Category Archives: Health and Medicine
Arthritis Foundation – Northern California Chapter
http://www.arthritis.org/chapters/northern-california
The Arthritis Foundation is the only national not-for-profit organization that supports the more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions. Founded in 1948, with headquarters in Atlanta, the Arthritis Foundation has multiple service points located throughout the country. The … 
American Heart Association
Our mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all we do. The need for our work is beyond question. The American Heart Association is reducing the devastating impact of heart disease …
American Diabetes Association
Our mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. We lead the fight against the deadly consequences of diabetes and fight for those affected—by diabetes. We fund research to prevent, …
AIDS SF Walk
http://www.aidswalk.net/sanfran/
Since 1987, AIDS Walk San Francisco has raised nearly $74 million for HIV programs and services in the Bay Area. For 23 years, the event has been a model of cost-effective fundraising and extraordinary community activism. In 2009 alone, 25,000 …
AIDS Volunteer Clearinghouse
1904 FRANKLIN STREET, SUITE 211 OAKLAND, CA 94612 (510) 419-3970 MISSION To foster volunteerism in previously untargeted populations, i.e., people of color and people of diverse sexual communities. To generate, recruit, train, and refer, on an ongoing basis, volunteers from …
AIDS Research Institute At UCSF
The AIDS Research Institute (ARI) coordinates and integrates all AIDS research activities at the University of California, San Francisco. The ARI stimulates innovation and supports interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at all aspects of the epidemic domestically and around the world. Bringing …
AIDS Emergency Fund
AIDS Emergency Fund responds compassionately to the AIDS crisis by providing immediate, short-term financial assistance to help people disabled by HIV/AIDS to cover their basic human needs and stabilize their living situations. VISION STATEMENT AIDS Emergency Fund operates with low …
ACCESS: Women’s Health Justice
ACCESS removes barriers and builds the power of women to achieve reproductive justice. Most people believe that reproductive health care is easy to get in California, because we enjoy some of the strongest reproductive rights in the nation. Medi-Cal covers …
Berkeley Free Clinic
http://www.berkeleyfreeclinic.org
The Berkeley Free Clinic was founded in 1969 as a “street medicine” clinic that quickly found a niche and a permanent home in the Berkeley community. It has become an icon in the area, and has served countless thousands in …
O.B.U.G.S.
The mission of OBUGS is to build healthy communities through programs offered to children, youth, and families in a network of school and neighborhood gardens, green spaces, and farmers’ markets. OBGUS’ vision is that children from disadvantaged families will be …
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