Good Works
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Fair Play
Olenka Villarreal is the brain behind the Magical Bridge Playground, the all-inclusive Palo Alto children’s sanctuary inspired by her daughter.…
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Giving Kids a ‘Head Start’ in the Mission
Santiago Ruiz, CEO of the Mission Neighborhood Centers, has launched a campaign to raise $14 million over three years for…
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San Francisco Suicide Prevention’s ‘Laughs for Life’
Illustration by Iris Lei In 1962, with the Summer of Love a bubble under San Francisco’s surface, six volunteers rallied…
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Mission Bit Takes Back Tech
Founded in 2013, Mission Bit gives Bay Area kids living through poverty a leg up in the region’s most viable…
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A New Lesson Plan
Journalism teacher Esther Wojcicki by Spencer Brown. Palo Alto High School journalism teacher Esther Wojcicki wants to transform the classroom…
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Stubbornly Optimistic
Tom Escher didn’t take no for an answer. Now, he’s set to launch a hydrogen-powered ferry in San Francisco Bay.…
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Judy Guggenhime, Queen of Hearts
Chaired by Judy Guggenhime, the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation celebrates 15 years of Hearts in San Francisco — the…
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Ruthie Kim of Because Justice Matters
Ruthie Kim grew up in the picturesque English countryside and now works every day in San Francisco’s gritty Tenderloin. A…
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Remarkable Returners
It used to be that taking time “off” to raise a family, act as a caretaker or volunteer meant you…
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SF Firefighters Play Santa Claus
Take two of the things kids love most, put them together and voilà: You have the San Francisco Firefighters Toy…
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