Kelly Foundation Awards $100,000 Grant to Saint John’s Program for Real Change
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - September 7, 2022 - (Newswire.com)
The Kelly Foundation awarded $100,000 to Saint John's Program for Real Change, an organization that operates the largest shelter for women and children experiencing homelessness in the Sacramento region. The donation will go towards building strong family support structures leading to generational independence and less homelessness.
"Saint John's directly impacts the lives of women and children desperate for change, and we are excited to partner with an organization that helps the community thrive one life at a time," said Shawn Kelly Devlin, Chairman of the Board of the Kelly Foundation and of River City Bank. "We're confident this donation will support families in need to become self-sufficient after experiencing such challenging circumstances."
"We are proud to support the women and children of the Saint John's Program for Real Change and respect their ambition to better their lives after undergoing detrimental situations," said Steve Fleming, President and CEO of River City Bank.
After an expansion in 2017, Saint John's added 11 modular homes in 2021, which house up to 55 individuals. Saint John's now serves up to 320 women and children daily with an ongoing waitlist. Members receive extensive education, counseling and training to help lead them to a future of success both personally and professionally. In addition, the finest chefs from the Sacramento area partner with Plates Café each month to provide a one-of-a-kind gourmet meal in support of the women and children served at Saint John's Program for Real Change.
"The Kelly Foundation's grant is an investment that will heal lives for generations," said Julie Hirota, CEO of Saint John's Program for Real Change. "We appreciate the Kelly Foundation and River City Bank for believing in women and children who work so hard and choose to permanently escape the cycle of poverty and dependence."
The Kelly Foundation supports health and human services, education, culture, environment, and civic improvement through its funding. During the Foundation's 2022 fiscal year, approximately $850,000 in grants were provided to organizations that support the Sacramento region. Since merging with the RCB Foundation in 2009, the Kelly Foundation, of which River City Bank remains a major contributor, focuses on giving back to the greater Sacramento region through charitable donations.
For more information about the Kelly Foundation, please visit KellyFoundationSacramento.org. For more information about Saint John's Program for Real Change, visit SaintJohnsProgram.org.
About the Kelly Foundation
The Kelly Broadcasting Company's KCRA-TV (Sacramento-Stockton-Modest, CA) went on the air on Sept. 5, 1955, and the owners of the Kelly Broadcasting Company established the Kelly Foundation in December 1988 as a formal vehicle for structuring charitable contributions. The Kelly family sold KCRA-TV in 1999 and has continued the Kelly Foundation ever since. In 2009, the River City Bank Foundation merged with the Kelly Foundation, and some executives of the Bank currently serve on the Foundation's Board. Jon S. Kelly founded River City Bank in 1973 and his daughter, Shawn Kelly Devlin, currently serves as President and Chairman of the Board. The Kelly Foundation is an expression of the importance the Kelly family places on being a good neighbor and citizen in regions where they do business. For more information on the Kelly Foundation, please visit KellyFoundationSacramento.org or call (916) 978-4892.
About Saint John's Program for Real Change
Since 1985, Saint John's Program for Real Change has provided more than 30,000 homeless women and children with the essential tools to rise above their circumstances and make REAL, transformative change in their lives. Operating the largest shelter in the Sacramento Region, Saint John's Program is the one focused exclusively on women and children-the most vulnerable and rapidly growing segment of the homeless population in our region and nationwide. Dedicated to the eradication of homelessness, this 18-month comprehensive program includes mental health therapy, alcohol and drug counseling, parenting education, high school diploma preparation and attainment, budgeting classes, healthy relationship training and a proprietary Employment Training Program. Accommodating over 700 clients and their children each year with three levels of increasingly independent housing, 96% of Saint John's Employment Training Program graduates secure unsubsidized employment, a crucial step in their journeys to self-sustainability.
About River City Bank
Named one of Sacramento Business Journal's "50 Fastest Growing Companies" for each of the past five years, River City Bank is the Sacramento region's premier business bank with assets of almost $3.8 billion. River City Bank offers a comprehensive suite of banking services, including loans, deposits and cash management tools to the business, consumer and commercial real estate sectors. With tailored, executive-level service and a long-term investment grade credit rating from Standard & Poor's, River City Bank redefines the banking experience and every touch point that surrounds it. River City Bank is the largest, independent, locally-owned and managed bank in the Sacramento region with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and a presence in Southern California. For additional information, please visit www.rivercitybank.com or call (916) 567-2600. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender.
