Dandelion Seeds

Migra Watch confirms ICE presence in Chico. Information in both Spanish and Hmong available below. Please share.

Notice to our north state community. We have confirmed CBP/ICE presence in Chico. Hmong and Spanish notification below. Please be sure to call us with suspicious activity 916-382-0256 and remember, we have rights www.ccijustice.org/carrn-toolkit

ICE has been confirmed to be conducting targeted this enforcement today, July 26 2025, in the Natomas area at the Boot Barn/Best Buy shopping center on North Freeway Blvd. They have detained one person and left the area. Please call 916-382-0256 if someone you know is detained or if you see suspicious activity.

Se ha confirmado que ICE está llevando a cabo esta operación de control hoy, 26 de julio de 2025, en el área de Natomas, en el centro comercial Boot Barn/Best Buy en North Freeway Blvd. Detuvieron a una persona y abandonaron el área. Por favor, llame al 916-382-0256 si alguien que conoce está detenido o si observa actividad sospechosa.

Today, ICE detained one person off Freeway Blvd in Natomas. Agents have reportedly left the area. For further details or if someone you know is detained, see NorCal Resist post/alt text.

Thank you!!!

Our regular donation links are all still functional (and still the fastest way to get donations to us), as is our wishlist. But if you need a tax receipt, or would like to check a box permanently off your mental to-do list and set up a recurring donation, those options are available here.

Dandelion Seeds Dandelion Seeds is a grassroots mutual aid group working to provide food, water, survival gear, harm reduction, first aid supplies, and other small comforts to our unhoused neighbors in South Sacramen...

Recurring donations are particularly exciting for us (ok, for Michelle), because we could do things like budget for expected expenses with reliable monthly funds.

Dandelion Seeds Dandelion Seeds is a grassroots mutual aid group working to provide food, water, survival gear, harm reduction, first aid supplies, and other small comforts to our unhoused neighbors in South Sacramen...

They have also set up a donation portal for directed funds to us. They have exciting things like online card payment processing! And they are a 501c3, so you can write donations off on your taxes.

And...drumroll...you can set up a recurring donation!

Dandelion Seeds Dandelion Seeds is a grassroots mutual aid group working to provide food, water, survival gear, harm reduction, first aid supplies, and other small comforts to our unhoused neighbors in South Sacramen...

One of those partnerships is with A Radical Guide. Their mission is really cool - a one-stop, cash deductible donation portal that will fund multiple local grassroots orgs, all working, boots on the ground, to take care of ultra local, vulnerable neighbors. You should donate to that mission!

Friends & community!

We are sure you have heard - its the Big Day of Giving.

We are always working hard behind the scenes, even when you dont hear from us for a while. Part of that behind the scenes work is building community partnerships.

Spent the day doing a bonus mutual aid street meal. 75 people got a hot meal, water; socks and Narcan.
We take care of us.

Can you help?
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/....

www.paypal.me/DandelionSee...

Donations are down a bit from this time last year. And we get it, things are tough right now. But if you can spare some money, we promise to use it to help someone, directly and immediately. And we're so thankful that you help us do it.

-The Dandelion Seeds team

We don't get paid, a generous member of our team donates storage space for supplies, and we donate or do without office supplies. Every penny we collect, and more, goes straight into direct aid to our most vulnerable community members.

126 bags of emergency food, 481 hygiene kits, 79 heat comfort kits, 50 storm survival bags, and 358 packs of Narcan.

What your money doesn't pay for with us is administrative overhead.

With your help. this year we've managed to provide our community with 1436 meals, 5105 bottles of water, 1138 sports drinks, 83 tarps, 59 tents, 260 blankets, 282 packs of wipes, 1625 pairs of socks (thank you #Bombas!), 2174 condoms, 836 harm reduction kits,

$25 buys a case of wipes.
$30 buys a case of hand warmers.
$90 will buy one of the larger tents that are suitable for a couple or a person in a wheelchair or with other mobility issues.

So a donation of $1? That buys someone a meal, a hat, a flashlight, or a pair of gloves. We serve 30-100 people every time we go out. $3 is the cost of a pack of baby wipes - one of our most requested items.
$6 is 40 bottles of water.
$15 pays for the packing containers for one week's meals.

We work hard to make sure every penny we collect has the most impact we can wring out of it.

What is it that your money goes towards?

We budget $1 a serving for our hot meals in the winter, $1.50 a person for our sack lunches in the summer.

So the internet says it is #GivingTuesday, and all sorts of organizations and causes have their hats out looking for funds.

Dandelion Seeds is entirely funded by grassroots community contributions from individuals and other small local organizations.

Thank you so much to Andrea, Tara, Eileen, and Tess for their help with the prep, and thank you to today’s street team, Michelle, David, Yans, Cori, Nick, Grayson, and Zero.
#mutualaid #thanksgiving #sacramento #communityoutreach

Thanksgiving dinner for 60: mashed potatoes, butternut squash risotto, and maple baked lentils, soda and juice, apple and pumpkin pie. We have so much gratitude for being able to share with our community.

Folks are going to need gear replaced, laundry money, and hot food.

Can you help?
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

www.paypal.me/DandelionSee...

We’re having some capital-W Weather this week.
I was out last night, handing out the last of our tarps, a few tents, and half of the storm survival packs that we made at the workshop that the The LGBT Community Center hosted.
This weather is going to wreck tents, soak blankets, and shred tarps.

Hi! We’re Dandelion Seeds, a grassroots mutual aid organization providing direct support to our unhoused neighbors in South Sacramento. We do biweekly free community meals, with survival and hygiene supplies, and harm reduction. We also do emergency severe weather support.