Local media and community organizations join forces to Address Health Disparities in African American Men during Statewide Screening Efforts The City of Sacramento, California has joined the Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program (BBHOP) to conduct diabetes and high blood pressure screenings on Saturday, May 12th, 2012, from 11 am to 4 pm. Participating barbershops will provide the platform for volunteers to educate, screen and refer African American patrons; encouraging them to become more aware of cardiovascular diseases and how to prevent them. Pleshette Robertson, CEO and Founder of Sacculturalhub.com, has been at the helm of the Sacramento area efforts--showing remarkable dedicat

Nonprofit provides about $176,100 in donations to the community The Volunteer Center of Sacramento (VCS) would like to thank its sponsors and volunteers for helping make its 2011 Adopt-A-Family a record success. Through the generosity of the Sacramento area, VCS was able to find adopters for 412 struggling families in our community, which includes a whopping 1,246 children. This amounted to about $176,100 in clothing, food and toy donations distributed throughout the Sacramento community. VCS more than exceeded its goal of helping 300 families, and almost doubled last year’s program, which adopted 222 families for a total of 567 children. “Words cannot convey how truly humbled we are b

TEAM (Teaching Everyone Animals Matter) will host its first-ever Paws & Pearl jewelry sale fundraising event on Sunday, December 4, to benefit the Sacramento County Animal Shelter. Attendees will have the chance to peruse all sorts of baubles while enjoying live Gypsy and Peruvian music provided by Christian Galarza. Paws & Pearls 2011 will be held Sunday, December 4 from 12-6 pm at the Sacramento County Animal Shelter, 3839 Bradshaw Rd, in Sacramento (south of Highway 50 near Goethe). Admission is free. TEAM is also looking for donations of jewelry, as well as jewelry sellers, for the show. For more information on Paws & Pearls 2011, visit www.sacanimalshelter.org, call (916) 361-1149

TEAM (Teaching Everyone Animals Matter) will host its second annual Whiskers & Wine fundraising event on Saturday, September 17, to benefit the Sacramento County Animal Shelter. Last year's event saw more than 450 attendees and raised over $17,000 for the Shelter's Save Our Shelter (S.O.S.) campaign. Attendees will have the chance to enjoy a buffet dinner and wine tasting while enjoying live music provided by event sponsor The Wolf 101.9. The evening will also include a raffle and silence auction. Whiskers & Wine 2011 will be held Saturday, September 17 from 6-10pm at the Sacramento County Animal Shelter, 3839 Bradshaw Rd, in Sacramento (south of Highway 50 near Goethe). Tickets are $20

TEAM assists low-income residents with affordable spay/neuter services; pre-registration is required Sacramento, CA –TEAM (Teaching Everyone Animals Matter), the nonprofit affiliate of the Sacramento County Animal Shelter, has scheduled its next low-cost spay/neuter clinic for Sunday, July 10, and space is still available. The bi-monthly clinic is open to the community on a first-come, first-served basis. Pre-registration is required. The cost is $20 per pet, including vaccines as may be needed, with proof of income. The clinic will be held at the Sacramento County Animal Shelter, 3839 Bradshaw Road (between Highway 50 and Kiefer), in Sacramento. Check-in is at 8 am. The TEAM clinic is