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Poll: The Church and Endorsing Candidates

There’s a poll at the end of this post, and I’d love to get you input. But there’s also context around the poll, which I’ll provide in the next section. If you want to skip straight to the poll without the background, feel free to skip ahead! Background Last August, National Religious Broadcasters, Sand Springs Church, First Baptist Church Waskom, and Intercessors for America sued the IRS,…

Poll: The Church and Endorsing Candidates

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Mindfulness Sessions To Help Non-Profit Workers, First Responders

Mindfulness Sessions To Help Non-Profit Workers, First Responders

Good News Notes: “Community Mindfulness Project (CMP) will offer weekly “Mini Mindfulness Burnout Busters” for non-profit workers and first responders free of charge every Wednesday at 9 a.m. The program began June 23. According to a news release, the short, 15 minute sessions provide mindfulness and meditation opportunities to specifically to help combat mental and emotional stress, as they’re…

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United Farmers Alliance - Fresh & Local

We are the farmers, distributors, composters, propagators, educators, arborists, urban community famers & community members coming together to solve common obstacles in our local food systems.

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Fieldwork Brewing’s Community Fun Committee donates $40,000 to 11 North California non-profits.

Press Release

Berkeley, Calif. ... Fieldwork Brewing Company announces the establishment of a Community Fund Committee led by Fieldwork staff members from each of the brewery's seven locations throughout Northern California in an effort to donate funds to noteworthy local non-profit organizations. For the first two quarters, the Fieldwork Community Fund Committee identified standout organizations who are making an immediate and substantial impact to help alleviate the many challenges communities are facing across the region. Over the course of 2020 (4th Quarter) and 2021 (1st Quarter), the Fieldwork Community Fund Committee has donated a total of $40,000 to 11 non-profits.

"During such difficult times, we've sought out measurable ways that we can be there for people most effected by the pandemic," says Matthew Porcelli, General Manager of Fieldwork Brewing (Berkeley Taproom) & Chair of the Fieldwork Community Fund Committee. "We care deeply about how to positively reach diverse communities and have funds directly assist those with urgent needs such as hot meals, showers, laundry services, crisis intervention and prevention services, reading materials for at-risk K-3rd grade students, as well as many other inspiring initiatives we really want to support."

Over 10 Fieldwork team members at its various locations are key voices leading the Fieldwork Community Fund Committee. Each team member recommends various non-profits that the committee then votes on to decide which specific organizations receive donations.

2020 (4th Quarter) Beneficiaries Receiving $2,000 Donations Include:

WEAVE Inc. (Sacramento): Established in 1978, WEAVE promotes safe and healthy relationships and offers support for survivors of sexual assault and domestic abuse. WEAVE provides an array of crisis intervention, therapeutic and prevention services to meet the unique needs of survivors, their families and the community.

SF-Marin Foodbank (Corte Madera): During COVID, the SF-Marin Food Bank has operated 29 pop-up pantries and provides weekly deliveries to 12,000+ seniors and groceries to 55,000 households. 14% of people served are homeless with 60% of food offered being fresh produce. Every $1 donated provides 2 meals. Fieldwork's donation brings 4,000 meals to those in need. VOICES Youth Programs (Napa): Founded in 2005 by Napa foster youth, VOICES focuses on keeping disadvantaged and homeless youth safe during COVID.

Elder Givers - Art With Elders (San Mateo): Founded in 1991, Elder Givers utilizes the power of art, creativity and community to enrich the journey of the aging population. Elder Givers provides 2,000 art classes to 400 seniors living in long-term care communities.

MEarth (Monterey): In response to the pandemic, MEarth has converted their educational garden to a production garden to grow food for families in need. MEarth has donated over 3,000 lbs of produce since July 2020 to local relief organizations.

2021 (1st Quarter) Beneficiaries Include:

Pints for Paws - Berkeley Humane (Berkeley) - $15,000 Donation: Voted the "Best Fundraising Event in the East Bay," Pints for Paws is the annual fundraiser for Berkeley Humane. Over the past five years, Fieldwork Brewing has been instrumental in the fundraising efforts for the non-profit 501(c)(3) organization who serves the East Bay community with life-saving programs for cats and dogs while cultivating compassion and strengthening the human-animal bond. The 7th Annual Pints for Paws (June 5, 2021) raised over $150,000 for Berkeley Humane.

Monument Crisis Center (San Ramon) - $5,000 Donation: Fieldwork's donation will provide eggs and milk for 2,800 at-risk families in Contra Costa County. Monument Crisis Center provides food to families and individuals in crisis situations.

