Ready to start a GAIA Resource Group and get involved?

Below are several sections which will help you get started:

• What is a GAIA Resource Group?
• What Resource Groups exist and how
   do I contact them?
• How do I create a Resource Group
   and/or help out?

What is a Resource Group?

Resource Groups are composed of many different faith-based and community organizations within a geographic region.  They typically meet several times a year to share fundraising ideas, leverage resources, and build community. The funds to do GAIA’s work come from a variety of sources: individual donors, foundations, churches, and religious and civic groups. In the first year of GAIA’s history, a group of volunteers of Pasadena, California, joined to work untiringly on behalf of GAIA to raise funds.  This group (now known as the Southern California Resource Group) is the first of such Resource Groups. 

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What Resource Groups exist and how do I contact them?

Currently we have groups in Southern California which include the Pasadena area and Santa Barbara.

To get information or join one of these groups, please contact:

Ninon Jouanjus, Office Manager
Email Ninon Jouanjus
Telephone: (415) 461-7196

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How do I create a Resource       Group and/or help out?

For a list of ways in which you can learn how you can mobilize your congregation, school or civic group and help the cause, download this PDF.

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Read our Fundraising Success Stories and learn more about GAIA.