The Walnut Avenue Women's Center, formerly known as the YWCA, offers a variety of programs for women and children.Their mission is to "improve the economic, physical, and emotional well being of all families in Santa Cruz County."The center offers a variety of programs ranging from adult literacy classes to support groups for youth.
Every June, the nonprofit hosts its Strawberry Festival, a celebration of the fruit that involves fun and games for all ages.In the fall, school supplies are provided for low-income families.
The center runs a 24-hour crisis hotline for women. It can be reached at 866-2-MY-ALLY.
The Center for Health is a medical center that offers a wide array of medical services to the Santa Cruz community. This health center combines physical health care with alternative medicine and emotional and psychological services. Other services offered include aromatherapy, acupuncture, homeopathy and massage therapy. Please call to learn more.
Resource Center for Nonviolence is a non-profit organization serving for the proliferation of peace and social justice. It offers educational programs and resources in nonviolence theory and history, methodology and current practice of nonviolence. The internationally recognized organization has interns from as diverse locations as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
