Caminar Connections: August 2025

Summer's Grand Finale

Summer is heading to a close, but Caminar is still heating up with news. Thank you for your ongoing support of Caminar, our clients, and the community! We have some exciting news to share with you. Please keep reading to the end to learn more.

Welcoming Our New Board Member

We are proud to announce the newest addition to our board of directors, Shannon Petrello (she/her). Shannon Petrello is a nonprofit executive with 19 years of experience in fundraising leadership, specializing in major and mega gifts, board development, and coaching high-functioning teams that get results.

Over the course of her career, Shannon and the teams she led have raised more than $300 million for food security, housing, K-12 education, LGBTQ+ support services, civil and reproductive rights, and the arts.

Please check out her full bio here.

Pictured: New Board Member Shannon Petrello (She/her)

Bombas Sockapolooza

A little bit of comfort can go a long way. Caminar is so appreciative of our wonderful friends at Bombas for the generous in-kind donation of 3,000 pairs of socks – a $39,000 value! Bombas donates clothing based on each purchase, allowing for nonprofits like Caminar to provide brand-new, quality, comfortable socks to our clients to help prepare for cooler temperatures this fall and winter.

Pictured: Our stocks of socks donated by Bombas

Supporting Diverse Abilities via the Safeway Foundation

Throughout the month of August, the Safeway Foundation is running a campaign to support programs designed to inspire and enable people who have diverse abilities. The Safeway Foundation is a long-time, generous supporter of our Jobs Plus program, which offers vocational rehabilitation that connects people who would otherwise be excluded from the workplace with meaningful, paid jobs.

Save The Date - LGBTQ Programs Benefit Show and Resource Fair

The rumors are true, our fabulous LGBTQ programs will be hosting "I'm Coming OUT!" a drag benefit show and resource fair on National Coming Out Day, Saturday, October 11th! This event is aimed at uplifting our LGBTQ+ community, bringing light and joy during a dark time.

We graciously invite you to join in on this all-ages event. There will be a drag variety show, music, games, activities, and tours of our new drop-in center for our LGBTQ programs. This is an event you won't want to miss!

For more information on the event or to RSVP please check it out here.

Impact!

We are pleased to share our Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Impact Report. Thank you for joining Caminar’s mission to build strength and stability through comprehensive mental health and substance use treatment delivered through evidence-based, whole-person care. You are helping to build thriving lives and supportive, uplifting communities!

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