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Thrive Events
Thrive's Holiday Mix & Mingle
Wed, December 14, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, In-Person
Please join Thrive Alliance for our sixth annual Holiday Mix & Mingle, a fun-filled celebration for the whole Thrive community to connect, share some holiday cheer, and enjoy lunch and live jazz music. We are thrilled to be hosting this year’s event at member organization AbilityPath's new outdoor space. You’ll also walk away with a goodie bag of the Thrive team’s famous homemade holiday cookies!
We will also take this time to honor and thank two close friends of Thrive: Bart Charlow, who is retiring as CEO of Samaritan House after an impactful eight years of fighting poverty, and who has served on Thrive’s Policy & Advocacy Steering Committee since day one; and Jan Masaoka, who is closing her chapter as CEO of CalNonprofits, after more than a decade of service strengthening California's nonprofits. You can read more about Bart's impact at Samaritan House here, and learn about Jan's successes at CalNonprofits here. Join us as we thank them for all they have done for our local community and sector!
Note: This event will be outside. Dress warmly! Parking is limited, so we recommend carpooling or taking public transportation. Additional parking options will be sent prior to the event.
Environment & Sustainability Thrive Action Group (TAG): Best of 22' and Hopes for 23'!
Fri, December 16, 9:00 - 10:00 am, Virtual
As the year comes to a close, Thrive wants to recognize and celebrate the many accomplishments of community-based organizations, academia, philanthropy, and government working to make San Mateo County a more resilient place. At our last Environment & Sustainability TAG meeting of 2022, we will discuss our organizations' stories of growth, our successes, and challenges, and share with each other what we have in store for 2023.
This is a space to share, celebrate, congratulate, and solidify partnerships as we bring our important work into the new year. We hope to see you there!
WE HAVE A SPECIAL SURPRISE!
*Zoom information will be sent to registered attendees.
Thrive Resource Room: Local Media, Strategic Planning, and Your Nonprofit
Tues, January 24, 10:00 - 11:00 am, Virtual
Welcome to Thrive Resource Room, where you will hear about Thrive updates and learn about free and affordable community resources to help your organization!
Learn about opportunities for pro bono consulting on how to create a successful strategic planning process for your nonprofit and the importance of local media and how to engage with the press. You will also get an overview of Thrive member benefits and how to get more involved in our cross-sector network.
During this session you will learn about:
Launching a successful strategic planning process for your nonprofit: David Rhode, Deputy Director of PennPAC will discuss the key steps and considerations that will enable your organization to carry out an effective strategic planning process. David Rhode is the Deputy Director of PennPAC, an organization that utilizes University of Pennsylvania alumni to provide pro bono consulting to the nonprofit sector. Prior to joining PennPAC, David founded and scaled a global nonprofit organization for 14 years. He has his MBA from The Wharton School and teaches Nonprofit Branding at the University of Pennsylvania.
Local media impacts: Michelle Iracheta,Editor & Reporter, Redwood City Pulse, will speak about Redwood City Pulse's mission, and how it intersects with both the nonprofit sector and the community at large. Michelle will also discuss the impact of local media on the community and how you can spotlight your organization on the Redwood City Pulse website. In her career spanning nearly a decade, Michelle has covered mental health, public safety, disability rights, education, and city government. Her work has also appeared in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Seattle Times, and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. She is the recipient of a first-place Blethen Award from the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association and has earned recognition from nonprofit Investigative Reporters and Editors. Prior to joining the Pulse, Michelle worked at the Houston Chronicle.
If you have services or information that you would like to share at our next Thrive Resource Room meeting, please email Keirstan. These sessions occur on a regular basis. We encourage you to send staff members and volunteers (especially new ones!) to one of our sessions to ensure that they are taking advantage of Thrive's resources and opportunities.
*Zoom information will be sent to registered attendees.
Thrive Alliance (Thrive) and Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits (SVCN) are looking to contract with a skilled technical writer to support with writing our joint regional nonprofit landscape report.
Scope of Work:
Lead the technical writing process for landscape report reporting on Silicon Valley nonprofit demographics and survey trends, using data from Thrive and SVCN survey as well as other qualitative and quantitative data sources that will be provided
Work with Thrive and SVCN teams to frame reports and lead on crafting narrative on the state of nonprofits
Create tailored sections for San Mateo County and Santa Clara County specific data
Meet with Thrive and SVCN teams regularly for project management
We encourage proposals from BIPOC, immigrants, LBGTQ applicants, people with disabilities, and people with lived experience in poverty, or otherwise disadvantaged communities.
Thrive Alliance (Thrive) and Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits (SVCN) are looking to contract with a skilled graphic designer to help design our joint regional nonprofit landscape report for publication.
