The Ecumenical Hunger Program, serves a diverse population of individuals & families who are…read morestruggling financially to make ends meet. I cannot say enough how they have helped so many needs of the communities surrounding of East Palo Alto, and Menlo Park and those communities too. with food support, emergency boxes, household items. Besides volunteering you can donated your clothing, household items and furniture. It is a special place if you are in need of assistance. They have been helping the communities for over 50 Years.

Now I'm all set.. EHP is Pawsome. Started getting furniture in january 2025 and now i have a full…read morehouse in March. High quality, free delivery to certain areas... Compassionate and kind EHP staff. And I also want to Thank the people who donate to EHP ...community working together.

Wonderful organization! Super friendly and professional…read more This nonprofit has been around for the last seven years. Their volunteers do a great job fixing and refurbishing bicycles. I came in needing help with a punctured tire. I was in and out of there in no time. Please note the entrance is in the back of the building. Super friendly staff. I felt immediately welcomed and at home.

Analyzed problem and was able to fix it same day. Great…read moreservice, great prices. Very friendly and had everything we needed on site. We looked at their inventory, abused bikes, and it was extensive and had lots of good bikes at excellent prices. I like that it supports biking and safety in the community .

We hope is a very negligent opporation. Short staff lazy and careless they very rarely help with…read morehousing they don't care for the clients they keep the kitchen closed almost all day been here a very long time still no housing feeling hopeless

Terrible place, the you get as you enter this place is that your entering in Hell. This place…read moreshould be torn down it's so old and dilapidated. You immediately have to pass the desk and go through a dark hallway of lockers and creepy men are standing around making noises at you. Then you enter a big room with men on cots and bunk bed cots, it's like a bomb went off and it's dirty and nasty. They guy who serves the crappy food screams at people if they talk while he's serving the food, he has a real power issue as well as most of the staff. The women's sleep area that I was in is just as bad, if you get the bottom bunk it's so low to the ground you literally have to get on your hands and knees in order to get out of it. It breeds for bully mentality because people don't have a lot of power left but those bullies take advantage of the lights and heater advantages if they tend to be control freaks in normal life. The shit thing is that when you call one of two "hubs" which you have to in order to get into a shelter, and if you say that you don't want to stay at We Hope you get penalized and you can't get into a shelter for 14 days! So you either live in hell or you live on the streets. The other 3 shelters in the country are way nicer and the employees actually care unlike this place. Like I said they really need to tear it down and remodel and fire these current employees and hire decent people that has empathy towards people having the worst time in their lives.

hubby surprised me with a cheese making 101 class at collective roots this weekend. didn't know…read morethat this place existed in east palo alto and must admit was a little wary of the location, but once we got there it felt like we were at someone's private residence. there is a beautiful garden with herbs, vegetables, fruit trees, chicken coop with hens and roosters, and beehives! we made 5 different yogurts and cheeses in our short 3 hour class: -yogurt - went through the steps of yogurt making using culture from store bought yogurt -greek yogurt/yogurt cheese - let the yogurt drain and have a richer yogurt -cultured butter - yogurt culture in fresh butter -ricotta - super easy to make and enjoy -mozzarella - fresh mozzarella in 1 hour the class was enjoyable, we got to meet lots of new people and learned a lot about local produce and cheese making. the best part was using the fruits, herbs, and honey right from the grounds of collective roots! nothing like fresh, local produce. great experience...can't wait for cheese making 102!

From the owner: The Collective Roots Community Garden provides an opportunity for gardening skill-building,…read moreresource sharing, and community empowerment in East Palo Alto, CA. Operated by 501(c)3 non-profit Fresh Approach, the garden offers a place for community members to gain hands-on experience with organic gardening. Through our workshops, volunteer workdays, and community resources, we equip families with the skills and means to grow their own fresh fruits and vegetables. Residents of East Palo Alto can enjoy additional free resources, such as a tool lending library and free seeds, while qualifying residents can apply for free home garden installation and use of garden plots at the Collective Roots garden. By building a strong, sustainable network of local growers, we're improving access to healthy food while helping preserve the food sovereignty of the many cultures that call East Palo Alto their home.

