Bay Area homelessness nonprofit offers necessities to ‘reduce stress’
These days, Fred Pena strains to remember the years he lived out of his car in the Bay Area. Feelings are easier to access. “There’s a sense of dread,” Pena …
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Stanford Children’s Health Teen Van treats underserved youths
As she’s done many times before, sophomore Nicole Zamora grabbed a hall pass, went to the front of the East Palo Alto Academy school, entered the massive vehicle in the parking …
Where does all the surplus stuff from tech companies go? To schools, thanks to RAFT
In classrooms around the Bay Area, old Adobe Acrobat DVDs, rubber bands and straws are leading rich second lives. The donated materials, delivered to schools by the nonprofit RAFT and …
Preventing homelessness and hunger in Sunnyvale
Things were looking up for Benjamin Johnson. After a few years living out of his car in Fremont, he’d landed an apartment in Sunnyvale and a steady job as a cook …
Paralyzed veterans learn life, work skills from competitive sports
Marine Corps veteran Kyle Hansel of Pacifica is making a belt for his mother, using lessons, skills, and a renewed faith in himself gained from competitive sports despite hands and …
Richmond nonprofit gives mothers helping hand with childcare
There may come a day when 2-year-old Mauricio runs into a real-life problem that feels unfixable. In the meantime, though, nothing in the world is too tall a task for …
Doctors said they’d never walk. But at San Jose’s Timpany Center, they do.
Gerardo Garay is up to his chest in the crystal blue water of the pool at the Timpany Center in San Jose. With both hands, he steadies Kenny Fernandez, who …