ABOUT US
Our programs and services are steps to out greater
vision:
"To promote healthy lives.""The Gardens" conduct outreach
activities, intensive case management services, offer counseling services,
support individuals seeking assistance with substance abuse, provide referrals
for supportive services and resources.
The focus
of "The Gardens" is creating an accessible
environment for youth, men, women and families
in our communities to receive education and
resources which protect their health and
well-being in what may be otherwise
overlooked. The seed of growth and development
started with a grant from the California
Endowment, after completion of this funding "The
Gardens" began moving forward, toward expanding
our capabilities to reach as many people as
possible by all avenues available to us.
“The Gardens” began in 1999 as a grassroots,
faith-base community effort to address the issue
of gang violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS
epidemic facing vulnerable and marginalized
African American and Latino youth in the South
Sacramento neighborhood. In 2001, “The Gardens”
incorporated as an independent 501(C) (3). “The
Gardens” initiated community efforts with the
implementation of Brothers and Sisters Stopping
AIDS (BASSA) through a series of HIV/AIDS
education and prevention workshops, conducted in
local black churches, barber and hair salon
shops.
With a grant from Bristol Myers Squibb, "The
Gardens" went out into the community and
implemented the first HIV/AIDS testing site in
the South Sacramento area. "The Gardens" based
these early efforts on a model of coalition
development, community mobilization, and
community empowerment activities targeting
underserved, ethnic minority communities
and continues to expand its focus on serving the
underserved population. |
