We have all heard of Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Small Business Saturday. A few years ago, a new event was added to our list: Giving Tuesday, which is reserved for the Tuesday after Thanksgiving as a day to encourage people to do good and give back to charities. Humboldt County has a strong sense […]
nonprofits
Posted inNews
Cooperation Humboldt to Take on Local Food Guide Publication
Locally Delicious, a nonprofit organization that works to support a sustainable local food system, has produced the Local Food Guide since 2017. Established as a resource for the community to access information about local, organic and freshly prepared foods, the guide lists Humboldt County farms, bakeries, markets and more. It’s designed to help visitors and […]
Posted inNews
Tens of Millions in PPP Loans Flow into Humboldt
An across-the-board collection of hundreds of Humboldt County companies and nonprofits were among the recipients of a federal loan program meant to help small businesses keep employees on the payroll amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from the Small Business Administration. The information, which we sorted by Humboldt County ZIP codes, shows tens of […]
Posted inNews
Getting Help and Helping the Helpers
Across Humboldt County, nonprofits and other organizations are providing a life-line to community members in need, a group that is steadily growing as the impacts of COVID-19 and the county’s shelter-in-place order reverberate. Here are a few ways to help those who are helping others access some of the services available. Access Humboldt: The nonprofit […]
Posted inNews
Humboldt Baykeeper Lands New Digs at The Link in Arcata
Local environmental nonprofit Humboldt Baykeeper, which has fallen on tough times financially this year, has found a new home inside “The Link” office building in Arcata (formerly home to Yakima). As the logo collage above attests, The Link has become a hip HQ for local leftie causes and small businesses. Here’s the press release: Greetings, Effective […]
Posted inNews
Humboldt Baykeeper Hits Rough Waters
Faced with a mounting fiscal crisis, local environmental nonprofit Humboldt Baykeeper is in the process of dramatically downsizing its organization. The office staff was reportedly laid off recently, and this week Executive Director Jessica Hall learned that she, too, is being laid off. Only Policy Director Jennifer Kalt, whose position has been reduced to part-time, […]
Posted inNews
Giants of Nonprofit
Chances are, you’ve spent time inside some of Humboldt’s biggest nonprofits while going about your daily business. Maybe you deposited a check at the local credit union office. Or saw the doc for your pesky sinus infection at an Open Door clinic. Or maybe — let’s hope not — you’ve whiled away tense hours inside […]