by Ginny Jaquith | Mar 19, 2025 | News & Events
Pacificans Care, through the Foundation for San Mateo County Libraries, will soon fund the Dolly Parton Imagination Library for all preschool children enrolled in Pacifica Child Care Services programs.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, started in 1995, is a book-gifting program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth to age five, no matter their family’s income. The library books are specially selected, age-appropriate, high-quality books delivered to preschoolers each month. The books are personalized with the child’s name and mailed directly to the child’s home to create a gifting experience that makes books exciting and shows the child someone is thinking of them.
Pacificans Care is delighted to provide this exciting opportunity that inspires a love of books and reading for all Pacifica’s Child Care Services preschoolers.
by Ginny Jaquith | Dec 16, 2024 | News & Events
PACIFICA GARDENS: Pacifica Gardens occupies 33,000 square feet on the former Linda Mar School grounds and is committed to helping the community learn more about sustainable agriculture. The “Seed to Table – Feeding Families in Pacifica” project will purchase vegetable and fruit, and plant starts which will grow into healthy food and then donated to the Pacifica Resource Center’s food pantry.
by Ginny Jaquith | Dec 16, 2024 | News & Events
HOPE SERVICES: In an effort to stem the opioid crisis among youth, HOPE Services seeks to reverse the trend through a training program and distribution of Narcan (an opioid overdose reversal medication available as a nasal spray), to educate the community and youth on the dangers of fentanyl and to provide resources for those who maybe struggling with addiction or who have family members struggling with addiction.
by Ginny Jaquith | Dec 16, 2024 | News & Events
Kathy and Stan Gustavson’s commitment to community, social justice and helping others improve their lives exemplifies what the People Who Care Award is all about.
Kathy was active in the Pacifica Coop Nursery School, Ocean Shore School, Terra Nova High School Educational Support Team and Counselor, and was appointed to the Parks, Beaches, and Recreation Commission in 1987.
Kathy and Stan have both served on the Pacificans Care Board and as Champions and have been actively involved in Pacificans Care projects including our Casino Night and Speakeasy Night fundraisers, Summer Sweep, and coordination of the Fog Fest Souvenir booth for many years. Kathy served as Corresponding Secretary, Vice President, and President during her 22 years on the Pacificans Care board.
As a Pacificans Care board member, Stan provided pro-bon legal assistance when we needed it, developed the initial model for our planned giving program, always provided wise counsel in our decision-making process, and worked at every event Pacificans Care offered.
Kathy and Stan have truly given back, making Pacifica a better place for all of us.
by Ginny Jaquith | Dec 16, 2024 | News & Events
Seaview Tire & Brake Center, now in their 3rd generation of Meyerhoff’s operating their Pacifica business, has given back significantly to this community and have donated generously to many nonprofit social and service organizations throughout Pacifica throughout the years including the Pacifica Beach Coalition, Pacifica National Little League, Frontier and Rancho Days, Miss Pacifica Contests and The Pacifica Chamber of Commerce, The Rockaway Ricky Memorial Fund and especially Pacificans Care. Seaview Tire & Brake Center has been especially supportive of Pacificans Care and has been a Pacificans Care Business Partner since 2017. We commend them for their longevity, community orientated focus and expertise as they continue to thrive today.
by Ginny Jaquith | Dec 16, 2024 | News & Events
Lynn Adams, as President of Pacific Beach Coalition, has led a non-profit team preserving the ocean, coastal habitat, and wildlife, and ending litter, through advocacy, education, community building, and citizen action for the last 22+ years. Lynn has organized city-wide litter cleanups and habitat restoration projects on the San Mateo Coast from Daly City through Pacifica to Half Moon Bay.
The first Pacifica Beach Coalition Earth Day event in 2004 engaged 75 volunteers in clean-up activities and now, in 2024, over 8,000 volunteers, including over one hundred community groups participated in picking up litter at over 50 sites on the Coast.
Lynn’s leadership in Coastal Cleanup Days has yielded 27,000 volunteers who picked up more than 220,861 pounds of trash in San Mateo County! Lynn was instrumental in initiating the ‘Butt Blitz’ to encourage the community to pick up as many cigarette butts as possible, ending with ninety-two thousand filters gathered.
Lynn’s dedication and commitment to the environment makes her an “Earth Hero” and exemplifies what the People Who Care award is about.
