SRJC Foundation

Giving HUGE thanks to John McEntagart and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 551, Sally Tomatoes, Sonoma County DSA, and Sonoma County Sheriffs Office for donating and coordinating the delivery of 50 Thanksgiving meals to Santa Rosa Junior College foster youth and their families. This has been an especially difficult year, and the generous gifts of food, time, and love are especially appreciated!

Student Housing is coming to Santa Rosa Junior College! HUGE thanks to Kaiser Permanente for this incredible gift that will change lives and improve our community for generations to come...

We need your help to support Santa Rosa Junior College student-athletes! These dedicated young women and men are training and studying with full academic loads... to prepare for intercollegiate competition as soon as safely possible! Please look at the letter and link below and make a donation, no amount is too small. And please share this post! Go SRJC Bear Cubs! https://santarosajc.ejoinme.org/athletics

Please join us as we offer gratitude to our donors and congratulations to our students with this special CIRCLE OF HONOR 2020 video: https://youtu.be/h-zNfXw6tmE Thank you for your important role in student success and for helping to create a culture of philanthropy in our community. Together we are #SRJCstrong! For a full listing of scholarships and awards, please visit foundation.santarosa.edu.

A HUGE thank you to Redwood Credit Union for their generous gift to help us kick off the SRJC Sawubona Black Student Scholarship through their partnership with State Senator and SRJC alum Mike McGuire. RCU is invested in the success of our SRJC Black students and we are so grateful for their support! You can make a gift to support this new scholarship at https://Santarosajc.ejoinme.org/donation. Pictured Left to Right: Selam Goitom, Secretary, SRJC Black Student Union... J Mullineaux, Executive Director, SRJC Foundation Regina Mahiri, Staff Advisor, SRJC Black Student Union Dr. Frank Chong, President, Santa Rosa Junior College Second Photo: Brett Martinez, CEO, Redwood Credit Union

#SRJC Student Financial Services has extended the student emergency grant to Fall 2020. The link is at https://financialaid.santarosa.edu/srjc-student-emergency-g. SFS Coordinator Lauren Coburn talks about the grant and about new services for students who need to apply for financial aid.

What a day! Hundreds turned out for SRJC alum and State Senator Mike McGuire’s annual (social distant drive up) Boots, Beans and Brews chili feed with proceeds supporting a scholarship for SRJC Black students. Big thanks to our SRJC volunteers and our generous community. You can make a gift at https://Santarosajc.ejoinme.org/blackstudentscholarship

Thank you to Santa Rosa Junior College alum and State Senator Mike McGuire for sharing the important work the SRJC Black Student Union is undertaking and featuring the new scholarship we have developed to support Black students!

Tomorrow! Listen in with Santa Rosa Junior College alum and State Senator Mike McGuire as he talks with one of our Black student leaders and the launch of a new scholarship to support them!

We are so grateful to Santa Rosa Junior College alum and State Senator Mike McGuire for supporting our SRJC Black students with the proceeds from his annual event!

Huge thanks to the Alvin James Hansen Foundation for the incredibly generous support and to the Press Democrat for sharing this exciting news!

At the start of summer we are usually gathered together at the Annual President's Address to the Community Luncheon for a presentation on the state of the College. Though we were unable to gather in person as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we still wanted to share an update on the College and recognize the unwavering support of our Sonoma County community. In this short video message, you will learn how we have been able to pivot to support our students and each other in new and different ways. Special thanks to our loyal supporters who stepped up to sponsor this video and help our students! Please consider joining these community leaders in giving to the SRJC Crisis Response Fund: https://santarosajc.ejoinme.org/crisisfund.

We are grateful to our community partners like Sonoma Clean Power for their ongoing commitment to student success. Through their gifts to our Santa Rosa Junior College Entrepreneurship program, SCP is building the next generation of small businesses in Sonoma County!

A huge thank you to Wild Oak Saddle Club members and General Manager Lori Darling for generously donating 100 hot cooked dinners to Santa Rosa Junior College students for four weeks. Many of our students already faced food insecurity and the pandemic has only worsened their situation. The SRJC Foundation staff are distributing the dinners to students who are homeless and/or food insecure helping them fill their stomachs while they study for classes. Along with hot meals, these students receive boxes of fresh produce, bread, dairy and non-perishable pantry goods from the Redwood Empire Food Bank, continuing through the end of May. We are grateful to our community members and community partners for helping SRJC students stay focused on their classes so they can complete the semester strong!

THANK YOU for helping us to support our students! #SRJCstrong

Thank you to The John Jordan Foundation for your recent gift to support Santa Rosa Junior College ESL (English as a Second Language) scholarships for 25 deserving students! Our students are scared and worried right now about how they will make it through this crisis and support from community members like John Jordan gives them the hope to keep persevering. Thank you for believing in our students! (Pictured below: 2019-2020 John Jordan Foundation ESL Scholarship recipients and Executive Director Lisa Wittke Schaffner during a scholarship reception.)