Posts Tagged ‘nonprofit’
Milo Foundation fundraising for kennel repairs
Since opening its doors as a no-kill rescue over two decades ago, the Milo Foundation has helped place over 8,000 animals into their forever homes. But after all those years of temporarily housing animals, the non-profit’s kennels are beginning to show some serious wear and tear. On top of that, founder and director Lynne Tingle…
Read MoreNonprofit brings music education to Richmond school
As part of the zSharp program at Peres Elementary School, teacher Sonia Hardway instructs her students in the fundamentals of music while also instilling teamwork and compassion in them.
Read MoreUC Berkeley’s Richmond Global Campus expected to spur housing construction
During a City Council meeting Tuesday, Mayor Butt’s office and a number of development experts gave a presentation on public policy initiatives to improve the availability, quality and development of affordable housing. The presentation centered on how The University of California, Berkeley’s Richmond Global Campus will increase development in the city.
Read MoreNonprofit MedShare repurposes unused medical tools by donating to local clinics
Many times a day, in Bay Area operating rooms like those at Kaiser Permanente Oakland, nurses lay out a set of surgical tools from which doctors can choose. Surgeons often pick one or two instruments from the bunch, leaving the rest to be discarded. Rather than clog local landfills, those unused surgical tools now can…
Read MoreMentors needed for Bay Area youth
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area, a local chapter of one of the nation’s biggest youth mentoring organizations, has about 750 children and teenagers in the Bay Area waiting for a mentor.
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