You may not need help putting groceries on the table today, or transportation to your next doctor’s appointment. But somewhere in our community, a parent is working hard to keep food on the table for their children, and an older adult is struggling to remain independent in the home they’ve known for decades.
We don’t all need the same help at the same time, but we all benefit from living in a community where help is available when it’s needed.
Every year, Community Bridges provides that support to more than 20,000 children, families, and older adults across our local community. But growing demand, rising costs, and reductions in public funding are putting these life-saving services under increasing pressure.
This Giving Tuesday, help us raise $50,000 to keep critical care, food, and family support within reach for our neighbors.
Every contribution creates a local impact. See what your generosity can make possible:
For those in a position to make a greater investment, a leadership investment of $10,000 or more will help Community Bridges sustain life-saving services.
For nearly 50 years, Community Bridges has helped local residents access the food, care, transportation, and support they need.
Today, those services face growing pressure. Meals on Wheels has a waitlist. Rising food costs are stretching family budgets. Changes to public health coverage are creating new barriers to senior care.
The need is growing. The resources to meet it are not keeping pace.
Your Giving Tuesday investment helps Community Bridges respond to these challenges across five critical areas of community well-being.
For older adults facing hunger and isolation, a delivered meal provides more than nutrition. It offers human connection, a wellness check, and the ability to remain independent.
But rising food and fuel costs are making it increasingly difficult to meet growing demand, and for the first time in Community Bridges’ history, Meals on Wheels has a waitlist, and those in need are going hungry.
With demand outpacing available funding, your gift helps ensure vulnerable older adults are not left waiting for essential nourishment.
Growing older should never mean losing your independence, your community, or your dignity.
Elderday Adult Day Health Care provides nursing care, therapy, nutritious meals, and meaningful social engagement, while Lift Line offers safe, reliable transportation throughout Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey counties.
Your gift helps older adults and people with disabilities remain active, supported, and connected to their communities, while providing peace of mind for family caregivers.
No family should have to choose between paying their bills and putting food on the table.
As federal food assistance shrinks and grocery prices remain high, more families are struggling to access essential foods, especially protein-rich staples like meat, poultry, and eggs.
Through our Family Resource Collective food distribution sites, Community Bridges is working to close these growing gaps.
Your gift will help purchase essential protein-rich foods, bringing healthier, more balanced meals within reach for hundreds of local families.
Access to health care should never depend on someone’s ability to navigate a complicated system.
With significant changes to Medi-Cal eligibility and enrollment requirements, thousands of residents could face interruptions or loss of coverage.
Our Health Care Heroes provide the personal guidance families need to understand their options, complete renewals, and maintain access to critical health services.
Your gift will support trained health care navigators, helping vulnerable residents maintain coverage and access the care they need.
Healthy communities begin with healthy children and supported families. Through our Early Education Division preschools and WIC nutrition services, and Family Resource Collective programs, Community Bridges connects families to the resources they need to raise healthy, safe, and thriving children.
From early learning and nutrition to family counseling, parent education, and child safety planning, these services help families build a foundation for lifelong success.
Your gift will support child safety planning, parent education, and early childhood development, giving local families the tools and confidence to help their children thrive.
The food on a family’s table. The care that helps an older adult remain independent. The support that makes a difficult moment more manageable.
These are the things that make our community a place where people can count on one another.
Help us raise $50,000 this Giving Tuesday to keep that support possible.
Be the Bridge. Give Today.
Celebrating 50 Years of Support
Join us at Food From the Heart to honor this legacy and support the future of senior care.
Celebrating 50 Years of Support
Join us at Food From the Heart to honor this legacy and support the future of senior care.
Every Family Needs a Plan
Urge the Attorney General to adopt California’s Childcare Safety Plan.
