Introducing Faith Dale: 2022 Make it Happen Youth Excellence Award Winner
We are proud to introduce the winner of this year’s 2022 Make It Happen Youth Excellence Award: Faith Dale!
Each June, Make It Happen for Yolo County sponsors the Youth Excellence Award for one outstanding participant graduating from the Yolo County Independent Living Skills Program. The award winner is recognized based on academic merit, character and personal growth, and receives a $500 stipend for their hard work.
Faith could not be more deserving of this award. She entered foster care at age 12 due to abuse while she, her mother and sister were experiencing homelessness. For the next four years, separated from her sister, she was in and out of foster homes and group homes, frequently running away. At age 16, Faith decided to take control over her own life, as much as she could.
Changing Lives Behind the Scenes: Meet Linda
Linda Bresnick of Davis is a busy volunteer with several nonprofits across Yolo County, but most of her work is done behind the scenes on her computer.
About four years ago, Linda learned about Make It Happen for Yolo County and became the interface between our website and the people who write to us asking to donate household items. She coordinates the donation process to make sure it goes smoothly.
Meet "Mel" Make it Happen Client, Volunteer and Youth Liaison
After bouncing around four foster care group homes across California for two years, “Mel” was never sure if people were doing things out of the goodness of their hearts or not – she always felt like strings were attached. When she received a bed from Make It Happen for Yolo County earlier this year, she learned that some people just genuinely want to help others…
Meet Our Partner: iDream The Mac GiveBack Project
We are proud to partner with this wonderful organization in Davis that refurbishes donated computers, laptops and iPads and provides them without cost to those in need.
We're Still Making it Happen in 2020
2020 has been a challenging year. Thanks to our supportive community, Make it Happen for Yolo County has been able to continue to provide support for transition age youth.