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GREY BEARS SITES
GREY BEARS SITES
California Grey Bears
2710 Chanticleer Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95065-1812
(831) 479-1055
Santa Cruz, CA 95065-1812
(831) 479-1055
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Grey Bears Main Office
Grey Bears Thrift Store
Grey Bears Electronic Waste Recycling & Computer Store
Grey Bears Recycling Program
Grey Bears Brown
Bag & Food Distribution Program
Bag & Food Distribution Program
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"Seniors Helping Seniors"
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Grey Bears, founded in 1973, is a grassroots, nonprofit organization of seniors over 55. Grey Bears is best known for its development and implementation of a program called Operation Brown Bag. Most simply stated, donated food is distributed via a network of sites throughout the county. Last year, Grey Bears distributed 1.2 million pounds of fresh produce thanks to the generosity of the Ag community. Operation Brown Bag serves over 3,400 members a week throughout Santa Cruz County, distributing fresh and packaged food items.
Any person, 55 years and older, is eligible for general membership which costs $20 per year. There are no income requirements to join. We share the bounty.
Any person, 55 years and older, is eligible for general membership which costs $20 per year. There are no income requirements to join. We share the bounty.
At the heart of Grey Bears is its brown bag and food distributuion program.
As a result of our volunteer gleaners, who go out and glean the fields after the harvest, and our volunteer baggers who prepare weekly bags of food for our senior members, literally thousands of seniors receive weekly bags of nutritious food, a $15-$20 value.
Our volunteer brown bag delivery drivers deliver this food to shut-ins and our volunteer pick up drivers pick up food from local supermarkets that is donated to help feed our senior citizens.
As a result of our volunteer gleaners, who go out and glean the fields after the harvest, and our volunteer baggers who prepare weekly bags of food for our senior members, literally thousands of seniors receive weekly bags of nutritious food, a $15-$20 value.
Our volunteer brown bag delivery drivers deliver this food to shut-ins and our volunteer pick up drivers pick up food from local supermarkets that is donated to help feed our senior citizens.
At the Grey Bears Thrift Store, donated items are resold to provide additional revenue for seniors in our community. The Grey Bears Thrift Store accepts donations of the following items.
-Clean Saleable Clothing
- Household Items
- Small Furniture
Oh, and "Yes"..Estate items are also accepted.
-Clean Saleable Clothing
- Household Items
- Small Furniture
Oh, and "Yes"..Estate items are also accepted.
Did you know that 97% of all electronic waste can be recovered and used again? And that's exactly what we do. We recycle the electronic waste that you drop off at our electronic waste recycling store.
No electronic waste to recycle? Then shop our computer store for good deals on donated laptops, desktops, and other reusable recycled electronic items.
No electronic waste to recycle? Then shop our computer store for good deals on donated laptops, desktops, and other reusable recycled electronic items.
Do your part for the environment.
Grey Bears provides a recycling center at our main location on Chanticleer and also operates the recycling center at the Santa Cruz County Buena Vista dump site.
S.C.R.A.P., our for profit cardboard recycling operation works in conjunction with the county to provde a convenient way for local businesses to recycle their cardboad
Grey Bears provides a recycling center at our main location on Chanticleer and also operates the recycling center at the Santa Cruz County Buena Vista dump site.
S.C.R.A.P., our for profit cardboard recycling operation works in conjunction with the county to provde a convenient way for local businesses to recycle their cardboad
Who Are the Grey Bears?
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