Cause & Effect Archive

Friends of El Dorado County Seniors

The physical decline that can accompany aging, along with illness, dementia and financial challenges, can make it necessary for some seniors to depend on others for many things they previously did for themselves.

by Margaret Snider

Gold Country Chaplaincy

The Gold Country Chaplaincy has a simple message: No one has to go through it alone.

by Bill Romanelli

Leadership El Dorado

Eight years later, Leadership El Dorado – whose mission is to provide education and training to cultivate a diverse group of better skilled, highly motivated leaders with clear visions of how to lead the way to a healthier community – has two graduates in public office and is preparing to recruit its eighth class.

by Bill Romanelli

Me-One Foundation

For families of a parent with cancer, dealing with the illness can be a lonely struggle.

by Linda Holderness

The Glass Slipper

Fitting, you might say, as the Glass Slipper – run 100 percent by volunteers – is all about touching hearts and transforming lives.

by Jenn Thornton

Sugar Pine Foundation

The villain in this story is a pathogenic fungus known as blister rust, which found its way to North America in the early 1900s.

by Bill Romanelli

Whole Planet Foundation

by Jenn Thornton

The Trade

Except for scars on her legs where she was brutally attacked by dogs, one might never suspect Teav Mam, a beautiful 34-year-old and loving fiancée, survived one of history’s most horrific and senseless genocides – the Khmer Rouge killing fields in Cambodia, where it’s estimated that up to 3 million Cambodians lost their lives

by Jenn Thornton

Food Bank of El Dorado County

…there is real hunger right here in our own backyards that many of us don’t even see.

by Bill Romanelli

Franny’s House

Unique to Franny’s House is the nonprofit’s approach to care crisis.

by Jenn Thornton