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BAY AREA CHARITY NEWS


Bay Area charities see uptick in donations on Giving Tuesday. Here's how you can help
Giving Tuesday is a day that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give. It was created in 2012 to encourage people to do good....


Bay Area Girl Scouts Lend a Helping Hand
Girl Scouts from troop 61707 visited the Bay Area site this Summer to help with puppy socialization and a few volunteer activities. They...


Bay Area Non-Profit Launches 24/7 Crisis Text Line for Teens
The Bay Area youth charity, A Brighter Day, has officially partnered up with Crisis Text Line; now anyone can text BRIGHTER to 741741 to...


San Jose woman's nonprofit gives foster teens, young adults path to academic success
Nationwide, about half of all foster kids drop out of high school and fewer than 3% make it through four years of college. A Bay Area...


Bay Area Girls Find Their Inner Strength in the Outdoors
Something personal had been weighing on Mai Da Silva’s mind the summer before her freshman year in high school. She thought about that...


Bay Area food banks experiencing ‘alarming’ volunteer shortages
Five major Bay Area food banks are calling on the public to help after all the nonprofits reported “alarming” volunteer shortages in...


DrawBridge welcomes new year with donations of art supplies to children across the Bay Area
Staff and volunteers from the arts nonprofit DrawBridge are delivering hundreds of high quality backpacks filled with art supplies to...


Family Giving Tree reaches major milestone of 2 million gifts
For 31 years, Family Giving Tree has made the holidays brighter for low-income families in the Bay Area by distributing toys, books and...

South Bay nonprofits get school supplies to low-income kids
Two local nonprofits expect to provide school supplies to almost 3,000 low-income students through their respective back-to-school...
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