Community Conversations: Women’s Mental Health
Thank you to all who could join us for our recent Community Conversation on the pandemic and its impact on women, mental health, and gender disparities. We had a fascinating discussion and the evening could easily have gone much longer. Our panelists – Dr . Nirmaljit Dhami, Dr. Sandra Escobar, and Riley Simonsen –...
Gender Disparities in Pandemic Recovery: Focus on Women’s Mental Health
I’ve been looking ahead to our upcoming Community Conversation with a personal sense of both anxiety and anticipation. Mental health and wellbeing are deeply personal subjects to me. In my lifetime, mental health challenges led to the suicides of one aunt and my grandmother (both on my dad’s side). My younger sister passed away before...
Welcome to Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation
For the second time in its history, the Foundation has decided to change its name. When the Foundation was established thirty years ago, we were known as Los Altos Tomorrow. The name changed in 1995 to Los Altos Community Foundation because the use of “tomorrow” was not considered sufficiently descriptive of the Foundation’s purpose. For...
LAMV-CF… where community comes together
As I reflect on the last 12 months, I see a year of many changes and challenges coupled with significant accomplishments and activities. No one would have imagined how the pandemic and economic recession would affect our local communities, the Foundation, or our work. I believe we matured as an engaged local funder and will continue to grow in the coming year - and beyond.
Guiding us has been our philosophy and theme for the last year: LACF… where community comes together! We’ve taken these words to heart. We continued to deepen and strengthen our relationship with local communities and expand our relationships with donors and community members to assist them in their philanthropic journeys. Collaboration has been key as we sought new ways to build stronger and more meaningful relationships with our local and regional grantees, civic and elected leaders, and other organizations with whom we share priorities and values. These collaborations continue to inspire us, and we are humbled by the positive feedback we’ve received on our efforts thus far.
