On July. 28, students participating in the Sacramento Region Builders Exchange 2017 CREATE Summer Academy presented their summer project to GreenTech Education.

To celebrate the opening of the Wide Open Walls Mural Festival, a VIP Condensed Gallery Reception and Artist Meet and Greet was held on Aug. 11 at Beatnik Studios in downtown Sacramento. Guests and patrons were able to meet the artists participating in the festival and purchase commemorative items and art. Wide Open Walls is a Sacramento-based mural festival, from Aug. 10-20.

On July 12, My Sister’s House celebrated their annual “Art with a Heart” fundraiser at the Sierra 2 Center. Proceeds from the evening will help My Sister’s House provide services to Asian and Pacific Islander and other underserved women and children impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking by providing a culturally-appropriate and responsive safe haven, job training and community services.

On July 15, the Center for Land-Based Learning, in partnership with Nugget Markets, presented their annual Dinner on the Farm in Winters. The annual event is one of two fundraiser dinners that benefit the CLBL in their mission to inspire, educate and cultivate future generations of farmers, agricultural leaders and natural resource stewards.

California YMCA Youth & Government’s 70th annual Youth Governor Inaugural Ball was on June 6, at the Sutter Club. Youth Governor Cole Cahill was sworn in and special tribute was given to guest speaker, California Secretary of State, Alex Padilla. The evening’s festivities included a VIP Reception, dinner, dancing and an exclusive live auction.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society celebrated their 21st anniversary on June 17 at the Hyatt Regency. Each year, dedicated candidates across the community engage in an exciting competition to earn the LLS’s Man & Woman of the Year titles.

The Greater Sacramento Economic Council launched their “Extend Your Runway” campaign on June 22, hosted by SAFE Credit Union in Folsom. The event gave an exclusive first look at several of the campaign’s creative video concepts and the chance to hear firsthand from leaders of companies that are featured in the campaign.

The Center for Fathers and Families celebrated their 15th Annual Salute to Fatherhood Banquet by honoring five outstanding fathers and mentors in our community: Adan Diaz; Darrell Teat, Jr.; Dave Roughton; Michael Funk and Rick Jennings. Jennings is also CFF’s CEO, and is celebrating his 20th year as leader of the organization.

A crowd of about 13,000 people attended the annual Sacramento Pride Festival and Parade on Capitol Mall celebrating LGBT community and benefitting the Sacramento LGBT Center. More than 200 vendors participated with around 50 local and national companies sponsoring including VSP, Comstock’s, SMUD and Intel.

The Salvation Army honored the Sacramento Republic FC with the Spirit of Caring award during its 26th Annual Community Luncheon on May 30. The award was in recognition of Republic FC’s extensive community service work and philanthropy, including the creation of the Glory Glory Sacramento Fund.