Upcoming Events	Help us help the children of Africa!
Join us at the next Santa Cruz Cares meeting Wednesday, June 13th 7:00 p.m. at Twin Lakes Church (Room to be announced and posted)	Santa Cruz Cares joined the Human Race! Walk-a-thon and Fun Run on West Cliff Drive Saturday, May 12, 2012 Mission accomplished! 10 walker/runners braved the fog in the name of Santa Cruz Cares and completed the 5 mile+ course along the beautiful west beach drive in Santa Cruz, to fulfill the promise that they would do so to generate sponsor support (money) for our current $ drive – Pots for Tots! We won’t know until the awards ceremony on June 7 how much cash we actually generated, but as soon as it is known we’ll let you know! In the meantime, a special thanks to Amy and John Hanley for once again serving as the initiators and coordinators of this fun, local, fund raiser! This is the 3rd year we have participated, thanks to Amy! If you have friends or people you know who feel they missed the opportunity to give to this good cause, please let them know it is not too late, but at this point they should make the check directly to Santa Cruz Cares and send it to 2473 Rifle Range Drive, Watsonville 95076. It is still tax deductible, and they will receive a receipt from AFnet for their donation. Click here for more information on our "Pots for Tots" campaign!
Recent Events 2012 Human Race

Find Out How You Can Make a Difference in the
Lives of These Children!

The White Elephant Auction held Saturday, March 10, was a wonderful success!! Many thanks to all of the volunteers and especially to Virginia Howard (center) for her hard work at originating and orchestrating this event! Click here for more photos.

 

Did you know?

• Southern Africa is one of the regions hardest hit by disease and poverty.

• In the areas where the orphan centers have been built, unemployment rate is 65% and the HIV infection rate is as high as 30%.

• The majority of those dying from AIDS are between the ages of 15-49, orphaning millions of children.

• In the next five years there will be 2 million orphans in South Africa alone.

• South African law discourages resident orphanages and/or adopting their children out of the country.

• Orphan centers are desperately needed.

 

Santa Cruz DOES Care!

Purpose Statement: Santa Cruz Cares' focus is to raise funds for the building, and operational and material support of Orphan Day Care Centers in Southern Africa. So far we have paid for the construction and support of the Tsakelani Orphan Day Care Center in Soshanguve. We find monthly sponsors for each child the center serves. We have also committed to find sponsors for the children at ILB (Isubila Lya Bana, which means "Hope for the Children") Mansa Center in Mansa, Zambia.