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How You Can Connect & Give With Chicas Latinas in 2021

19 Tuesday Oct 2021

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It seems like only a few months ago when we were all filled with hope that 2021 would usher in normalcy. While we have been able to enjoy a few in-person events in the recent weeks, things are not yet normal for us and the organizations Chicas Latinas de Sacramento regularly partners and volunteers with.

We had many exciting plans for 2020 and 2021. These plans were mostly canceled or postponed — which we’ll touch on later in the post. But first, let’s talk about what we ARE doing and how YOU can join us!

Chicas Latinas Book Club:

The #CLBookClub November will be Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez.

Join us every Thursday during the month of November (excluding Thanksgiving Day) at 7pm PST to discuss Furia. Registration closes on Nov. 1! Book Club members are encouraged to shop local, whatever local means to them. Registrants from Sacramento are invited to purchase from Wild Sisters Book Co., which is giving members 10% off bookclub purchases.

*Participants are also invited to join us for our in-person book pick-up. Details available upon registration.

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Chicas Latinas’ book club was started as a result of the pandemic, and has been a gift to us all! Thank you to all who have joined us, community members and authors alike. And if you haven’t had a chance to join us yet, we hope to see you at a meeting soon.

 #TeamChicas at Run to Feed the Hungry:

#TeamChicas is excited to join the 27th annual Run to Feed the Hungry benefiting Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services.

All team members MUST register by Nov. 11, 2021

Sacramento’s annual run is the largest Thanksgiving Day run in the country, and we can’t wait to be a part of it — again!

View #TeamChicas page: https://bit.ly/ChicasRTFTH2021  (donate, join, invite, share…!)

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For details about team benefits, pricing, and more view our Facebook event!

Holiday Drive for Sutter Cancer Patients

Chicas Latinas’ Holiday Drive this year is benefiting patients at the Sutter Cancer Center. With the help of our community members, we will provide stockings filled with self-care items for patients at the Sutter Cancer Center.

We have a goal of donating 100 “care packages” to 100 patients and are collecting NEW donated items from the list below (100 of each). View our Facebook event to share with your friends and family members!

  • Stocking or a nylon backpack to hold the items
  • Non-scratchy knit hat
  • Fuzzy socks
  • Antibacterial gel
  • Earbuds
  • Coloring books for adults
  • Coloring pencils
  • A deck of cards
  • Individually wrapped crackers & protein bars
  • Handwritten note/card of hope

Donations must be made by Nov. 22, 2021

Drop-off Locations:

Capsity Oakpark

3810 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95817
Drop-off hours: 9am-5pm
Closed: Saturday & Sunday

Wild Sisters Book Co.

3960 60th St, Sacramento, CA 95820
Drop-off hours: 10am-6pm
Closed: Sunday & Monday

St. Mark’s Methodist Church

2391 St. Mark’s Way, Sacramento, CA 95864
Drop-off by appointment only.
Please call Elizabeth @ 916-963-7885

UPDATE: “Starting Off on the Right Foot” Shoe Drive

Thank you to everyone who has donated to our shoe drive benefiting Woodridge Elementary. Due to COVID-19 we canceled a number of our 2020 shoe drive fundraiser events and the elementary school sponsored has been busy navigating digital-education and keeping their students and staff safe.

We’re all looking forward to a successful “Starting Off on the Right Foot” shoe drive and distribution event in 2022. Please stay tuned for future fundraiser events, which will benefit the students of Woodridge Elementary, and join us in volunteering for our distribution event in the fall, where we’ll provide each student at the school with a NEW pair of shoes for the 2022-23 school year!

More details to come.

In-person, in 2021…

#CLBookClub book pick-up / Hispanic Heritage Month Social / Latinos Run: Hispanic Heritage Month 5K

Chicas Latinas de Sacramento Hosts Holiday Drive for Crisis Nursery: Learn More!

03 Monday Dec 2018

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Chicas Latinas de Sacramento has volunteered consistently at the Sacramento Children’s Home Crisis Nursery Program for the past few years. The Crisis Nursery does wonderful work with limited resources, providing emergency shelter services for the children of Sacramento County children, ages 0-6.

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This holiday season, your tax-deductible Chicas Latinas drive-donation will help supply the Crisis Nursery with the items on their Wish List.

Chicas Latinas will use 100% of the proceeds to purchase the wish list items the Crisis Nursery needs throughout the year to care for our community’s children.