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Amber Holwell [email protected], River City Bank 916-567-2600
Kathy Bimson [email protected], Kelly Foundation 916-567-2632
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Lake City, Co. Hosts the Uncorked Wine and Music Festival Sept. 17, 2022
With so many things to do in Lake City, Co. and so many ways to create lasting memories, no wonder Lake City, Co. is a popular repeat vacation destination. Lake City is a hub for enthusiasts of all kinds because one can hike, bike, fish, camp, RV, kayak, SUP and ATV from one central location. Lake City Loopers ATV Rentals supports the Lake City community including the Uncorked Wine and Music Festival.
On September 17, Lake City, Co. hosts the Uncorked Wine and Music Festival. The lineup includes seven musical acts, artisan food vendors, and various wines, it's a great way to meet people and relax in style. All proceeds from the festival support local community projects.
To enjoy the outdoors and experience the changing colors of fall, explore the Alpine Loop on an all-terrain vehicle from Lake City Loopers ATV Rentals. The Alpine Loop is a 75-mile+ trail system that traverses 13,000' passes and offers sights of waterfalls and well-preserved old-west mining towns, mills, and mines.
Lake City offers several restaurants, lodging, camping and entertainment options including the following:
- In the morning, fuel up with breakfast at Chillin', a local favorite for their tasty breakfast burritos.
- Spend a day on the loop with an ATV Rental from popular Lake City Loopers ATV Rentals, which offers reliable 5-seat Honda 1000s.
- In the evening, Lake City Brewing Company offers locally brewed beverages. Relax outside or belly up to the bar and enjoy a gourmet brat.
- Check out Packer Saloon & Cannibal Grill. With their large patio and campfire-style outdoor fire-pit, this is a great place to relax.
- And don't forget ice cream for dessert. The San Juan Soda, Co. is centrally located right across the city park on Silver Street.
Looking for a campsite, RV site or motel? Lake City, Co. has you covered.
- For motels in Lake City, check out some of the popular places here. Lake City Lodge is reasonably priced, clean, and family-owned.
- For camping in Lake City, consider Wupperman campground, which is managed by Hinsdale County and hosts several lake view camping sites.
- For RV parks near Lake City, there is a handful of parks in and around Lake City. Grizzly RT RV Park offers big sites away from it all on Cinnamon Pass road on the Alpine Loop.
Lake City, Co. is a fall travel destination because of its many activities and access to the Alpine Loop. For more information contact Steve Twyman of Lake City Loopers at 970-944-0553 or [email protected].
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Concordance Names Clinton ‘Lee’ Holmes as Chief Administrative Officer
Concordance, a CARF accredited, non-profit re-entry program headquartered in St. Louis, announced today that Clinton "Lee" Holmes has joined Concordance as Chief Administrative Officer. He will report to Danny Ludeman, Concordance Chairman & CEO.
In his role at Concordance, Mr. Holmes will be responsible for executing administrative oversight for several departments across the organization including finance, human resources, information technology, and facilities. He will also oversee the implementation of organizational policies across administrative and participant service departments.
"Having worked as an employment partner with Concordance for two and a half years, I got to see first-hand how they impacted the lives of justice-involved individuals and personally experience the passion and caring their team members exhibited while interacting with Concordance participants," said Mr. Holmes. "This experience has impacted me significantly, to such a degree that I am proud to have joined this inspiring organization and work alongside the Concordance team members and participants that I have gotten to know!"
Mr. Holmes joins Concordance from Triad Manufacturing, having served as their Human Resources Manager. As Human Resources Manager, he led all aspects of human resources, including benefits, recruiting, training, strategy management, worker's compensation, 401K, and the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). He also served on Concordance's Employer Advisory Council where he provided valuable insight on trends in the talent market and how they could impact the Concordance Employment Agency. Before joining Triad Manufacturing, Mr. Holmes was the Chief Operating Officer of NVision IT where he managed navigating business relationships within the government contracting sector.
"Through Concordance's partnership with Triad Manufacturing as a hiring partner and by serving on the Concordance Employer Advisory Council, Lee's passion for our mission and the well-being of our participants was obvious," said Ludeman. "As Chief Administrative Officer, Lee's role will be critical to our organization as we expand the Concordance Re-Entry Model nationally to 11 new cities in the next five years. And I am honored that he is joining us on this journey."
With over 20 years of experience in HR, Finance, and IT, Mr. Holmes has vast expertise in financial reporting, banking relations, corporate and legal oversight, risk mitigation, employee relations, safety management, recruiting, benefits, regulatory compliance, and business development. Mr. Holmes is a retired Major with the United States Army Reserve and earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, with an Accounting minor, from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland.
