Our Stories

On Wednesday, April 13th, two of our programs were recognized for their dedication to the Fresno community at the 48th Annual Hands Across the Valley Volunteer of the Year Awards luncheon. The Making Spirits Bright committee, which is led and was nominated by Fresno EOC Sanctuary & Youth Services, won the Outstanding Corporate/Business Volunteer of the Year Award. Making Spirits Bright has been spreading holiday cheer to local low-income elementary school students and their families for

On Monday the 29th, Fresno EOC Early Head Start (EHS) program celebrated the expansion of their Growing Readers Family Literacy Program. Through years of program experience, it became apparent to Early Head Start staff that many low income families enrolled in program services had little or no printed materials in their homes to support childhood literacy. Early Head Start realized that challenging families to participate in a reading program when they have no materials to

Congratulations to Joe Martinez! Fresno EOC Safe Place just wrapped up another successful National Safe Place Week, and Fresno EOC received some special news during National Safe Place Week. The National Safe Place Network based out of Louisville, KY informed us that our very own Joe Martinez, Fresno EOC Safe Place coordinator, was declared the longest serving Safe Place coordinator in the nation! He is the longest serving coordinator throughout the Safe Place program which

To date, more than 330,000 youth nationwide have been helped at one of the nearly 20,000 Safe Place site locations or received counseling by phone as a result of the Safe Place program. Fresno EOC Sanctuary and Youth Services, in partnership with National Safe Place Network, operates the local Safe Place program maintaining 270 youth-friendly sites for youth ages 12-17 to access immediate help during a time of crisis. March 20-26th is National Safe Place

Fresno EOC YouthBuild Charter School of California Central, an onsite high school diploma completion program that our Fresno EOC Local Conservation Corps hosts, was featured in the Fresno Bee. It applauded the charter school for keeping Fresno students from repeating criminal offenses. Shawn Riggins, director of the Fresno EOC LCC program, describes how students finally feel like they belong at YouthBuild. We are proud of all the hard work our Local Conservation Corps and YouthBuild

Promised a job and a new life to take care of her young daughter, Maria decided to cross the border of Mexico and enter the US. When she changed her mind fearing repercussions, the traffickers held her daughter hostage, threatening not to return Jasmine due to the large debt incurred. Maria was transported to the Central Valley, California, and for the next several weeks, she worked long hours in the fields and was forced to

Sanger Lions Club Makes Donation to Fresno EOC’s Sanctuary and Transitional Living Center Residents The Sanger Lions Club collected over 20 suitcases and duffle bags for the Fresno EOC Sanctuary and Transitional Living Center residents. The purpose of the cases for kids drive is so all youth can maintain their dignity by having a bag to carry their belongs in rather than a trash bag. Boy Scout Troop 390 of Fowler assisted by cleaning the

Photos of our corps members who completed the NorCal Laborer’s Union Hazmat training Friday, September 4, 2015. The corps members received their certification cards after spending the week training with the union.

For the past two months, an LCC crew has performed work in the Sequoia National Park as part of a project funded through a private donation to the National Park Foundation. This project was performed under our 21st Century designation and Sue Carter, who has spear headed our Public Lands work, along with Ismael Barajas, who supervised the project, were the leads. For two months, our crew worked in the park Monday through Friday, returning to

Countdown to the 10th Annual Walk and Celebration for Breastfeeding Awareness // First Step to a Healthy Life // 10 days to go