Danny Keith » second harvest food bank http://www.dannykeith.com Great minds think alike...or something like that Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 PAPÁS Fatherhood Questions http://www.dannykeith.com/2010/06/20/papas-fatherhood-questions/ http://www.dannykeith.com/2010/06/20/papas-fatherhood-questions/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:04:46 +0000 dk http://www.dannykeith.com/?p=194
My PAPÁS quotes, thanks Troy Virostko for including me in this wonderful opportunity to speak about Fatherhood…

Name: Danny Keith

Occupation: Founder Grind Out Hunger, owner Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop and Development Officer for Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County.

How many children do you have? 3

What does fatherhood mean to you? The opportunity to educate and raise my children with open minds and creative thinking. To provide them with a nurturing environment that allows and encourages intelligence and compassion. Finally to teach them to love unconditionally and appreciate everyday.

What is the best part of being a father or father-figure? The best part of being both a father and father figure in the community has to be watching the successes of the children I have mentored and help guide down life s tricky paths. My goal has always been and will continue to be changing children s lives one at a time and building a better community.

What is the challenging part of being a father or father-figure? For me there is no challenging part of being a father or father figure. I embrace the youth and speak to them with respect and admiration. You have to understand that the youth of today are the future leaders of tomorrow and not just to be seen and not heard.

What advice do you have for fathers or father-figures in our community? The secret message communicated to most young people today by the society around them is that they are not needed, that the society will run itself quite nicely until they at some distant point in the future will take over the reigns. Yet the fact is that the society is not running itself nicely because the rest of us need all the energy, brains, imagination and talent that young people can bring to bear down on our difficulties. For society to attempt to solve its desperate problems without the full participation of even very young people is imbecile. Quote from Alvin Toffler

VISIT http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/papas

PAPÁS, Supporting Father Involvement (S.F.I.) is part of a state-wide study aiming to positively increase fathers’ involvement in their family’s lives. We offer fun and educational opportunities about the beneficial role of father figures in the family and community. We also run discussion-format workshops for fathers and couples as part of a study on how to effectively promote father involvement.

18 West Lake Avenue, Suite L, Watsonville, CA 95076

Phone: 763-3123

http://www.papassfi.org/

]]> http://www.dannykeith.com/2010/06/20/papas-fatherhood-questions/feed/ 0 Grind Out Hunger needs your vote daily and multiple times till June 20th! http://www.dannykeith.com/2010/06/05/grind-out-hunger-needs-your-vote-daily-and-multiple-times-till-june-20th/ http://www.dannykeith.com/2010/06/05/grind-out-hunger-needs-your-vote-daily-and-multiple-times-till-june-20th/#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:07:49 +0000 dk http://www.dannykeith.com/?p=185 Please go to http://www.peopleallstars.com and pick San Francisco Giants then VOTE Danny Keith to give Grind Out Hunger a chance to go to the All Star Game and expose it to the world! Feeding Children is what we do, so please vote daily and multiple times contest ends June 20th. Thank you in advance!

Vote as many times as you can!!!

]]> http://www.dannykeith.com/2010/06/05/grind-out-hunger-needs-your-vote-daily-and-multiple-times-till-june-20th/feed/ 0 The people have voted us Best of Santa Cruz County and more!! http://www.dannykeith.com/2010/05/01/the-people-have-voted-us-best-of-santa-cruz-county-and-more/ http://www.dannykeith.com/2010/05/01/the-people-have-voted-us-best-of-santa-cruz-county-and-more/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 15:37:35 +0000 dk http://www.dannykeith.com/?p=169 Wow..I am now a local hero!!!! I do what I do not for the awards or recognition, but its hard not to be excited when the things you put passion into get recognized by your peers. 2010 has started off with a bang first I was honored with a NEXTie, then as The GoodTimes Best of Santa Cruz 2010 and Santa Cruz Weekly 2010 Goldies readers acknowledged not only my businesses and non profits, but the readers felt that I was also overachieving in some areas that deserved an atta boy.  In my ventures around town whether I am speaking to school kids about community work with Grind Out Hunger, sponsoring a local kid for surfing/skating or meeting with local politicians about the scope of our county opportunities/challenges I never in my wildest dreams expected to be a recipient of so many gracious awards.  I promise to continue to follow my heart and aspirations, to be be responsible about my endeavors, lead by example for the youth and stay focused on bettering the community! Thank you to all the supporters, my family, of course the haters and more important all that voted…this means the world to me!!

Danny Keith voted Local Hero and runner up Mover Shaker

Danny Keith works for non-profit Second Harvest Food Bank

Santa Cruz Skate Shop nabs Best of Santa Cruz Skate Shop

Santa Cruz Weekly Goldies winner Santa Cruz Surf Shop

Santa Cruz Weekly Goldies winner Santa Cruz Skate Shop

Danny Keith voted 2nd best local entrepreneur

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