On behalf of ANDY VASQUEZ, Yuba County Supervisor for Linda, and PATHWAYS,  we would like to recognize the 125 Community Members, Frank Sorgea’s Yuba College class, the 21 Family and Youth Resource Agencies, and 22 Linda Business for supporting and/or attending our first Community Meeting in Linda.

We appreciate your support in addressing the social and economic effects of drugs and gangs on Linda and surrounding communities throughout the past decades. We were pleased to offer an educational overview of legal and illegal drugs--and gangs, as well as real solutions in the form of family and youth resources currently available to Linda residents. We are all part of this community, and together we can make positive changes in the vitality and progression of Linda.
 
So THANK YOU…to Feather River Center and Andres (maintenance) for providing the Peach Tree Mall, and to the Country Florist for decorating; to Gospel Christian Center and Church of God for pitching in with extra chairs.

THANK You to our local media for advertising the event; to KKCY/KMJE for always being the first to pick up the PSA’s, for KUBA’s ongoing support, Also to KMYC & Territorial Dispatch, and the Appeal-Democrat.

THANK YOU…to Yuba County Community Development and Services Agency Planning Dept. with the Revitalization plan of No. Beale Corridor, Yuba County Recreation Dept., Yuba County One Stop, Young Life,  Sutter-Yuba Friday Night Live, Yuba County Health Dept., Yuba County Office of Education, (SBDC)Small Business Development Ctr./Yuba College Youth Entrepreneur Program(Y.E.P.), Sutter Yuba Mental Health Options for Change & First Steps, Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts of America, Church of God and their Awana Club,  Yuba Sutter Gleaners, Gospel Christian Center with outreach and recovery support, CHP, National Guard Counter Drug Task Force--Low ROPES, Yuba County Sheriff Dept—Neighborhood Watch, Harmony Health Family Resource Ctr., & SASC, ….for providing information about your resources serving Linda  residents. 

THANK YOU to the 22 Linda Businesses for donating additional printing, refreshments and door prizes: Pack & Post Centers/Hammerwood Print, Inc., Sam’s Club, Food Maxx, Burger King, Yuba Transmission, Linda Walmart, Cantero’s Tire & Wheels, Pizza Hut, Les Schwab Tire Center, The Country Florist, Sunn’s Barber & Salon, Kragen, Domino’s Pizza, Marysville Pizza Hut, A Family Internet & Used Computers, Subway, PK’s Salon, Tita’s Restaurant & Bakery, Pop’s Take & Bake Pizza, Dollar Giant, Ti’s Barber Shop, & Rhoades Beauty Salon 

THANK YOU Substance Abuse Steering Coalition (SASC)-Dulia Aguilar for the Meth presentation; Yuba County Probation Dept. Maxine Singer Youth Guidance Center--Frank Sorgea for the presentation on Pharmaceuticals & Net-5 Gang Task Force on gang behavior, clothing and signs.

A Special THANK YOU to PATHWAYS amazing and dedicated staff.

We are truly grateful to all of you for your support and involvement as we take this giant step together toward changing the Face…and the Heart of Linda.