Impact Awards<\/p>\n
Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action (SVYCA) has been named a 2026 Nonprofit Impact Award recipient by the Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits.<\/p>\n
SVYCA\u2019s goal is to train and empower the next generation of climate leaders. Over the past several years, the student-led nonprofit has grown\u00a0to more than 150 active youth members, expanded its programs and partnerships, and created more opportunities for young people across the South Bay to engage directly in climate education, advocacy and community action.<\/p>\n
SVYCA will be celebrating with the other 2026 Nonprofit Impact Award recipients at the council\u2019s \u201cBe Our Guest!\u201d gala on Thursday, Oct. 22. For more information on what the nonprofit is doing locally, visit https:\/\/bit.ly\/4hIgERB<\/a>.<\/p>\n Funding mental health<\/p>\n The Chinese American Coaltion for Compassionate Care was recently awarded a $10,000 grant to support development of a new mental health program. The grant from the Palo Alto Medical Foundation will help fund \u201cBe Sensitive, Be Brave for Mental Health\u201d and will launch the \u201cPoetic Medicine for Grief\u201d workshop.<\/p>\n These programs are designed to augment the Cupertino-based nonprofit\u2019s suicide prevention efforts among Chinese American families in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. According to a press release, \u201cThese programs will aid in early intervention, teach vital coping skills, reduce societal stigma and improve overall mental and emotional well-being of families and individuals in the Chinese American community.\u201d<\/p>\n The coalition is also hosting a virtual loss and grief workshop on Tuesdays, Nov. 3-Dec. 1, 6-8 p.m. To register, visit caccc-usa.org,<\/a> email info@caccc-usa.org<\/a> or call 866-661-5687.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Impact Awards Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action (SVYCA) has been named a 2026 Nonprofit Impact Award recipient by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,7,443,186,584,23,5466,88,90,89,198,200,2036],"class_list":["post-488160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-climate-change","tag-cupertino","tag-events","tag-local-news","tag-nonprofits","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-south-bay","tag-teens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}