Fundraiser to Give Incarcerated Women a Second Chance

Santa Cruz, CA -- A program to help incarcerated women turn their lives around will celebrate its 10-year anniversary on Friday with a fundraising event at First Congregational Church.  Gemma, a program of the Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County Inc., helps highly motivated women learn skills to reunite with their families obtain jobs, step out of homelessness and become productive people. The group's seventh annual fall fundraiser will raise money to help its clients. There will be hors d'oeuvres, a buffet dinner, silent auction, live jazz from the group Skylark and acapella singing from UC Santa Cruz's HiTones. Guests also will hear testimonials from Gemma women and men from the similar Rise program.  www.fundraising-ideas.org