In these cases, someone may also turn to drugs or alcohol to relieve their mental or physical pain, and may add substance addiction to the list of things keeping them down, financially. There are programs and help in place for many of the people in poverty that suffer from mental illness.
About. Earth Day Santa Cruz is an exciting community event offering educational information, activities for kids including an arts and crafts tent, live music and a focus on green businesses. Come and enjoy this fun environmental celebration for the whole family on April 18th, 11 am â 4 pm in San Lorenzo Park!
Some examples of past projects include: alternative transportation, wind power, composting at school and plastic pollution. The projects are displayed and judged at Earth Day Santa Cruz and the top three projects win cash prizes for their class. The prizes are $300, $200 and $100.