HODG Santa Cruz

Welcome to the Santa Cruz Chapter of HangOutDoGood!

We are a group of neighbors, friends, and family banding together to build a better town, state, and country– and have fun while we do it! We host BBQs and write our reps, join beach clean-ups and protests, make sandwiches for the unhoused, and will do any other action that advances a more connected, loving, and just Santa Cruz.

Join our grassroots movement! We need you.

Upcoming Events

No Kings Protest

Saturday, October 18 at 9:45am
Protesting is a way to do something. It's a somatic reminder that you are not alone, this is not okay, and change will come, in time. Let's not wait our lifetimes for a healthier society. Let's show up.
Meetup Spot: Parking Lot Near Midtown Optometry
Call if you need help finding us: 734-395-2693
We'll have a cooler with drinks and ice.

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Pie for the People

Sunday, October 26 from 1-3pm
Join us for a seasonal community pie potluck, raising funds for local, grassroots non-profits. This time, we’re benefitting Community Bridges!
Scroll down for all the details and feel free to invite your family/friends. Can’t wait to see you there.

RSVP HERE

Featured:

Sunday October 26th from 1pm – 3 pm Homeless Garden Project Farm in Santa Cruz (Shaffer Road at Delaware Ave)

Join us for a seasonal community pie potluck, raising funds for local, grassroots non-profits.

Please bring:

The whole family
A sweet or savory vegetarian pie*
$5+ donation per person & extra $ if you can!

*If baking isn’t your thing, don’t worry! Come & just bring an extra buck or two.

This time, we’re benefitting Community Bridges!

Since 1977, Community Bridge’s family of ten programs delivers essential services, provides equitable access to resources, and advocates for health and dignity across every stage of life to thousands of individuals and families in and around Santa Cruz.

Have Time to Help Out?

Sign up to volunteer - serve pie, wash dishes, or work the welcome table
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See you there!

Pie for the People

Support HODG Santa Cruz

Donate to cover things like envelopes, stamps for letters and more! Venmo: @CoriLand

DONATE HERE

About Us

We're Cori (they/them) and Gwen (she/her) Wolfland. We live in Santa Cruz, California. Gwen is a pediatrician in town, Cori is a business strategist. We started the HODG Santa Cruz chapter in March 2025 as a countermeasure to the fascist fracturing of our nation. We wanted to do something that would get people together while also doing good: cleaning beaches, writing letters to our reps, supporting people in need, meeting up for protests, etc.

We'd already been doing a few things, like running Pie for the People, but wanted to do more and get people together more often. HODG was already doing exactly what we wanted to – joining forces made sense! We live in Seabright with our two kids (Eloise and Margot), our dog (Huckleberry), and our cat (Karl - though technically he moved to grandma's when the kids arrived but we miss him dearly).

Submit an Action Idea

Have an idea for a HODG action? Blood drive, food drive, fundraising BBQ, letter writing party, etc? Tell us about it here and let us know about your availability to lead.

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