* Donations must be made by Dec 14, 2018 

GIVE:

  • Donate online: bit.ly/ChicasHolidayDrive
  • Donate Gift cards: Walmart, Target, Raley’s, Costco & Safeway
  • Contact us via email: committees@chicaslatinasdesacramento.org

ATTEND:

Join us on Dec. 11, 5-8pm, at Ten Ten Room in downtown Sacramento for Mistletoe & Martinis: Chicas Latinas Mixer & Donation Drop-Off! 

A Holiday social with Chicas Latinas + Sac Crisis Nursery Donation drop-off.

This happy hour social will be co-ed, come one and come all!

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December Dates:

Every Sunday at 8 a.m., and major holidays, volunteer to Help Feed the Homeless with CAFFE at Cesar Chavez Plaza!

#TeamChicas meets every other Wednesday evening for run/walks.  Follow us on Facebook for timely updates.

TBD Scholarship Committee Mtg. (contact)

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Give, while you shop:

Chicas Latinas is linked to #amazonsmile! Shop for your holiday gifts at smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Chicas Latinas De Sacramento!

#TeamChicas takes on @SacFoodBank’s Run to Feed the Hungry!

06 Friday Nov 2015

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Good afternoon and Happy Friday!

We’re 20 days away from one of the largest runs in Sacramento (and in the nation on Thanksgiving) put on by the Sacramento Food Bank, Run to Feed the Hungry taking place Thursday, November 26!

Keep in mind, participating in this race not only does good for your health, but also means you’re giving back to our community. All profits from this race go to the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Serivces (SFBFS) that offers 14 diverse services, all focusing on education and moving families to self-sufficiency and financial independence. Click the link to sign up: https://register.chronotrack.com/reg/external-link-ref?la=f6a24f0fd433387fed42206cbf714db1cafaa459. Below is a screen shot upon choosing a team, be sure to choose “Join Existing Team” and use the search box to find #TeamChicas.

#TeamChicas is very grateful to be part of this great event. We encourage YOU to come out and train with us, from walkers to beginning runners, we invite you. We meet Wednesday’s at 6pm in front of McKinley Library in East Sacramento and Sunday’s at 8 am in Sutter’s Landing on 28th and C.

If you come out to one of our weeknight trainings please wear reflective/neon gear, and/or a headlight. Our training schedule for the next few days is as follows:

11/08/15- Sutter’s Landing- Runners 5 easy miles. Walkers 3-4

11/11/15- McKindley Park- Runners 5 miles tempo. Walkers 4

11/15/15- Run on your own. No Team Chicas training on this day

11/18/15- McKindley Park- Runners 5.5 miles tempo. Walkers 4.5

11/22/15- Sutter’s Landing- Runners 4 miles easy. Walkers 3

Hope to see you out there!

TeamChicas

Let us know if you’d like to sign up:

Holiday Care Packages for the Homeless, Christmas 2013 Success!

26 Thursday Dec 2013

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Huge thank you to everyone who helped make Chicas Latinas de Sacramento‘s Holiday Care Package for the Homeless donation drive and distribution a great success!!! We joined Sacramento community organization C.A.F.F.E. early Christmas morning and helped feed, clothe, and give Chicas’ Holiday Care Packages to the homeless – with the help of our friends, we were able to serve nearly 300 homeless this holiday season.

Special thank you to Sol Collective for donating space for our wrapping days and for being a drop-off location for care package donations, and thank you to Casa de Español who donated and delivered 50 completed Holiday Care Packages to us!

Pictures from Christmas Day at Cesar Chavez Park with C.A.F.F.E.

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Angela Rosas and her parents (thank you mom and dad for helping us!!!)

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Program Assistant, Natalie Ramirez and Board Member, Patti Diaz helping hand out Care Packages to the less fortunate.

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Just because the “season of giving” is behind us, doesn’t mean we stop giving! C.A.F.F.E. and Chicas Latinas de Sacramento members help feed and clothe the homeless EVERY OTHER SUNDAY at Cesar Chavez Park. Please feel free to join us, donate, and give year round!

C.A.F.F.E. on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/252215474891020/
Next date: 1/19/2014

Join us on January 9th for Eric Ratinoff‘s #Network4Cause at Mayahuel as we support and give back to our friends at Sol Collective, free event. Learn more: https://network4cause-january.eventbrite.com

6th Annual Tejano Music Festival in Sacramento

22 Wednesday Aug 2012

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Entertain yourself Labor Day weekend with Tejano Conjunto music and food in downtown for the 6th Annual Tejano Music Festival.

