Who We Are

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.