Blended Bridge

We are looking for local artists and business to help us out this year for our 2021 Holiday Drive serving the Beach Flats Community.

Please tag your favorite businesses, artists and restaurants to encourage mutual aid and spread the word of bringing joy to children in our community. We cannot do this without YOU!

Our Immediate needs are item donations to offer in the raffle. (tag them below!) We are also seeking monetary donations which can be sent to via Venmo.

This is our second Holiday Drive with and . We are so excited to continue to spread holiday cheer. 🎁

Our mission is to inspire and empower collective community across Santa Cruz County and beyond.

Let’s work together!!

For more information regarding the holiday drive please visit the Link in Bio and visit our wish lists.

We are super excited to announce our second annual Mutual Aid Holiday Drive in collaboration with . The Holiday Drive aims to help underserved communities in Santa Cruz. We are living in unprecedented times and many families are struggling to make ends meet and provide essentials. We have an opportunity to help elevate our community and make the holidays extra special. You can help provide mutual aid to a family by donating or purchasing a gift. We cannot express how excited we are for this event. 🤩 Please join us in making children’s holiday wishes come true!

Our mission is to inspire and empower collective community here in Santa Cruz and beyond.

Let’s work together!

For more information follow us, visit our website (link in bio), or message us here!

We are extremely proud to be partners of the Santa Cruz County Black Health Matters Initiative led by . Join us this Saturday for a day full of joy as we celebrate their first anniversary! 🤩

RP • ONE YEAR OF THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY BLACK HEALTH MATTERS INITIATIVE 🥺👏🏿🦋🤎‼️

And what a year it has been.

Words from one of our advisors,

“Those horses, these women, the serenity of belonging, creating spaces for healing and connections and most importantly the heartfelt support that naturally comes with all of that. The Black Health Matters Initiative and our advisors are awesome. I'm humbled to be an advisor and so grateful for this development in Santa Cruz County. Let's keep going and developing emotionally safe spaces where we as Black people can feel safe, grow and thrive.”

We want to celebrate the work of BHMI within the community WITH our community.

RSVP VIA LINK IN BIO AND SEE YOU SATURDAY 1-4pm! ALL are invited. Thank you to our supporters and partners and allies 🙌🏽
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Join us this Saturday, 10/16 for our Black Joy as Resistance Paint and Sip to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Santa Cruz County Black Health Matters Initiative led by . Local realtor and artist .from.dennis will guide us as we paint a picture of Black liberation together from the Black Health Matters/ Surf Pop-Up event that was hosted on November 14th, 2020.

Swipe and comment below to help us pick which photo will guide us through this Saturday during the event. Comment your choice down below!

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** Space is limited, so be sure to register today!

RP • PAINT & SIP WITH THIS SATURDAY FOR THE BHMI ONE YEAR CELEBRATION 🤎🤎

was one of our founding partners at the launch of the Initiative. Bella, as a lead advisor, has inspired us time and time again with her incredible work with Blended and

We are thrilled to bring one of her workshop series to the celebration on Saturday! It was a wonderful success this summer and we can’t wait for more to come!

Limited capacity so register TODAY! Will take place during the event 1:30-3pm.

*Wine and Tea provided 🙌🏽

Head over the link in bio to grab your spot!

WE ARE GETTING SO EXCITED!

Immense gratitude to everyone who came out last night to our final Summer Series event. It has been a great honor to work collaboratively with the to bring our visions of blending art, history, and community to life. We look forward to continuing to be in community with you all and act upon our mission which is to empower and inspire collective community. ✨

The theme of the event last night was Better Together: Healing in Community and we were able to do just that. Local realtor / artist (.from.dennis) led us through a guided paint and sip art lesson where we all did our best to paint different animals coming to gather and replenish themselves at the same watering hole. Dennis chose this image because he felt that this image of different animals coming together as a community to replenish their souls by drinking from the same body of water embodied our theme of healing together in community.

Our mission is to inspire and empower collective community here in Santa Cruz and beyond.

Let’s work together!

For more information follow us, visit our website (link in bio), or message us here!