About Concordance
Concordance is a CARF-accredited nonprofit that offers holistic, and evidence-informed services to individuals returning to their community from prison. Founded in 2015 by Danny Ludeman, former CEO of Wells Fargo Advisors, Concordance has lowered the rate of reincarceration by 56 percent among its participants who have released from prison in the last three years. The nonprofit works with individuals in three primary areas: behavioral health and wellness; education and employment; and community and life skills. Concordance is committed to healing individuals, reuniting families, transforming communities, achieving racial equity, and advancing the field of re-entry services. Headquartered in St. Louis, Concordance is working toward national expansion, with plans to bring its re-entry model to 11 additional cities nationwide over the next five years. For more information, visit https://concordance.org. Resources for news media including fact sheets, photos, and videos are available at https://concordance.org/media-kit.
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Jill Lewin - 314-396-6024
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KMC Controls Celebrates Employee’s 52 Year Career
KMC Controls®, an industry leader in building automation, is at once delighted and saddened to announce the retirement of Chris Kreuter, an innovator whose career spanned more than 50 years with the company.
Chris' career started 52 years ago when his father, Ken Kreuter, founded Kreuter Manufacturing - today called KMC Controls.
In the late-1960s Ken realized an opportunity to form his own company. "My dad wanted to design a line of controls of our own," explained Chris, "and that's what we started doing. We built molds and dies to make our own parts and our own controls."
At the company's inception, Chris worked in partnership with his father, two of his brothers, and future brother-in-law. "I was making parts on a lathe and also on a punch press when I was a teenager," recalled Chris, three of whose brothers continue to work at KMC. Together, along with other family members lending a hand when and where needed, they fashioned parts and equipment to Ken's designs in a three-car garage. "We used to work 12, 14 hours a day if we had to."
In the mid-1970s, the young company relocated from Winnipeg, Canada to Thief River Falls, Minnesota. By the 1980s, manufacturing split off and moved to a site in New Paris, Indiana. By the close of the decade, the company had consolidated its engineering and manufacturing operations to its expanded facility in New Paris.
As the business grew, so did the scope of Chris's roles at the company. "I started doing some of the tool design in the '80s," he said, "and I was doing some of the product design in the '90s."
A small sampling of HVAC hardware he helped develop include wall-mounted sensors, the proprietary line of KMDigital controllers, the Conquest series of BACnet controllers, and the Company's new Indoor Air Quality line of controllers and measuring devices, not to mention a system for coupling an actuator to a valve or damper, for which he holds a patent.
In his more than five decades in the business, Chris has witnessed firsthand sweeping changes in technology and how it is applied to facility controls. "We went from pneumatics [controls that use compressed air as the signaling medium] to computer electronics on all aspects of a building," he said. "That was the biggest change I've seen."
In that same time span, KMC Controls has managed to grow while remaining true to its origins as a family-owned business committed to innovation and to the success of its customers.
Today, the original machine shop has given way to a state-of-the-art tool and die facility under the same roof as the engineering department and factory floor. Having all those capabilities in house remains one reason the company can take a concept from drawing to working prototype in a fraction of the time it takes other manufacturers in the controls industry.
Looking ahead, Chris said he looks forward to having more time for his hobbies. "I'll probably do a lot more hunting and fishing," he said. A pilot who has logged more than 4,000 hours in the air, he is also an avid vintage motorcycle collector.
Looking back, said Chris said he enjoys the friendships he's made at KMC. "Good folks here," he said. And he plans to check in on them at KMC from time to time. After all, it's another opportunity take one of his 1930s- and 1940s-era Harley Davidson cruisers out for a ride.
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Suzie’s CBD Treats Showcases New Products and Booth at SuperZoo 2022
Suzie's CBD treats, a holistic CBD pet product company, returned to Superzoo with a brand-new booth set up and inventive plans for their product line.
For Suzie's fifth year exhibiting at SuperZoo, the brand moved into a 20x20 booth space and showcased a freshly wrapped delivery van. The setup also included new product displays, branded corner counters, and a patio-style meeting area.
The Suzie's CBD Treats setup wasn't the only innovative addition brought to Superzoo 2022. The team also brought new products to showcase exclusively before they hit the shelves later this year.
Attending SuperZoo cements a company like Suzie's CBD Treats place in the industry and allows for unique personal and professional connections with those in attendance.
"Every year we look forward to being able to share who we are and the quality products we make," says CEO Caleb Gilmore. "We always leave SuperZoo feeling inspired and excited for what lies ahead."
You can find Suzie's entire lineup of USDA organic, third-party lab-tested CBD products for pets in small and independent retailers across the country as well as on their website. Suziespettreats.com
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Help Dixie Belle Paint Raise Up to $15,000 for the Fight Against Alzheimer’s.
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