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BenitoLink is pleased to announce that the Community Foundation for San Benito County has awarded our nonprofit news organization a $8,750 grant to support the completion and final publication of the Vision San Benito County Listening Session condensed report.
The grant will help pay for writing and editing a shorter, easier to digest report that captures the attitudes, concerns and dreams of San Benito residents in 2023-24. The 12-to-16-page document will be published to reflect outlooks, trends and commonalities among the 19 groups that met during the listening sessions. A photo exhibit and reception are planned to celebrate the project and final publication.
Executive Director Leslie David said, “This has been an amazing project in which BenitoLink learned a lot from in-person sessions with many different segments of our community.”
BenitoLink team members provided lunch and a comfortable setting (the new Community Foundation building in Hollister) to 19 varying groups of community members—including educators, seniors, agricultural workers, elected officials, youth and social services providers. “Our team was able to learn about residents’ needs, frustrations and their aspirations,” David said. “We also walked away with lessons about our improving our reporting methods and ways to serve our community better.”
Community Foundation for San Benito County
The Community Foundation’s project grant requests are vetted in a thorough process of research and interviews by its grants committee. The Community Foundation for San Benito County started in 2000 and it is focused on helping organizations build a more vibrant San Benito County. In that time, the foundation has given more than $30 million to numerous local causes and nonprofits.
BenitoLink
BenitoLink, was started by county residents when local news coverage diminished. San Benito County’s online news is a nonprofit organization which primarily serves the residents of San Benito with free community-oriented news and information.
All Listening Sessions can be found on the BenitoLink home page.