ALBA - Agricultural and Land-Based Training Association (Monterey) - $3,000 Donation: Over 500 newly launched organic family farms owned primarily by Mexican immigrant farm workers will be incubated with the completion of a new water well in July 2021. The new farms will grow and sell nearly 100 million pounds of organic produce in Central Coast and Bay Area communities. 3,000 farmers will be trained at the ALBA facility and re-enter the organic workforce. Nearly 400 Hartnell College students will participate in the ALBA course, earning college credit, completing community service hours and internships.

Berkeley Public School Fund (Berkeley) - $2,500 Donation: Fieldwork's donation covers a quarter of the costs for the annual "Summer Slide" reading program that provides books for 500 economically disadvantaged K-3rd grade students to help keep their reading level up.

Ritter Center (Corte Madera) - $2,500 Donation: A partner of the SF-Marin Food Bank, the Ritter Center's food pantry is the largest in Marin serving 3,000 households annually with the distribution of 22,000 bags of groceries. Ritter Center further offers case management, medical and behavioral health services, as well as 2,000 laundry and 8,000 shower appointments each year.

Jonathan C. Younts Second Chance Scholarship (Sacramento) - $2,000 Donation: The Second Chance Scholarship goes to returning students that were unable to complete their degree the first time around and focuses on helping them get a digital design degree that can get them out into the workforce. The Fieldwork donation will increase the yearly scholarship amount from $400 a year to $475 annually in perpetuity, providing second chances to college bound youth.

Supporting the local communities neighboring Fieldwork Brewing's seven taprooms is of incredible importance to the brewery. Fieldwork Brewing fosters a strong sense of community both at their taprooms and well beyond its doors through their philanthropic efforts reaching those most in need.

For more information regarding Fieldwork Brewing Company, please visit fieldworkbrewing.com and instagram.com/fieldworkbrewingco.

About Fieldwork Brewing Company Established in 2015, Fieldwork Brewing Company is a craft brewery based in Berkeley, CA brewing for the regional Northern California marketplace. Available at their Berkeley, Corte Madera, Monterey, Napa, Sacramento, San Mateo, and San Ramon taprooms/beer gardens, Fieldwork beers are also on draft at the finest local craft beer focused restaurants and bars. Fieldwork is the 10th fastest growing private company on San Francisco Business Times' "100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area" for 2018, and Inc. magazine ranked Fieldwork at No. 604 on its 2019 Inc. 5000 list of "America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies."

Fieldwork's latest releases can be enjoyed by sampler flight, beer by the glass, and filled "to go" in crowler cans. Special Release cans are available onsite and for delivery while supplies last at each location.

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The Professional Ministry Killed Jesus In His Day...It Hasn't Stopped

The Professional Ministry Killed Jesus In His Day...It Hasn't Stopped #stopthetaxbreaks #Jesusisapolitical #politicsdoesntsaveanybody

Preachers endorsing politicians makes for the most unholy of bedfellows, desecrating both. God is neither Republican, Democrat, White, Black, or American. As a former minister, and still a Christian, I can’t think of anything more damaging to the model and message of Biblical Christianity than a professional ministry relying on tax breaks from the government. The professional ministry killed…

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Fur Pet's Sake: Make a Purchase

The Belmont County Humane Society is always looking for new ways to generate funding. That’s because the 501(c)(3) organization is not a recipient of any public funding in the way the animal shelter and other similar organizations are. The society and its director, Angela Hatfield, survive on donations, both monetary and in goods and services. The group has a yearly sale that is a great fundraising mechanism, but COVID derailed those plans this year. That is, until recently. The humane society’s 100-plus cats routinely receive their veterinary care at Goodworks Veterinary Hospital on S. Marietta Street in St. Clairsville. Recently, two doors down, Hatfield noticed a for rent sign in a building that she’d had her eye on for some time. Hatfield made inquiries of the building’s owner, who originally was looking for a higher monthly rent payment and the signing of a year-long lease. For most people, that’s a fair trade to get a primo spot in downtown. But for the society, which needs to squeeze every dollar it can to pay for vet bills, food, litter, yearly shots, flea medicine, and a whole list of other pet-related items, the price was a bit high. Fortunately, the owners had a benevolent streak when informed about Hatfield’s purpose for utilizing the space. They agreed to forgo the lease and knock the rent in half, a generous offering to be sure. That’s how Fur Pet’s Sake shop was born. Read the full article

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Time To Defund The Church

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Masks, Worship, Churches, Free Speech - What's next?

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