20-Year Celebration a Success
Apr 22, 2025 03:05PM ● By Placer Community Foundation News Release
ReCreate’s Emily Carroll, Executive Director and Ravneet Kaur, Youth Mentor and Volunteer, both displayed and presented their S.T.E.A.M programming to inspire young learners in elementary schools. Photo courtesy of Placer Community Foundation
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PLACER COUNTY, CA (MPG) - Placer Community Foundation (PCF) held a special event on March 11th to celebrate the many donors, nonprofit partners and community volunteers who have collectively helped the Foundation grow over the last 20 years.
Special acknowledgement was made to Janice Forbes, PCF’s Founding Board Chair, who passed away before seeing her vision for PCF fully take form. CEO Veronica Blake shared, “Janice hired me in 2004. She was my mentor and taught me that tenacity, collaboration and creativity spark positive change. Her spirit, along with all the other founders we honor tonight, continues in our work.”
Guests also heard from Hermán Barahona. In partnership with Latino Leadership Council and Sacramento Environmental Justice Coalition, Hermán is working to bring historically underserved voices into housing policy discussions. This effort is supported through a grant from PCF.
Hermán shared the story of Mary. He spoke of her experiences with homelessness and the challenges she faced to secure a home and job that could sustain her and her child.
“Mary’s story is about people seeing people as kindred humans and knowing that her struggles could be any of ours.”
ReCreate’s Emily Carroll, Executive Director and Ravneet Kaur, Youth Mentor and Volunteer, both displayed and presented their S.T.E.A.M programming to inspire young learners in elementary schools.
Special acknowledgement was made to Janice Forbes, PCF’s Founding Board Chair, who passed away before seeing her vision for PCF fully take form. CEO Veronica Blake shared, “Janice hired me in 2004. She was my mentor and taught me that tenacity, collaboration and creativity spark positive change. Her spirit, along with all the other founders we honor tonight, continues in our work.”
Guests also heard from Hermán Barahona. In partnership with Latino Leadership Council and Sacramento Environmental Justice Coalition, Hermán is working to bring historically underserved voices into housing policy discussions. This effort is supported through a grant from PCF.
Hermán shared the story of Mary. He spoke of her experiences with homelessness and the challenges she faced to secure a home and job that could sustain her and her child.
“Mary’s story is about people seeing people as kindred humans and knowing that her struggles could be any of ours.”
ReCreate’s Emily Carroll, Executive Director and Ravneet Kaur, Youth Mentor and Volunteer, both displayed and presented their S.T.E.A.M programming to inspire young learners in elementary schools.
Warm thanks to additional event presenters, the Auburn Symphony Quartet and Beats Lyrics Leaders J. Ross Parelli, Mirabel Knox, and Angela Rodriguez representing Kidzapalooza.
