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BAY AREA CHARITY NEWS
Marin mayors deliver food to seniors struggling amid pandemic, inflation
Mayors from across Marin joined the San Rafael nonprofit Vivalon to help deliver meals to needy seniors this week. The annual “March for...
After closing its winter homeless shelter, Oakland’s St. Mary’s Center tried something new
“Chicken or steak?” “I like the steak and my brother wants chicken.” On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Vera Sloan pulled burrito after...
Food truck brings hot meals, essentials to San Jose homeless
In an effort to serve more unhoused people, one nonprofit sends a food truck out to encampments to meet people where they are. Dubbed...
Bay Area Girls Find Their Inner Strength in the Outdoors
Something personal had been weighing on Mai Da Silva’s mind the summer before her freshman year in high school. She thought about that...
Bay Area food banks experiencing ‘alarming’ volunteer shortages
Five major Bay Area food banks are calling on the public to help after all the nonprofits reported “alarming” volunteer shortages in...
Resource Fair Brings Warm Clothes, Services To San Jose Homeless
Worrying about the living conditions at one of the largest homeless encampments in the Bay Area, a local nonprofit hosted a resource fair...
DrawBridge welcomes new year with donations of art supplies to children across the Bay Area
Staff and volunteers from the arts nonprofit DrawBridge are delivering hundreds of high quality backpacks filled with art supplies to...
Family Giving Tree reaches major milestone of 2 million gifts
For 31 years, Family Giving Tree has made the holidays brighter for low-income families in the Bay Area by distributing toys, books and...
Operation Freedom Paws celebrates a decade of helping veterans with service dogs
Operation Freedom Paws is celebrating a decade of life-changing therapy. The nationally renowned nonprofit organization pairs veterans,...
South Bay nonprofit unveils market for food-insecure clients
In creating a new space for clients to choose their food, West Valley Community Services not only upgraded but rebranded the space in its...
South Bay nonprofits get school supplies to low-income kids
Two local nonprofits expect to provide school supplies to almost 3,000 low-income students through their respective back-to-school...
How Santa Clara County non-profits and parishes came together to distribute 17 million meals
As COVID-19 spread across Santa Clara County in March 2020, local charities heard the first pleas for help and developed a new food...
“Just a people person” has been handing out joy for years, getting back smiles at work and at a home
You may not be able to see it, but even covered by a Covid mask, Bobby Thomas’s smile lights up the meat counter he presides over at...
Sharks Foundation, SAP Provide Grant to CityTeam For Mobile Food Pantry
The Sharks Foundation and SAP have partnered to provide a $500,000 grant to local non-profit organization CityTeam (@CityTeam) to fund...
How service dogs safeguard, deepen relationships and save us from ourselves
Leadership coach John Bates was speaking at a TED conference in front of a huge audience when his dog Flash walked across the stage,...
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