Category Archives: Health and Medicine

George Mark Children’s House

George Mark Children's House

George Mark Children’s House is a nonprofit organization that provides the gift of time to children with life-limiting illnesses and their families – time for kids to be just kids and parents to be “mom” and “dad”, instead of round-the-clock …
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Tweaker.org

Tweaker.org

What is tweaker.org and where did it come from? In 1997, the Stop AIDS Project posed a very important question to some movers and shakers in San Francisco’s gay community: What are the most important issues around HIV transmission among …
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The Women’s Community Clinic

The Women's Community Clinic

The mission of the Women’s Community Clinic is to improve the health and well-being of women and girls. We believe preventive, educational care is essential to lifelong health and that all women deserve excellent health care, regardless of their ability …
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The Health Trust

The Health Trust

Mission Statement The mission of The Health Trust is to lead the Silicon Valley community to advance wellness. Vision and Initiatives The vision of The Health Trust is to make Silicon Valley the healthiest region in America—a place where every …
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Tax Aide – AARP Tax Counseling

Tax Aide - AARP Tax Counseling

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide, an AARP Foundation program, helps low- to moderate-income taxpayers have more discretionary income for everyday essentials, such as food and housing, by assisting with tax services and ensuring they receive applicable tax credits and deductions. AARP Foundation …
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Ronald McDonald House of San Francisco

Ronald McDonald House of San Francisco

Parents of an ill child are not prepared for the emotional and financial toll an illness takes on the entire family. Today, highly specialized hospitals can save the lives of children who would have been lost ten or even five …
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Food for Thought – Sonoma County AIDS Food Bank

Food for Thought - Sonoma County AIDS Food Bank

Located in Forestville, California, Food For Thought is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to meeting the nutritional needs of persons living with or affected by AIDS/HIV disease in Sonoma County. The organization was founded in 1988. Since that time, we …
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Flying Doctors – Los Medicos Voladores

Flying Doctors - Los Medicos Voladores

Los Médicos Voladores (LMV) — in Spanish, the flying doctors — is a volunteer-based nonprofit organization that aims to improve the health and well-being of geographically diverse peoples through education and the provision of no-cost, high-quality medical, dental, and optometric …
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Family Resource Library

Family Resource Library

Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford 725 Welch Road Palo Alto, California 94304 (415) 497-8102 What is the Family Resource Library? The Family Resource Library is dedicated to helping patients and families become active participants in their own health …
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Eden I&R, Inc.

Eden I&R, Inc.

For 35 years, Eden I&R has been successfully fulfilling its mission of “linking people and resources” by consistently and creatively responding to the community’s changing needs. The agency’s services are the results of collaborations that depend on the work of …
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