Category Archives: Peninsula
Kimochi
Since 1971, Kimochi has provided culturally sensitive, Japanese language-based programs and services to 3,000 Bay Area seniors and their families each year. Services include transportation; referral and outreach services; health and consumer education seminars; healthy aging and senior center activities; … 
Foundation Fighting Blindness
The Foundation Fighting Blindness is dedicated to funding innovative research to find preventions, treatments, and cures for inherited retinal degenerative diseases. More than 10 million Americans are affected by blinding retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP), macular degeneration, and …
The Book Club of California
We print limited edition and letterpress publications collected by individuals, libraries, and institutions around the world, and host dynamic programs and exhibitions that offer insight into publishing, printing, literature, and the history of California and the West. Our special collections …
Prescott Circus Theatre
Description of Organization and/or Volunteer Opportunities Available: Prescott Circus Theatre challenges Oakland youth to live our core principles of hard work, teamwork, perserverance, and belief in oneself. We deliver against our mission to promote the skills and confidence our children …
African Library Project
http://www.africanlibraryproject.org
The African Library Project was founded in 2005 by Chris Bradshaw and her family from Portola Valley, California. While visiting remote villages in Lesotho, a small mountainous kingdom in Southern Africa, Chris was inspired to work toward ending the cycle …
Streatsteam
Downtown Streets Team is transforming homelessness through building community. Teams of unhoused volunteers change perceptions of homelessness while beautifying our streets. Through engaging in a supportive community, Team Members (unhoused participants) gain confidence and tools to achieve their goals for …
ARTogether
https://www.projectartogether.org/
ARTogether is a community-building creative arts project, guided by the principle that art can serve as a means of expression that transcends language and culture, while it lays a foundation for managing and overcoming trauma. ARTogether facilitate social gathering, family …
Sprouts Cooking Club
http://www.sproutscookingclub.org
Sprouts Cooking Club is a nonprofit culinary organization. We strive to empower youth from all backgrounds to eat and live sustainably through teaching them how to cook healthy foods for themselves and their families. We offer classes on a sliding …
Contra Costa Humane Society
CCHS is a private, non-profit 501(c)3 organization that serves Contra Costa County animals and the people who love them. We are an individual organization and not related to any other humane society, SPCA, rescue group, county shelter or government agency. …
Cityteam
Cityteam is a nondenominational Christian nonprofit compassionately serving the poor, the homeless, and the lost in San Jose, Chester, San Francisco, Oakland, and Portland. Since 1957, Cityteam has been serving people in extreme poverty and helping them transform their lives, …
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