Scope of Work:
Work with Thrive and SVCN teams to create a report layout for digital publication
Build out the overall design including fonts, color palette, icons, and images
Create graphs from the demographic landscape and survey data
Provide all assets for digital publication
We encourage proposals from BIPOC, immigrants, LBGTQ applicants, people with disabilities, and people with lived experience in poverty, or otherwise disadvantaged communities.
Advocacy Training Curriculum Project Manager: Request for Letters of Interest
Deadline to submit: Wed, December 21, 2022
Thrive Alliance (Thrive) and Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits (SVCN) are seeking a part-time Project Manager (Independent Contractor) to coordinate our joint Advocacy Training Series. This series will support Thrive Alliance and SVCN in creating a regular advocacy curriculum to support nonprofits throughout Silicon Valley in becoming a community of change-makers and advocates by strengthening nonprofit staff advocacy and policy skills.
This is a temporary independent contractor role with a potential timeline between one and two years. Estimated weekly time commitment may be as many as 10 hours per week, particularly in Year One. The project is anticipated to begin in January 2023.
Scope of Work:
Coordinate between Thrive and SVCN staff, as well as stakeholders involved in curriculum development. We anticipate engaging with a number of other nonprofits to invite them to co-create input for curriculum development and to participate as curriculum faculty
Establish and strengthen the organization’s relationships with nonprofit policy and advocacy subject matter experts to facilitate training offerings
Research and vet existing training materials to support curriculum development
Support finalization of training content such as slide decks and scripts
We encourage proposals from BIPOC, immigrants, LGBTQ applicants, people with disabilities, and people with lived experience in poverty, or otherwise disadvantaged communities.
Thrive Wellness Wednesdays Survey: Help Us Plan Next Year
This year, Thrive explored a variety of wellness and self-care techniques to bring to our everyday lives through our Thrive Wellness Wednesdays program. Together, we learned about laughter yoga, mindful art, progressive muscle relaxation, medication, and more.
Please take a quick survey and help us plan next year's Thrive Wellness Wednesdays, events and tell us what you would like to learn about in 2023.
Looking for office space or other nonprofits interested in sharing a location? Contact Thrive and we will help to facilitate a connection.
Community Announcements
San Mateo County 2023 Summer Enrichment Grant Program
Application Deadline: Mon, January 9, 2023
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved $3,000,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to create the San Mateo County 2023 Summer Enrichment Grant Program. The funding will provide two types of grants to qualifying summer enrichment providers. The goals of the grant program include the following:
Expand access to out-of-school care programs for low-income and youth from historically marginalized or underrepresented backgrounds or communities (e.g., students with special needs, in foster care, English Language Learners, experiencing homelessness);
Support the social-emotional well-being of youth to mitigate the setbacks and hardships associated with COVID-19; and
Provide opportunities for youth to reinspire and propel learning to counterbalance the loss of learning opportunities attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and distance learning.
Nonprofit organizations with performance venues can apply for up to $250,000 in relief and recovery funding through the CA Venues Grant Program from Mon, December 19th through Tues, January 31st. This second round is for organizations that were not funded in the first round and includes expanded eligibility criteria. For-profit businesses may also apply.
Community Event
Acterra: Green@Home - Induction Cooktops Workshop
Wed, December 14, 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Join Acterra for their final Green@Home Workshop of 2022. During this event, presenters from Acterra and Peninsula Clean Energy will discuss induction cooking and how it relates to home electrification. You will learn about the climate and health effects of induction cooking as compared to gas and electric-resistance stoves and how the technology works. They will also discuss programs and rebates that make using induction easier, and what regulations around gas cooking might look like in the future.
The holidays, no matter which ones you celebrate, if any at all, can be challenging for many reasons. Even anticipating the longer darker days can stir up anxiety or sadness. StarVista’s Holiday Wellness Toolkit is designed to help you prepare for or cope with any challenging times that may lie ahead, whether they be during times of isolation or when gathered with others.
Note: This toolkit is a collaboration between StarVista’s Insights, Counseling Center, San Mateo County Pride Center, and Crisis Center programs.
COVID-19 Resources
Vaccinate ALL 58 has provided the following COVID-19 resources for you to share with your community.
The County of San Mateo Office of Community Affairs has provided COVID-19 prevention, testing, and vaccination communications for you to share with your community. To access updated communications click here.
Help prevent the spread of respiratory viruses like COVID-19, flu, and RSV this holiday season. Get vaccinated and boosted, stay home & test if sick, wear a mask, wash your hands, and cover your cough/sneeze. Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/VirusFactSheet
Feeling sick? It could be COVID-19 or the flu. Stay home and away from others, take a COVID-19 test, and call your doctor if you feel any symptoms like fever, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, new loss of taste or smell, or sore throat.
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