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Happy Black History Month 2024.
Win the Santiago Resort Getaway Giveaway! Enter to win three nights in Palm Springs at Santiago Resort, travel expenses, and more.
Valentine's Day hints, Marti Gras at the Toolshed! DDG Video recommends "LIE WITH ME from writer-director Olivier Peyon."
James Holjes, a Sunny Dunes Barber Shop barber, collected donations for each haircut, giving Oak Grove Sanctuary a surprise $10,000 donation.
And more in Palm Springs's oldest LGBT guide.
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OAK GROVE SANCTUARY RECEIVES<br />
$10,000 GIFT<br />
A cut above: local barbering student<br />
raises $10,000 one haircut at a time<br />
January 28, 2024, Palm Springs, CA]<br />
Oak Grove Sanctuary Palm Springs,<br />
a transitional home for LGBTQ+ foster<br />
youth received a surprise $10,000<br />
donation from Palm Springs resident,<br />
James Holjes. Holjes raised the funds<br />
over the course of a year by providing<br />
haircuts at The Barracks in Cathedral<br />
City.<br />
“We are stunned and overjoyed,” said<br />
Oak Grove Sanctuary CEO Tammy<br />
Wilson. “This unexpected gift is much<br />
needed and much appreciated. It will<br />
go a long way in helping our residents<br />
get the services they need to become<br />
healthy, productive, independent<br />
adults. We can’t thank James enough.<br />
He is living proof of how a little support<br />
goes a long way in changing someone’s<br />
life.”<br />
Holjes, a barber at Sunny Dunes Barber<br />
Shop, accepted donations for each<br />
haircut. “When I moved to Palm Springs,<br />
I was able to get the support I needed<br />
to turn my life around,” he said. “Now I<br />
want to help others do the same.”<br />
Serving LGBTQ+ young adults since 2017,<br />
Oak Grove Sanctuary Palm Springs is a<br />
part of Oak Grove Center, a nonprofit<br />
organization serving at-risk and special<br />
needs youth. The Oak Grove Sanctuary<br />
program supports LGBTQ+ foster youth<br />
transitioning from the dependency<br />
system into independent adulthood<br />
and offers safe, transitional housing and<br />
supportive resources to help them get<br />
on their feet. By providing emotional,<br />
educational, and skills support,<br />
Sanctuary seeks to interrupt the cycle<br />
of neglect and despair— including<br />
incarceration, drug and alcohol abuse,<br />
sex trafficking, homelessness, battles with<br />
depression and attempted suicide —<br />
that often befall LGBTQ+ foster youth.<br />
Funds raised by Holjes will go directly<br />
to the program helping LGBTQ+<br />
young adults with access to therapy,<br />
job training, crisis intervention,<br />
transportation, medical needs,<br />
mentoring and more. Staff work to<br />
help empower success and transform<br />
lives. To learn more about Oak<br />
Grove Sanctuary Palm Springs, visit<br />
OakGroveSanctuaryPalmSprings.org.<br />
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