In 2023-2024 Grey Bears Has:
- Delivered 197,770 Healthy Food Bags
- Diverted 2,020,693 Pounds of food from the landfill
- Served 58,622 Hot meals from our kitchen
- Recycled 411 Tons of material through our three Recycling Centers
- Welcomed 530 volunteers to donate their time to nourishing their senior neighbors
- 63,123 Hours of service donated
- Value of Volunteer time donated: $1,890,534
Grey Bears Thrift Store has received Santa Cruz Sentinel Reader’s Choice Awards, has been named Best Nonprofit and Best Thrift Store by readers of Good Times, and received a Swellie Award for Best Nonprofit and Best Green Business by readers of Santa Cruz Waves Magazine. Grey Bears was one of President George H.W. Bush’s Thousand Points of Light for community service, voted Organization of the Year by the Aptos Chamber of Commerce community, and received a Be the Difference award for Organization of the Year from the Volunteer Center.
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