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The Network of Care, founded by Janet Frazier in 2004, provides in-hospital meals -- the assembly-line workers call them "Bags of Hope" -- to feed and comfort families going through an emergency with their children. The various assembly lines are composed of 150-200 special needs young adults who are spread through three Contra Costa County schools.
This nonprofit sends free books to children ages 0-5, providing the stepping stones for cognitive development, Kindergarten readiness and lifelong academic success.
A Livermore-based nonprofit that serves the Tri-Valley's chronically homeless population has helped two residents start their own arts business.
For almost seven years Lilia Vizcaino handled janitor duty at a coffee shop near UC Berkeley, cleaning up at closing time. But Vizcaino, who came from Mexico and now lives in Albany, wanted something better for her and her family. Today Vizcaino no longer mops floors at a coffee shop. She’s the owner of her own coffee shop, El Tiny Cafe in Berkeley. It’s a cute joint that caters to the neighborhood with Americanos and iced horchata lattes, made with coffee beans from women-owned farms in Mexico. The kitchen serves sandwiches, overnight oats and avocado toast with eggs and salsa matcha, and...
A young mother from El Salvador is finding “a new world of hope" with the help of Lincoln Families, an Oakland nonprofit.