest Opinion: Top givers in the county that's tops for giving back
Press Democrat
October 22, 2011
By Eunice Valentine
Congratulations. You did it again, Sonoma County! You ranked first statewide in volunteerism for the second year in a row.
According to the Corporation for National and Community Service report, 36.1 percent of local residents volunteer on a regular basis, over 10 percent more than most other California communities. That's 145,000 people who volunteer regularly throughout our county for hundreds of local nonprofit agencies.
Pete Manzo: Many in Bay Area are faring worse
Redding Record Searchlight
May 31, 2011
Pete Manzo, Pasadena
Manzo is president and CEO of United Ways of California.
Many in Bay Area are faring worse.
Your May 20 editorial, "Report opens a window onto two Californias," missed the mark with regard to the well-being report recently released by the American Human Development Project.
Report opens a window onto two Californias'
Redding Record Searchlight
May 20, 2011
Editorial
It's no secret that Californians are starkly divided — socially, economically, philosophically — to the point where, when our political leaders debate, they hardly seem to be talking about the same state.
Well, maybe that's because, in an important sense, we live in different states.
County's 'portrait' not a big surprise
Ventura County Star
May 22, 2011
By David M. Smith
When "A Portrait of California" was released last week, the results detailing the nitty-gritty of Ventura County's socio-economic profile were hardly a big surprise.
As background, the state "portrait" uses an internationally-recognized Human Development Index to rank how state, regional and local residents and communities are doing against key national benchmarks, broken out by demographic, geographic and other distinctions.
United Way Success!
KSBW-TV8 (NBC, Monterey)
May 16, 2011
Joseph W. Heston, President and General Manager
With the economy slowly slugging forward, it seems we see some gains and some setbacks almost every week. We're still waiting for the expected gasoline price reductions(!). So it was great news this week to hear that the United Way of Monterey County surpassed its 2010-2011 goal and surpassed last year's campaign results, for a total of $3,550,000 in contributions this year.
The United Way of Santa Cruz County had similar success. They surpassed their goal of $1 million and were almost even with last year.
