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Liebe Ventura County Community Foundation Familie,<\/p>\n
Over these past few weeks, your generosity has reminded all of us at your community foundation that small acts of compassion and kindness makes a world of difference<\/strong>. My heart goes out to you in gratitude, thank you!<\/p>\n As the war in Ukraine continues<\/strong>, so many in our foundation family have reached out, asking for guidance on how to best support those fleeing for safety. Together, we\u2019ve grieved for the victims of horrific violence and have struggled as we continue to witness millions losing homes, communities, and loved ones in a matter of moments.<\/p>\n Once again, you have stepped forward, demonstrating through your actions that when we feel most afraid, and during times of our greatest sadness, the small act of giving is one of most profound and powerful tools we have to create the change we seek<\/strong>.<\/p>\n There are literally dozens of nonprofit organizations working to help<\/strong>, including our sister community foundations abroad. Ednannia, for example, is supporting the largest community foundation network in Ukraine<\/a><\/strong>. The Council on Foundations has also published guidance for making grants to help those most impacted by the humanitarian crisis<\/a><\/strong>. Their message to us, \u201cWe each matter and we all have the ability to help<\/strong>.\"<\/p>\n On a personal note, if you, like me, are craving moments of quiet reflection and hope, I highly recommend listening to \u201cThe Dreamer\u201d by Immanuel Wilkins<\/a><\/strong>. I just love this piece of music \u2013 I actually have it on repeat as I write you \u2013 and his thoughtful style inspires me to stay focused and to remember what we can accomplish when we all come together.<\/p>\n Featured in this newsletter is the Santa Paula Highest Quality Early Childhood Education Initiative<\/strong>, our Transfer of Wealth Initiative<\/strong> that we\u2019ve been so honored to partner with Cal Lutheran\u2019s Center for Nonprofit Leadership on, an interview with two of our treasured community foundation friends \u2013 Meenal and Kris Kelkar<\/strong>, a brief introduction to the VCCF-Umweltinitiative<\/strong>, and more! Please know we welcome your involvement and invite each of you to reach out anytime if you\u2019d like to get more involved in these, or any, of your community foundation\u2019s endeavors.<\/p>\n Ich w\u00fcnsche Ihnen alles Gute, Vanessa Bechtel Die Santa Paula Early Childhood Education Steering Committee<\/strong> convened in February to discuss critical action steps for bringing no cost, highest quality early childhood education to all young children in Santa Paula<\/strong>. The Ventura County Community Foundation is proud to support this herculean and vital effort. This historic undertaking seeks to serve close to 1,000 children between the ages of 3 and 4 each year. Please contact Calleen Pardinas<\/a> for more information.Learn More<\/p>\n On March 3, VCCF co-convened the Nonprofit Leadership Council workshop with the CLU Center for Nonprofit Leadership<\/strong>. This session focused on the recently updated \u00dcbertragung von Reichtum <\/strong>study and analysis commissioned by VCCF on the donor landscape in Ventura County, including rich data on wealth trends, donor preferences and how nonprofits can be prepared and positioned for the largest generational transfer of wealth in our nation\u2019s history<\/strong>. As our friends at the California Community Foundation share, \u201cThis is not an opportunity to fix things today. It is an opportunity to plan our futures, to plan for the sustainability of our community\u2019s ability to serve people who have the greatest needs.\u201dLearn More<\/p>\n “Everything is needed, so find what you\u2019re passionate about and start there. All of us hold a piece of the puzzle, so it\u2019s not that one piece of the puzzle is any bigger or more valuable than the rest, and it all then needs to come together.” – Meenal Kelkar<\/em><\/p>\n VCCFs Praktikant Daniel Whitworth<\/strong> had the opportunity to speak with longtime VCCF donor-clients Meenal and Kris Kelkar. <\/strong>Read more and find out why we love these two amazing humans so much! Click the button below to read their interview.Read More<\/p>\n Die County of Ventura\u2019s Sustainability Division\u2019s<\/strong> mission is to support sensible growth, healthy environment and economy, enhanced quality of life, inclusion and equity, and greater self-reliance throughout all of Ventura County<\/strong>. Our County\u2019s Climate Action Plan<\/strong> (CAP) related implementation program of the County\u2019s General Plan which assigns the Resource Management Agency, General Services Agency, and County Executive Office to work jointly to conduct tree planting activities with the goal of planting at least one thousand trees annually<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This webinar serves as the first step in the County of Ventura\u2019s Sustainability Division\u2019s efforts of establishing thoughtful collaboration with all stakeholders involved in preserving Ventura County\u2019s tree canopy<\/strong> along with sharing and strengthening forestry resources. VCCF\u2019s Calleen Pardinas<\/strong> was invited to present on the findings of the Environmental Listening Tour. For more information, please email cpardinas@vccf.org<\/a>.View Ventura County Climate Action Plan<\/p>\n This year’s\u00a0Annual Ventura County Economic Forecast<\/strong> hosted by the California Lutheran University Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) <\/strong>was back in person on March 8, hosted by CERF Executive Director Matthew Fienup.