Nevada County Relief Fund: “It takes a village”

Our Sierra FoodWineArt magazine and the Pelline’s (Jeff, Shannon and Mitchell) were glad to make a generous donation to the Nevada County Relief Fund for this program, stemming from COVID-19 pandemic.

The recent round of awardees include Child Advocates of Nevada County, Del Oro Theatre, California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project, Full Circle Press, Ike’s Quarter Cafe, J.J. Jackson’s, Miners Foundry Cultural Center, South Pine Cafe – Nevada City, and KVMR 89.5FM & 105.1FM, among others.
Thanks to Caleb Dardick for helping to administer this program. “It takes a village”!

COMPLETE LIST OF AWARDEES
$100,000 to nonprofits:
Child Advocates of Nevada County, $2,500
Community Beyond Violence, $7,500
The Food Bank of Nevada County, $13,500
FREED Center for Independent Living, $8,000
Interfaith Food Ministry, $10,000
tkMomentum, Inc., $8,000
Neighborhood Center for the Arts, $7,000
Nevada County of Schools PARTNERS Family Resource Center, $18,000
Special Olympics Northern California, $2,500
SPIRIT Peer Empowerment Center, $5,000
United Way of Nevada County, $18,000

$100,000 to Small Businesses:
49’er Fun Park Inc., Grass Valley, $5,000  
Arts For The Schools, Truckee, $5,000
Beauty With Kellie, Penn Valley, $1,500
Betts Fit LLC, Truckee, $5,000
Broad Street Inn, Nevada City, $5,000
California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project, Nevada City, $2,500
Carrie Ann Smith, L.AC., Grass Valley, $2,000
Casey Bridges, Nevada City, $2,500
Del Oro Theatre (Sierra Theaters), Grass Valley, $5,000
Dreams in Motion/Shari Brookler Enterprises, Nevada City, $2,500
Flop House Creations, Grass Valley, $2,500
Full Circle Press, Grass Valley, $5,000
Gallery 5830′, Truckee, $5,000
Ike’s Quarter Café, Nevada City, $4,000
J. J. Jackson’s, Nevada City, $5,000
Marjorie McDougal, CMT, LMT, Nevada City, $2,500
Miners Foundry Cultural Center, Nevada City, $5,000
Mountain Stream Meditation, Nevada City, $5,000
Namaste Holistic Healing & Yoga Center, Truckee, $4,000
Nevada City Community Broadcast Group dba KVMR, Nevada City, $4,000
South Pine Café, Grass Valley, $5,000
SRC Party Rentals & Supplies, Grass Valley, $5,000
Tahoe Truckee School of Music, Truckee, $5,000
The Curious Forge LLC, Nevada City, $5,000
VitalLiving Ayurveda Massage & Wellness Spa, Nevada City, $2,000

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Jeff Pelline is a veteran editor and award-winning journalist - in print and online. He is publisher of Sierra FoodWineArt magazine and its website SierraCulture.com. Jeff covered business and technology for The San Francisco Chronicle for 12 years, and he was a founding editor and Editor of CNET News for eight years, among other positions. Jeff has a bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley and a master's from Northwestern University. His hobbies include sailing, swimming, and trout fishing in the Sierra. View all posts by jeffpelline