Bay Area Community Resources

Our students need your help to continue thriving in the outdoors! Help us make an impact by donating to Sherman Elementary Public School's Outdoor Education Program!

The community at Sherman is strong and resilient, and we have risen to the challenges of these times by creating a brand new program based in our local parks to keep our student safe, healthy and thriving. 

Over the past few months we have seen just how successful this type of education can be.  Nature-based learning has been the perfect balance for our students who have been in school virtually for the first half of the day. Our classes take place in sand dunes, under the redwood trees, and next to a natural spring. Our students are building their social-emotional learning, increasing their STEM knowledge, and amplifying their San Francisco history by tracking animal foot prints, identifying local animals, and building with materials of the forest (sticks, rock, mud)! Take a moment to listen to our family testimonials to hear just how beneficial this program has been to them - click here 

We hope to support other schools and programs to develop similar initiatives across the city. However, due to major cuts in funding and heavy reliance on family fees and our commitment to serve all of our families regardless of ability to pay,  our program is struggling to stay afloat. 

Where will donated funds go? 
All funds donated will go directly back into the Outdoor Education program to keep us running and help cover scholarship spots to make this program accessible to all our students. 

Our educators are dependent on this job, our families dependent on this support, and our children need this crucial opportunity to connect with nature and their peers. 

Any donation will help and you can increase your impact by sharing this with any in your community - especially those who are committed to conservation and outdoor education. 

You can follow our updates on our website www.sharksuntildark.com

A Home Away From Homelessness is an after school program that helps homeless and formerly homeless teens break the cycle of poverty by providing them with a stable, loving community of support.  We are a wrap-around program that seeks to fill the many gaps that these kids inherit.  Here, students receive one-on-one tutoring from volunteers, healthy meals, cultural enrichment activities and outdoor education, life skills training like cooking classes and Krav Maga, and help getting jobs and getting into college; all this within a close, loving community that pays attention to their individual needs and gives them both the inspiration and the tools to succeed.  We are not a stop-gap program--if there’s a need we identify it and address it.  Our mission is to change the trajectory of these kids’ lives by giving them a clear vision of success and the support they need to get there!

Today, the thing our program needs most urgently is computers.  Much of our students' homework has moved online, and computer literacy has become a prerequisite for success in our society.  From research, to online math programs and learning tools, to programming and computer literacy classes, working computers are essential for preparing these kids for the future. 

We are trying to raise $12,000 dollars by the end of January to provide the computer access that these kids need to succeed! 

In our busy world many of us don't have the time to volunteer, but if you would like to be a part of the solution please make a donation today!

At Home Away our mission is to end second generation homelessness in the families we serve.  We believe that all kids deserve an equal shot at success.  Please help us make this dream a reality!

Happy Holidays, and thank you for caring!