Cause & Effect Archive

Title Issue
PlacerSustain

PlacerSustain

hub, facilitating the exchange of information between people and organizations throughout Placer County to build a more sustainable, and ultimately, thriving community.

Style-Roseville Granite Bay Rocklin
September 2010
Capitol City Young Writers

Capitol City Young Writers

Style-Folsom El Dorado Hills
September 2010
American River Conservancy

American River Conservancy

For more than 20 years, the American River Conservancy has been preserving the wildlife habitat along the 17 rivers flowing down the western slope of the Sierra Nevada.

Style-El Dorado County Foothills
September 2010
Team Building

Team Building

One of the most important life lessons for kids to learn is the importance of working together. That is the priority aim of non-profit Destination ImagiNation (DI), an after-school initiative that emphasizes collaboration as a porthole to creative problem solving.

Style-Roseville Granite Bay Rocklin
August 2010
Ride for a Reason

Ride for a Reason

To date, Ride for a Reason has raised more than $350,000 to benefit the Davis Phinney Foundation, the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and the UC Davis Cancer Center’s Triumph Fitness Program and Child Life Program.

Style-Folsom El Dorado Hills
August 2010
Drawn from Water

Drawn from Water

On a Mission to Save Africa’s Unwanted

Style-Folsom El Dorado Hills
July 2010
Courage to be You

Courage to be You

In sad truth, vulnerable children are exploited, abused, traded and sold, all over the world. The startling reality is that minor girls in our very own region are victims of domestic sex trafficking and Rocklin-based nonprofit Courage to Be You (C2BU) aims to change that.

Style-Roseville Granite Bay Rocklin
July 2010
Pay it Forward

Pay it Forward

The El Dorado County Habitat for Humanity builds homes for the homeless, but it isn’t about giving a handout – it’s about giving a hand up.

Style-El Dorado County Foothills
July 2010
Poll Position

Poll Position

The League of Women Voters (LWV) was formed the same year to help women exercise their responsibilities as voters, provide education about political issues and lobby for social reform legislation.

Style-Style
June 2010
Play For All

Play For All

Thankfully, when the Play for All Universally Accessible Playground (UAP) debuts this month in City Park (behind City Hall, near the Folsom Zoo), both able-bodied and disabled children will be able to play in tandem, enjoying the camaraderie that these playgrounds provide.

Style-Folsom El Dorado Hills
May 2010
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