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To celebrate this season of giving, NordstrandBlack PC is hosting a Socks & Toiletries Drive for Transition House in Santa Barbara. We invite you to join us and donate to this worthy shelter, which provides temporary housing, food, and supplies for families with nowhere else to go. The drive kicks off on Monday, November 27th and runs until Thursday, March 15th, 2018. Collection dates will occur on the 15th of each month. Read the rest »

It’s tough being a caregiver.

In 2015, approximately 43.5 million Americans provided unpaid care to someone they knew. The value of the services they gave? An estimated $470 billion dollars.

Though there are professional (formal) caregivers who are paid for what they do, most caregivers are informal caregivers—that is, they’re unpaid individuals who assist others with activities of daily living or medical conditions.

On September 25^th, Renée J. Nordstrand and her fellow board members of the Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation invite you to attend an educational event focused on caregiving. The event will be held at the Fess Parker Doubletree Resort in Santa Barbara at 5:30 p.m. Read the rest »

Attorney Renee J. Nordstrand is honored to be chosen by the Santa Barbara Women Lawyers (SBWL) to receive the 2014 year’s Deborah Talmage Attorney of the Year award for her dedication to promoting and mentoring women in the legal community as well as her commitment to professional excellence. As a personal injury and criminal defense lawyer, Ms. Nordstrand is a trusted advisor to her peers and an active contributing member to SBWL and other legal organizations. Read the rest »

On May 31, 2014 Santa Barbara Parents of Multiples (SBPOM) held its second annual garage sale and attorney Renée J. Nordstrand actively participated at this sale, helping the club raise over $2,000.  SBPOM donated cribs, swings, strollers, and other items to Susie’s Closet, which is part of Network Medical Pregnancy Care Center.  Susie’s Closet provides material aid for women and children in need of maternity clothing, children’s clothing, toys, books, bedding, cribs, play pens, high chairs, and other related items.

Santa Barbra Parent’s of Multiples is a 501(c)(3) all volunteer not-for-profit organization dedicated to connecting and supporting families of multiple birth children.  SBPOM provides support to expectant families, families going through hospitalizations and raising of multiples. Read the rest »

The philanthropic group Omicron Alpha P is composed of 31 members who wrote and began operating from their own bylaws in 2013.  This group has recently been adopted by the national fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha and approved by the Chico State IFC Board to be a new part of Greek life on campus at Chico State University.

The new Lambda Chi Alpha chapter is composed of a group of innovative young men who wish to better college life by improving the campus, as well as the Chico community.  In the last six months they have conducted two large park cleanups, three homeless shelter feedings, and one fundraiser to fight cancer.  This adds up to roughly 500 combined hours of community service and 350 meals served. Read the rest »