Join us this Thursday for the last of our Summer Series Events with the ❤️

Repost‼️ • The FINAL Summer Series event is this THURSDAY💥
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​Join the and for the final Blended Bridge Summer Series event with a celebration on healing. Hear stories of collective wellness by local organizers. Express yourself in a painting workshop with .from.dennis. Help us close strong by sharing your recipe for healing in an open mic.

All is better when we do it together✨
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​Please purchase tickets on the 's Eventbrite🤩

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We will be raising funds for Campesino Appreciation Caravan] and local farmworkers throughout the whole month of September. Our collective goal is to fundraise 50 gift cards at $50 each to go to local heroes/ community members. Donations can be made via Venmo .

Our farm workers continue to work tirelessly through a pandemic, fires, and natural disasters. Many farmworkers did not receive or qualify for stimulus checks and are unable to receive financial assistance. That’s where community comes in and organizations like Campesino Appreciation Caravan] help to fill the gaps.

BLENDED BRIDGE x MAH: Solidarity Not Charity

Join us on Thursday August 26th from 6-8pm for a community event focusing on the benefits of mutual aid and highlighting local organization .campesino ! Make sure to RSVP, link in bio!

For our third event with the , our focus is community care. We are teaming up with the .campesino to support local farmworkers. Our goal is to raise $4,000 to be distributed via gift cards at $50 each to local farmer workers! No donation is too small and a share goes a long way. We will be taking donations beginning today and ending on September 30th. Donations can be made via Venmo with the note of “Caravan Care”.

During the event, there will be a history lesson, open mic portion, and we will be making appreciation cards for our farmworkers that will be distributed in early October along with the gift cards. *Attendees are NOT required to make a donation*

We look forward to seeing you there! Be sure to register at the link in our bio.

Our mission is to inspire and empower collective community here in Santa Cruz and beyond.

Let’s work together!

For more information follow us, visit our website (link in bio), or message us here!

Getting ready to head over the beach with our ‘Gettin’ Ready’ Mini Tote. Head over to our site to cop yours today, link in bio!

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Our mission is to inspire and empower collective community here in Santa Cruz and beyond.

Let’s work together!

For more information follow us, visit our website (link in bio), or message us here!

Thank you to every single person that helped us achieve our goal of providing local youth with the school supplies they need to be successful. Your donations, shares, and support made it possible for us to stuff roughly 100 backpacks for local Black and Brown youth. Every single child that attended was able to receive a backpack! 🎒

Immense gratitude to , , , and for holding it down again this year.

Feel free to shoot us a DM if you’d like to get more involved in our next community fundraiser.

Our mission is to inspire and empower collective community here in Santa Cruz and beyond.

Let’s work together!

For more information follow us, visit our website (link in bio), or message us here!

Some photos from last year’s Back to School Drive! We are super excited to be collaborating with for another local supply drive. This year we have upped our goal and need your help reaching it.

We’re currently looking for donations to help maximize our impact! A $25 donation can fill an entire backpack for a local child, but all donations are appreciated. More details on how to get involved below:

Immediate Needs:
- Monetary Donations (Venmo: )
- In-Kind Donations/Supplies can be dropped off to either or
- Volunteers to assist to packing supplies this Sunday, 8/8 (DM )

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We are linking up with for our second annual back to school drive! All donations will be distributed out to Black and brown youth in Santa Cruz. It is important for us to come together as a community to support our future leaders ✊🏽 Equipping our youth with the basic tools such as backpacks, notebooks, pencils is fundamental for their overall success. Please donate if you are able to and/or share this with others. Animo ✊🏽 Also a huge shoutout to & for letting us utilize their spaces as drop off locations . Your continued support is always appreciated 🙏🏽

We are super excited to announce that Blended Bridge merchandise is live! Head over to our site or click the link in our bio to purchase your gear. More options available online. 20% of all proceeds from orders placed this week before Friday, 8/6 at noon will go directly to our current Back to School Backpack Drive with (more details in previous posts/story). To donate directly, drop off in-kind donations to or in Soquel or send payments to Venmo.

Tag us in a photo with your merch for the chance to win a $25 gift card.

Our mission is to inspire and empower collective community here in Santa Cruz and beyond.

Let’s work together!

For more information follow us, visit our website (link in bio), or message us here!