Oakland Leaf
Oakland Leaf runs after school programs at 6 low-income elementary schools in the East Bay, provides high school internships, and even has a 4-week summer camp for middle and high school students. We serve more than 1,000 students annually, and all programming is provided free of charge to our participants.
Carmen Flores Recreational Center
Carmen Flores Recreation Center is located in the heart of Oakland’s Fruitvale district. Diverse recreational programs are offered at low cost for tiny tots, youth, teens, adults and seniors.
Elder Ashram
Elder Ashram moves away from old ideas of eldercare and assisted living. Elder Ashram introduces ashram living and aspires to be a community of people where all its members continue to learn and serve. Rather than focusing on assistance, ashram living focuses on purposeful living. Rather than thinking we elders need care, we focus on what elders contribute to our own lives and humanity at large.
Center for Elders’ Independence
They support participants’ in any medical, social, emotional and nutritional needs. They work together to create a personalized care plan that may include some or all of CEI’s services. These depend on medical needs, which may change over time. In-home care is given to people who need it for medical reasons.
East Oakland Boxing Association
The East Oakland Boxing Association (EOBA) is about much more than boxing. EOBA is focused on improving lives through education and mentoring, promoting health and wellness, providing cultural enrichment, developing youth leaders, and building a better community.
CityTeam Oakland
CityTeam is founded on meeting local needs. Their programs across the United States offer help and hope to those in need with hot meals, shelter, life transformation programs, clothing, hygiene items, learning and career help, discovery Bible studies, and so much more. Each city has customized programs to specifically meet the needs of their community.
St. Vincent de Paul
Volunteers are a vital part of St. Vincent de Paul’s efforts to help those in need, including children, seniors and entire families. SVDP serves up to 700 hot meals per day to people in need. The Dining Room is a vital doorway to other social services for those whose lives are often at a standstill. The welcoming atmosphere sets the stage for many to seek out other SVdP services right there on the downtown campus.
Spanish Speaking Citizens Foundation
This organization is to help East Bay families improve their lives, embrace their heritage, and develop as civic leaders by promoting educational enrichment and civic responsibility.
West Coast Children’s Clinic
WestCoast Children’s Clinic is committed to providing psychological services to vulnerable children, youth, and their families regardless of their ability to pay and to expanding the reach of psychological services through practice and research. To ensure the ongoing availability of these services, WestCoast is dedicated to training the next generation of mental health professionals.
ROOTS Health Clinic
Founded in Oakland, California, the mission of Roots Community Health Center is to uplift those impacted by systemic inequities and poverty. We accomplish this through medical and behavioral health care, health navigation, workforce enterprises, housing, outreach, and advocacy.
Planting Justice
Since 2009 Planting Justice has built over 450 edible permaculture gardens in the San Francisco Bay Area, worked with five high-schools to develop food justice curricula and created 40 green jobs in the food justice movement for folks transitioning from prison.
Native American Health Center
Native American Health Center’s mission is to provide comprehensive services to improve the health and well-being of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and residents of the surrounding communities, with respect for cultural and linguistic differences.