Altura Cares 2020 Impact Report
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1 Altura Cares Impact Report 2020 Altura Cares is a role in not just standing testament to our beside them but actively declaration of enriching supporting their lives and empowering well-being in meaningful dreams. Whether it’s our ways. at’s just what Member Service neighbors do. When I Representatives on our reect on the impact oor or the leadership Altura Cares made in the team around town, we lives of Members in 2020, collectively choose to I am proud. We expressed make every decision with gratitude for each other the purpose of bettering and were deeply the lives of our members, committed to empowering employees, and lives. I sincerely hope community. 2020 was these eorts make you dierent– our neighbors proud to be part of the experienced hardships in Altura family, too. unimaginable ways. While we ached with them, we - Jennifer Binkley-Heiting decisively recognized our 73 Altura Cares Impact Report 2020 Organizations Altura Cares Donated to in 2020 Adrian Dell and Carmen Roberts Freedom in Motion Riverside County Oce of Education Foundation Friends of the Corona Public Library Riverside County Sheris Department Albertsons – Beaumont Gailee Center in Mecca Riverside Fire Department Alero Gourmet Treats Greater Works Church Riverside Police Department Alvord Unied School District Green Physical erapy & Wellness Center Riverside Police Ocer Association American Cancer Society Hemet / San Jacinto Student of the Month Riverside Sunrise Rotary American Red Cross Hemet Unied School District Riverside Unied School District Another Brilliant Idea Hemet Valley Medical Center Riverside University Health System Assistance League of Riverside Indio Catholic Charities Rotary Desert Hot Springs Banning / Beaumont Student of the Month Jada Bug’s Baby Boutique Route 30 Brewing Banning & Beaumont USD Kaiser Moreno Valley Safe Family Justice Center Big Brothers Big Sisters Kaiser Riverside Salvation Army Bobadilla Family Day Care La Sierra SDA San Jacinto Unied School District Cal Fire Lake Elsinore Student of the Month Smiles for Seniors California Baptist University Latino Network Soroptimist International of Moreno Camp Anza Menifee / Perris Student of the Month Valley Cardenas Market – San Jacinto Mexican Consulate St. Christopher’s Catholic Church Carol’s Kitchen Moreno Valley Oce of Education Stater Brothers – Woodcrest Circle of Care Moreno Valley Senior Center Stater Brothers – San Jacinto City of Riverside – RAW Program & Moreno Valley Unied School District Student of the Month Homeless Solutions Moreno Valley / Val Verde Student of the Sunrise Rotary Civil Rights Institute Month Temecula Noon Rotary Coachella Valley Rescue Mission Murrieta Student of the Month Temecula Student of the Month Coachella Valley USD Murrieta Unied School District e Cheech Community Action Partnership of Oasis Food Alliance e Coachella Valley Housing Coalition Riverside Palm Springs USD Trattoria Toscana Corona Norco Schools Educational Parkview Community Hospital UCR Foundation Parkview Legacy Foundation UCR Art Corona Norco Settlement House Peacemakers Ministries UCR Medical School Corona Norco Unied School District Peppermint Ridge Unity of Faith Ministry County of Riverside Physicians for Health Hospitals University Homeless Woman’s Shelter Crossroads Church REEF US Vets Inland Empire Desert Regional Hospital Riverside Arts Academy Valley Community Pantry Dollhouse Hair & Makeup Riverside City College District Foundation VFW Post 8547 Eisenhower Medical Center Riverside Community College Vons - French Valley FISH Food Bank Riverside Community Health Foundation Westmont Village Fox Family Cineplex Riverside Community Hospital 2 Altura Cares Impact Report 20202020 RIVERSIDE MORENO VALLEY BANNING FOR ALL OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY CORONA PALM SPRINGS HEMET INDIO MENIFEE COACHELLA MURRIETA 4 Altura Cares Impact Report 2020 FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE In partnership with the requests for assistance being County of Riverside, Altura up exponentially. Altura Cares Cares adopted over 30 local committed to donating either food banks in 2020. With a monetary donation or approximately 187 food banks tangible food donations in Riverside County, 70 of valued at $500 for each them are not supported by location. Out of the 30 Feeding America, leaving locations assisted, only two them to rely solely on the selected the monetary donations of community donation option– meaning the partners. Because of the Altura Cares team shopped pandemic, most of these for and donated $15,000 locations reported food worth of food donations to donations were down by an our local communities. average of 90%, despite $15,000 SHOPPED FOR AND DONATED 5 Altura Cares Impact Report 2020 FOR SENIOR CITIZENS e pandemic created an of 70 and connected with especially fragile reality for anyone needing assistance. our senior community. At Our team then delivered the Altura, we have roughly care kits to their doorstep. 