Grey Bears by the numbers…
- Pounds of food delivered this year: 2,687,714
- How many meals that provides: 2,239,767
- Favorite foods in bags from member survey: berries, artichokes, apples, red leaf lettuce
- Number of hot meals served from our kitchen: 35,680
- Tons of material diverted through our thrift stores and three Recycling Centers: 7,895
- Number of volunteers this year: 569
- Annual volunteer hours: 63,977
- Value in dollars: $1,916,112
Grey Bears Thrift Store has received Santa Cruz Sentinel Reader’s Choice Awards the past three years, has been named Best Nonprofit and Best Thrift Store by readers of Good Times Weekly, and Swellie Awards for Best Nonprofit and Best Green Business by readers of Santa Cruz Waves. Grey Bears was voted Aptos Chambers organization of the year, a Be the Difference award from the Volunteer Center, and was one of President George H.W. Bush’s Thousand Points of Light. Here’s a video created for Aptos Chamber’s Awards Dinner.
For our staff directory click here.
For the Grey Bears Board of Directors click here.
Grey Bears
2710 Chanticleer Ave
Santa Cruz CA 95065
831.479.1055 info@greybears.org
Grey Bears is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Corporation, FEIN#: 94-2298681