Schedule:
Friday, August 31 – Meet-n-Greet at Fusion International Arts Center. 8:30 pm – 12 am

Saturday, September 1 – Kickoff Dance at the Sheraton Grand Hotel Ballroom. 8:30 pm – 12 am. $25

Sunday, September 2 – 6th Annual Tejano Festival at Cesar Chavez Park. 1:30 pm – 9:30 pm. $25

After Party at the Sheraton Ballroom. 9 pm – 12 am. $20

More information: http://downtownsac.org/events/6th-annual-tejano-music-festival/

Cinco de Mayo: The history and traditions

05 Thursday May 2011

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Today is May 5, also known as Cinco de Mayo.Happy Cinco de Mayo! Cinco de Mayo marks the Mexican victory of the Battle of the Puebla, which took place on May 5, 1862 near the city of Puebla. On this day 2,000 Mexican men led by Texas-born General Ignacio Zaragoza defended their city against a French army of 6,000. Zaragoza’s men were outnumbered and poorly supplied. The French army retreated, after less than a day of battle. The French suffered 500 casualties that day, while the Mexican force lost fewer than 100 men. More detailed account of the: Battle of the Puebla 

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This was only a small victory for Mexico and the war with France continued another 6 years, until France withdrew. However, the Battle of the Puebla was a great victory for the Mexican people. Today, it is a voluntary holiday celebrated in the state of Puebla in Mexico and in the United States (Mexico does not recognize Cinco de Mayo).

Many people mistaken Cinco de Mayo as Mexican Independence Day, but this actually occurred on September 16th (recognized Sept. 27). On September 16, 1810, Mexico declared its independence from Spain. You can anticipate another history lesson from me on this day, when Mexico celebrates 200 years of independence!

Although Cinco de Mayo is not a holiday in Mexico, it has become a huge commercial holiday here in the States. It is a celebration of Mexican culture, displayed through food, music, festivals, parades, and yes… plenty of drinking. If you chose to celebrate today, I hope that you truly take this day to appreciate the history and the culture of Mexico. Today is about much more than tacos and cervezas, it is about a monumental victory for the Mexican people. I will raise my glass tonight for the many victories we still have before us, the battle is never truly over for the Mexican people. Mexico is still very much a work in progress.

Holidays with the Chicas Latinas!

25 Thursday Nov 2010

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We are busy this time of year, just how busy?

This month, one of our organizers held a “Get fed so you can feed a needy family for Thanksgiving” event and collected over 50lbs. of food and 4 bags of clothing for needy families. These items were donated to the Sacramento Food Bank. Way to go!

December 11th: ADOPT A FAMILY GIFT PURCHASE AND WRAPPING
Family Adopted: ONE PARENT , WITH A ONE YEAR OLD SON AND A TWO YEAR OLD SON.
Needed:
– At least one “need” and one “want” gift, wrapped, for each child.
– A household gift for the family (valued under $100).
– An optional grocery store gift card — amount of your choice (donors usually give $50 or more but any amount is appreciated).

Donations need to be delivered to our office (2411 Alhambra Blvd. Suite 110 Sacramento, 95817) between Monday, Dec. 13 to Friday, Dec. 17, from 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Throughout December: WEAVE Holiday Toy Shoppe
This is a unique way to create a joyful holiday for women and children who have experienced violence. Gifts will be collected for individuals who have received services at WEAVE in the last six months. WEAVE will be accepting new, unwrapped gifts November 29 through December 17.

If you are interested in hosting a toy drive or volunteering, send an email to elf@weaveinc.org. Donations are being accepted at the WEAVE Counseling Center, 1900 K Street, Sacramento from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday, or at the WEAVE thrift stores. Click here for locations and drop-off times. If you can’t participate, please consider making a donation.

January 15th: Volunteer at the Womens Shelter
Needed: the following hygiene items (14 ea.)
Tooth Brushes
Deodorant
Nail Polish
Shampoo
Body Wash
Lotion
Make-up

January 26th: Weave Inc. Volunteer Orientation
Weave Inc. is always in need of volunteers! Most of the community outreach and emergency services are provided by volunteers.

www.weaveinc.org/overview/volunteer-weave
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
6 – 7 p.m.
1900 K Street, Sacramento
Conference Room

About Weave Inc.
www.weaveinc.org
WEAVE is the primary provider of crisis intervention services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Sacramento County.

It is WEAVE’s mission to bring an end to domestic violence and sexual assault in partnership with our community. WEAVE’s vision is a community free of violence and abuse. At WEAVE we believe that crisis intervention services are only part of the solution.

Prevention and Education are critical in improving how our community responds to violence. WEAVE is committed to breaking the cycle of violence by educating the community to better understand the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault.

TBA: We rest! Chicas hot-cocoa and movie night (Late January)

Please join us… or even support us by donating!
http://www.meetup.com/ChicasLatinas/
SacChicasLatinas@gmail.com

Pictures from last year:

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