22,000 Members over the age of 70, and we wanted to assist Altura Cares also sponsored as many as possible. Altura senior shopping hours at local Cares partnered with the markets, distributing gi Business Development team cards to elderly shoppers at to assemble 150 elder care kits Stater Brothers, Vons and consisting of necessary Cardenas Market. ey also toiletries, foodstus and rst supported local senior aid kits. Branch and Member centers, providing additional Service Managers reached out care kits & resources. to their Members over the age ELDER CARE KITS 6 Altura Cares Impact Report 2020 FOR FRONTLINE WORKERS Frontline workers the frontlines and showed up, proudly served ten delivered, and cared. local hospitals and We are grateful for medical centers, their sacrice to local grocery store serve our workers, city and community. county law roughout 2020, enforcement, and Altura Cares school district sta provided meals for throughout those working on Riverside County. 7 Altura Cares Impact Report 2020 FOR STUDENTS Being a teenager is hard adopted high school enough without the stress seniors and provided of a global pandemic. them with personalized Altura Cares partnered gis of their choosing. with the Moreno Valley And, through the Altura Oce of Education and Foundation Scholarship the Corona Norco Unied Program, Altura Cares School District to ensure gied over 50 scholarship the well-being and overall recipients with health of local graduating personalized care kits to seniors. rough celebrate their volunteer eorts, the accomplishments. Altura team collectively Lisa Luu, San Jacinto High School Cole Lang, Shadow Hills High School 8 Altura Cares Impact Report 20202020 985 APPLICATIONS. 167 QUALIFICATIONS. 10 BUSINESSES. 3 WEEKS. Our Small Business and nancial performance. Empowerment Grants were Extra points were given to created to ensure our existing Altura Members, which communities continued to represented 15% of the applicant thrive despite national pool. instability. Each qualifying application was scored based on We were honored to their written and video award $10,000 each to 10 application, business model, sustainability plan, consumer small businesses across reviews, ownership diversity, Riverside County. 97 Altura Cares Impact Report 2020 EMPOWERING THOSE WHO EMPOWER 107 Altura Cares Impact Report 2020 EMPOWERING AND ENHANCING FROM THE INSIDE OUT Dollhouse Hair & Makeup selves by encouraging leads the way in collaborative positivity and beauty through artistry designed to empower service, philanthropy, and and enhance beauty from the education. Dollhouse’s team inside out. We are inspired by consists of award-winning, their mission to help others elevated freelance hair and become their most condent makeup artists. 11 Altura Cares Impact Report 20202020 BREWING UP COMMUNITY SPIRIT Route 30 Brewing Company programs, and leading the cras community as unique as Inland Empire Brewers Guild. their beer. Born and raised in eir dedication to their Riverside, just like its owners, neighborhood is invaluable to Route 30 has become a our community, so much so that community staple, and it’s not owners Eric Brummell and Tom just because of the beer. eir Creely were named the 2019 team is committed to Young Entrepreneurs of the Year supporting local food vendors by the Greater Riverside and musicians, philanthropic Chambers of Commerce. eorts to multiple community 127 Altura Cares Impact Report 2020 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS We empower dreams– and we believe no e Bonnie dream is too big. Each year, through our Gail Polis non-prot foundation, Altura awards over Educational $50,000 in scholarships to high school Endowment: seniors in Riverside County. e quest for is higher education is one of life’s greatest Endowment is journeys, and all great journeys take time. in memory of We are committed to empowering the Bonnie Gail dreams of all our Members. Polis and is dedicated to a graduating high school senior In addition to general scholarships, the within the Riverside Unied School District Altura Foundation oers memorial (Arlington, King, North, Poly, Ramona) who scholarships established in legacy of four intends to pursue a degree in public very special community Members. Our CEO education (i.e. – Teacher, Counselor, also personally funds Altura's Future Leader Administrator, etc.). Scholarship – designed for a high school senior who embodies leadership e Terry Ferrone Memorial Scholarship: characteristics. is scholarship is in memory of Terry Ferrone and grants funds for a graduating Memorial Scholarships high school senior from John W. North or Poly High School. e Dr. Linda Wisher Educational