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 …
Nonprofits
La Familia offers ‘peace of mind’ for thousands of East Bay residents
For weeks after his brother’s suicide in January, Jamaal Morgain barely ate. He refused to – he wanted to waste away, to spiral back into the dark pit of depression …
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 …
Girls on the Run inspires self-confidence and strength in girls — at the age its needed most
At just past 4 on an October afternoon, a dozen girls began to run. They were told to circle a piece of Danville’s Sycamore Valley Park. But unlike track practice, …
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 …
Hundreds receive Thanksgiving turkeys at food pantry giveaway in Livermore
Blanca Alvarez’s 12-year-old son Andres has been worried his family won’t have a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner this year. He loves when friends and relatives come together for the occasion …
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich adds power to YWCA Inspire Luncheon
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich may have been made famous by the Oscar-winning movie starring Julia Roberts, but she proved she’s got her own star power at the YWCA Golden Gate …
Can the new film ‘Uncharitable’ change people’s minds about “overhead” at nonprofits?
NEW YORK — All Hands and Hearts makes a promise in big letters on the front page of its website: “95 cents of every dollar is spent on our programs.” …