The Santa Cruz Mustang Club is an awarding winning, a non‑profit organization that donates time, money, appears in the community for events such as parades and car shows all for free. Our club spends about 50% of their time working on charity events and the other half is spent with our members on cruises and local events that are specific to the Santa Cruz Mustang Club. Our club has been recognized in the community for its outstanding efforts in charity work and working alongside the local community. The club has been invited many times as a special guest to help support local car shows here in Santa Cruz such as Hot Rods at the Beach, Cops and Rodders, Hot Rods on the Green, Relay for Life for American Cancer Society and Police in Pursuit for Special Olympics. Our newest partner in our charity efforts is the Scotts Valley Police Department's Peace Officer's Association. We are honored to be partnered with them for special events throughout the community.
We perform ten classical concerts in our regular season from October to May at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium and the Henry J. Mello Center for the Performing Arts in Watsonville. During each season we also perform special benefit concerts, and a reduced-admission Family Concert. Additionally, we demonstrate our commitment to education each year with Classroom Visits from our musicians, and our in-class music listening program, Classical Music Classrooms, which reaches over 4,000 elementary students throughout Santa Cruz County each year.
Tamara Cucchiara is known as the “The Succulent Diva.” She is considered the “go-to expert” in the community for her unique succulent art, designs, workshops and private events. Tamara makes public appearances at local nurseries sharing her knowledge on how to propagate, grow, design and care for succulents.