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Project Snapshot: Stepping Stone Mabini Day Health Center
The Project: Since 1991, Stepping Stone Mabini Day Health has been a destination for independence, health and happiness. Located in the heart of the SOMA district, it is within walking distance of four senior living buildings in the Yerba Buena neighborhood. They help San Francisco seniors and adults with disabilities improve their health and maintain their independence in the community. Read More »
Project Snapshot: SF Day Labor & Women’s Collective
The Project: SF Day Labor and Women’s Collective (SFDLWC) is part of Dolores Street Community Services (DSCS). The SFDLWC has a long history in the community, fighting for rights of immigrant workers to have dignified work and making sure they receive fair pay. SFDLWC connects workers and employers to develop over time a self-sustaining network to encourage economic independence. The organization requires employers to pay a minimum of $50 for 3 hours of work and $15 for every hour thereafter. They serve roughly 600 members annually and 120 daily. The majority of members are homeless. Read More »
Project Snapshot: Martin Luther King Middle School
The Project: Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Alternative Middle School serves a large percentage of special needs children in addition to children whose families reside in low income, high-risk neighborhoods. Read More »
Project Snapshot: Mission Neighborhood Center
The Project: Since 1959, the Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc. have provided quality programs that promote self-sufficiency and community growth for San Francisco’s children, youth, families and seniors through Child Development Programs, Youth and Senior Services Programs. The MNC is a culturally sensitive, multi-generational, community-based organization focusing on low-income families. Read More »
Project Snapshot: Marina Middle School
The Project: Marina Middle School has 818 students grade 6-8 and 124 staff. They are located in the Marina neighborhood of the city. MMS is not just a school and is not just a place where kids stay for the day, but a central and beloved part of the Marina neighborhood with frequent cultural and community events open to all people of all ages. Read More »
Project Snapshot: Le Nain Hotel
The Project: The Le Nain Hotel is an SRO (single room occupancy) dwelling that has been part of the Direct Access to Housing (DAH) program since June 2000, and has been used exclusively as a senior housing project (ages 55 and up) for DAH. Delivering Innovation in Supportive Housing (DISH) has been providing property management for the Le Nain Hotel since July 2007, making sure that the housing provided is clean, safe, and secure. The Le Nain Hotel is a four story building with a newly-modernized elevator, offering 86 housing units. Read More »
Project Snapshot: Excelsior Action Group
The Project: Excelsior Action Group is a volunteer-driven, community based, nonprofit organization that leads and implements a variety of community projects. They hope to revitalize the San Francisco Excelsior Neighborhood’s Commercial Corridor by involving residents, merchants, neighborhood associations and city agencies through activities aimed to reinvigorate, green, beautify, strengthen and unify their diverse community. They continue to respond to the community’s ideas, projects, and energy around the economic viability and diversity of the Excelsior. Read More »
Project Snapshot: SFUSD Environmental Science Center
The Project: The Environmental Science Center (ESC) at Fort Funston has sought to nurture an environmental ethic among students through experiences that increase awareness and knowledge of both their natural and man-made surroundings. Housed in a recycled army barrack on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the ESC provides classroom and overnight programs that include community-building activities, nature walks, journal writing, night hikes, and campfires. Read More »
Project Snapshot: CounterPULSE
The Project: CounterPULSE is a non-profit theater, performance space, community center, and gallery with roots deep in the Bay Area’s provocative performance and dance scenes. CounterPULSE produces its own shows, helps support local artists and activists with its programs and can be rented for productions and rehearsals. Read More »
Project Snapshot: Asian Neighborhood Design
The Project: Asian Neighborhood Design (AND) is a non-profit architecture, community planning, employment training, and support services organization dedicated to helping disadvantaged individuals and communities become self-sufficient. Read More »
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