| Santa Cruz Derby Girls and their members are dedicated to community involvement by joining forces with local organizations to provide volunteer support and help strengthen our bond with the Santa Cruz Community. The Community First committee facilitates, organizes, and directs the league in the support of our community. | ||
| By working together, your non-profit and the Santa Cruz Derby Girls can leverage each other’s audiences to raise money for your cause, and spread the word about our community’s local philanthropies. In addition to providing volunteer support within our community, we feature a non-profit at each home game bout which receives mention in our program and also includes a portion of our proceeds. If you have any questions you may contact
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| If you would like to check out how we've been helping in our Community, visit the Community First News page. |
Our 2011 Featured Non-Profits!
The Santa Cruz County Chapter of the American Red Cross facilitates positive changes in the human condition and inspires volunteerism through community education, outreach efforts and disaster preparedness, prevention and relief. Every Blood Donation has the potential to save up to 3 lives. |  | |
| April 16th | The Homeless Services Center is dedicated to the coordinated provision of services for homeless persons. The goal of the Homeless Services Center is to provide both emergency and transitional services to homeless families and individuals that will enable its clients to achieve self-sufficiency. |  |
| May 21st | Survivors Healing Center's (SHC) primary goals are to empower those victimized by sexual abuse through a healing process and to prevent sexual abuse of children and youth in our community. SHC continues to remain the only agency in Santa Cruz County solely dedicated to addressing the issue of childhood sexual abuse. It serves over 2000 people every year. It provides therapy for youth and adults, phone and walk-in support, information and referrals, peer support, workshops, classes, a free lending library. Santa Cruz County Events held by SHC: 5th annual "Walk to Stop the Silence" Latino speaker series (two annually) Community trainings and education programs |  |
| June 25th | The purpose of the Santa Cruz SPCA is to ensure the best possible quality of life for animals and to promote respect and reverence for all. Its mission is to strive to prevent cruelty to animals, to stop pet overpopulation, to promote community responsibility and for the humane care, treatment and well- being of all animals through adoption, education, information and action. |  |
| July 23rd | Save Our Shore's mission is caring for the marine environment through ocean awareness, advocacy, and citizen action. Save Our Shores runs beach cleanups throughout Santa Cruz County throughout the year to protect the marine environment and our Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary. It also educates the Santa Cruz community through its Sanctuary Stewards docent program as well as educational presentations from Kindergarten to college level. It works towards pollution prevention by advocating for local bans such as the Styrofoam ban and recent work towards a plastic bag ban in Santa Cruz County. The Santa Cruz Derby Girls will be supporting Save Our Shores: Beach clean up Main Beach in Santa Cruz Saturday, July 9th, 2011. |  |
| August 20th | Soroptimist strive to be the leading international organization of business and professional women united through volunteer efforts to enable women and girls to live their dreams, take control of their lives, and live according to their own values. The Capitola club has two focus projects which include WomenCARE, which offers support services to women with cancer, and GEMMA, assisting women reentering society after incarceration. The Santa Cruz Derby Girls will be supporting the Soroptimist International of Capitola: The Annual “Bras for a Cause” Auction Saturday, August 27th, 2011 The Derby Girls will be hosting a special auction during their bout on Saturday, August 20th. |  |
| September 3rd | With Second Harvest Food Bank, Santa Cruz County's mission is to end hunger and malnutrition by educating and involving the community. Second Harvest feeds 50,000 Santa Cruz County residents each month, one half of those are children. They also support the Food for Children program where they deliver food directly to low income housing complexes, schools and churches to 8,900 children each month. Its focus is on nutrition and education. It provided over 6.8 million pounds of food in 2010. |  |
| October 23rd | The Walnut Avenue Women's Center mission is to provide support and services so that women, children, teens and families have the opportunities and skills to thrive. These crucial opportunities and skills are provided through integrated, yet multi-layered programs: three Early Education Centers, Integrated Domestic Violence Services, Youth Development Services, Family Literacy Services, Resource & Community Development and associated programs -- African-American Community Health Group, Single Moms Alliance for Resources and Tools, and the California Center of Excellence for Trauma Informed Care. |  |
