Sacramento – On Saturday, April 9th, comedy students from the famous Groundlings Theatre of Los Angeles will perform on stage at Sacramento’s historic Memorial Auditorium. The 7:00 p.m. free benefit will ask its audience to donate to Japan Disaster Relief*. The comedy improv show features two student comedy troupes The Gym Improv and Trust Fall Sketch. “I grew up in Sacramento, and I know Second Saturday is the perfect arts event for us to entertain a hip crowd and raise donations to help family and friends in Japan. 100% of the proceeds will go to immediate disaster recovery and to establish a fund for long-term reconstruction efforts,” said Sofia Gonzalez, co-founder of The Gym. Donat

California Family Fitness has partnered with Sport Chalet to participate in a shoe drive to benefit the tsunami victims in Japan. All shoes that are donated will be sent directly to Soles4Souls for distribution to the Japanese people. “We highly encourage everyone in the community to donate at least one pair of shoes,” said Randy Karr, President of California Family Fitness. “It is devastating to see how the tsunami and earthquake in Japan has affected so many, which is why we have partnered with Sport Chalet in Soles4Souls to lend a helping hand and make a difference.” To donate to this very worthy cause, people can drop off gently worn shoes at either Sport Chalet or a California Famil

Sacramento, Calif. — In an employee-led initiative, Voyage Home Loans donated over eight hundred dollars to UNICEF’s ongoing humanitarian relief effort for children in Haiti. The donations were collected by members of a team from KDND 107.9 “The End” in Sacramento. The contributions were a part of Voyage’s new Social Good Directive, which hopes to promote local, regional, and global Social Good awareness through Facebook in 2010. The project was led by Voyage’s Carly Harrington and Corinne Blackney, who quickly and efficiently brought the employees together and organized the donations in slightly over an hour’s time after hearing about The End’s efforts via the “Wake Up Call” morning show