\u00a0<\/strong>This premier networking and forecast event\u00a0included an in-depth analysis of the county\u2019s economic performance and an assessment of its economic and demographic future, as well as\u00a0detailed analysis and forecasts for the United States and California economies.<\/p>\n VCCF President & CEO\u00a0Vanessa Bechtel was a guest commentator and spoke in her video about the 2020 Ventura County Complete Counts Census initiative and the success of the campaign<\/a>, reaching the 95th percentile in the nation for an accurate census count.Read More<\/p>\n West Ventura County Business Alliance<\/strong> named VCCF’s president and CEO Vanessa Bechtel<\/strong> one of the recipients of the annual Chairperson’s Award of Excellence<\/strong>. Honorees were celebrated at a luncheon on Friday, March 4 for their leadership in Ventura County. Congratulations, Vanessa!Read More<\/p>\n Rising from the Ashes Home Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n Die Ventura County Library Foundation<\/strong> is excited to announce the long-awaited Rising from the Ashes Home Tour<\/strong> is back on. On Saturday, April 30, the strength and resilience of Ventura will be in view during a tour of some of the beautifully rebuilt homes. It will be clear the Thomas Fire of 2017 caused devastation, but not defeat.<\/p>\n Tickets are $40, and all proceeds will go to support the work of Ventura County libraries. These donations will enable VCLF to fund important literacy programs, the Mobile Library, broader access to the internet and computers to close the digital divide, homework tutoring, STEAM initiatives<\/strong>, and much more.<\/p>\n The homes\u2019 distinctive and unique architecture captures the views from these hills while new landscaping embraces fire mitigation measures. This unique opportunity to tour newly rebuilt homes in the Ondulando, Clearpoint, and Skyline areas of Ventura promises to be a delightful afternoon that will showcase resilience, creativity, and beauty of six spectacular Ventura hillside residences<\/strong>. Click the button below to learn more and purchase tickets.Read More<\/p>\n Cesar Chavez Celebration Day<\/strong> Virtuelles Spender-Lunch & Learn<\/strong> 805 UndocuFund stellt vor: Dienst an undokumentierten Gemeinschaften bei Katastrophen und dar\u00fcber hinaus<\/strong> Dear Ventura County Community Foundation Family, Over these past few weeks, your generosity has reminded all of us at your community foundation that small acts of compassion and kindness makes…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletters"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vccf.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nVanessa<\/p>\n
\nPr\u00e4sident und CEO, Ventura County Community Foundation<\/p>\nHighest Quality Early Childhood<\/strong>
\nEducation for All<\/strong><\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/vccf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/12-300x225-1.jpg\")
<\/p>\nOur Collective Opportunity: Ventura County\u2019s <\/strong><\/h2>\n
Historic Transfer of Wealth<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Meet Meenal and Kris Kelkar<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nTree Mitigation Efforts in Ventura County<\/h2>\n
CERF Economic Forecast<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nVCCF’s Vanessa Bechtel Receives<\/strong>
\nChairperson’s Award of Excellence<\/strong><\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/vccf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wvcba-1-300x225-1.jpg\")
<\/p>\nDie Macht der Gemeinschaft<\/h2>\n
Gute Nachrichten aus IHRER Gemeinde in Ventura County<\/h3>\n
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\nThursday, March 31 from 2 to 3:30 pm (Virtual)<\/em>
\nJoin the County of Ventura Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Council in celebration of Cesar Chavez Day. Hear from Paul Chavez, son of Cesar Chavez and President of the Cesar Chavez Foundation, as he discusses his father’s legacy, contributions and the impact he had on Ventura County. Spanish and Mixteco interpretation will be available.\u00a0Click here to register<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThursday, April 28 from 12 to 1 pm (Virtual)<\/em>
\nJoin fellow VCCF donors and community members for a Zoom presentation by Mesa, a nonprofit focused on providing\u00a0homeless youth with transitional housing, as well as an update on the Tiny Homes Pilot Program. Klicken Sie hier, um sich zu registrieren.<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWednesday, May 18, 2022 at 10 AM (Virtual)<\/em>
\nNehmen Sie an einer Podiumsdiskussion teil, die vom 805 UndocuFund veranstaltet wird, und diskutieren Sie mit uns \u00fcber die Lektionen, die wir bei der Betreuung von Gemeinschaften ohne Papiere gelernt haben und die andere gemeinn\u00fctzige Organisationen, Schul- und Regierungsbeh\u00f6rden sowie Philanthropen bei der Arbeit mit ihren Kunden ohne Papiere anwenden k\u00f6nnen. Wir werden auch untersuchen, wie Katastrophen die zugrunde liegenden sozio\u00f6konomischen Faktoren und systemischen Barrieren veranschaulichen, die vor, w\u00e4hrend und nach der Katastrophe angegangen werden m\u00fcssen. Klicken Sie hier, um sich zu registrieren.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"