Three Generations Of Philanthropy!

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When Cathie Conner moved her family to California's Placer County 10 years ago, she didn't hesitate to find a way to give back to the community.

So she did her homework, realized the Placer Community Foundation was doing "incredible things," and founded the Cardoza Conner Be Kind Fund, the Sacramento Bee reports.

"It's good to give back because it reminds people that there's still good in the world, even when it's hard to see sometimes," she says.

Her father, Bob Cardoza, was a philanthropy icon in Modesto, and started the Cordoza Family Foundation before community foundations were even a thing.

"He believed in paying that forward and helping others as much as possible," says Cathie Conner, who has served on the boards of Girl Scouts Heart of Central California and Gigi's Playhouse and on the board of the Stanislaus Community Foundation after the Cordoza Family Foundation funds were rolled under its umbrella.

Now Cathie Conner's daughters are serving on the board of the Cardoza Conner Be Kind Fund, and they've even come to the first meeting of the foundation when they were children.

"I think it's so important for them to see the needs in the community and to have

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