Why are you trying to close the only two clubs in Pacifica when you have sufficient memberships and…read morejust got a 9M donation. We need to see your 1099. And why does Peter Fontonbaugh have a say in our area when he oversees the Palo Alto area and not the Peninsula?? @ Peter@BGCP.org Jenny@BGCP.org http://linkedin.com/in/jim-clark-a269025 Jim Clark?

Jon is smart, extremely patient and compassionate. Kids learn to build and code while having fun…read more My kids had classes during the Summer, and begged to go back in Fall. Highly recommend!

Jonathan has created a wonderful learning experience for kids. Our daughter is getting unique…read moreexposure to skills that she can build on for the future in a comfortable and supportive setting. Thank you so much! Highly recommended!

Kids Against Hunger is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing meals for children all over…read morethe world. Meals are packed during major disasters such as the Haiti earthquake and more recently, Hurricane Dorian which hit the Bahamas. Our Company had about 20 volunteers come here to help package dried food. It was great to help out a worthy cause and the event was also great for team building. We worked in close quarters in their warehouse, with 6-8 people per station. Two baggers, four food scoopers (soy protein, dehydrated veggies, vitamin powder, and rice), and two more for sealing the bags and weighing. Each bag had to be within 1% of a total mass target. They actually gave us some sample of the cooked product and its pretty good! Like a rice pilaf they might serve on airplanes, only vegan and high in proteins, fiber, and vitamins. A single bag feeds 6 kids. After 90 minutes, a total of 30 volunteers managed to pack 5616 bags, enough for 33,000 meals. You can also purchase some of these meal bags for $2 each. They may great emergency food for earthquakes, camping, or other emergencies. All you need is access to boiling water. Definitely recommend coming here as a team-building event or as individual volunteers. Kudos to General Mills for supplying all the food!

This is a great cause. I have volunteered here more than 20 times with my 13 year old. It is great…read moreto find places that allow kids that young. As much as the cause is great, I have observed on a regular basis team members being short and harsh with my kid if god forbids he drops a grain of rice. But not only that. These people should learn that there is a way of saying things and should practice gratitude a little more....

We are super grateful to have a place like Ronald McDonald! My daughter is recovering from a heart…read moresurgery and getting ready for a heart transplant. Being local to Stanford is necessary just in case of an emergency and this place is a blessing to us! I do have to say this place needs more cameras to avoid disguising people making a mess everyone! I hate entitled people who think they can make a mess and have someone clean it up. The staff is always super friendly. We are raising funds for a heart transplant please reach out to me directly for information on how you can help us share the fundraiser link. Just sharing it in your social media will help us enormously!

Really nice place for families that need a place while children are in the hospital. Place Is…read moreclean and has great resources

I worked at CAR from 1991 through 1998, as both a Home Companion and as a Residential Counselor. I…read moreenjoyed working with the clients. The CAR administrative staff, several of which still work at AbilityPath in 2020, needs more honesty and professionalism: I was fired for doing my job! One of the clients-- who normally had a nice disposition-- began showing signs of aggression and so I documented this. All my co-workers confirmed with me that the client was aggressive during their shifts, but they did not see a problem with it because all my co-workers were somewhat new and never saw him when he was nicely behaved. And so his aggressive behavior was "normal" to them and therefore they didn't see anything 'out of the ordinary' about it and tended not write about it in the staff log. One day in late 1998, the then current CAR group home manager-- a young guy who had only been working for a few weeks and whom I only met once-- received a call about an allegation that I had "hit a client" which shook me to the core: never did I ever hit a client (or any other human being for that matter). CAR then told me that the client in question only became aggressive around me, which is 100% bullsh*t! The client, who had a developmental disability and was very low functioning, had a tendency to agreed with everything anyone told him. If you told him "Lynda [or whoever] sexually assaulted you, right?" the client would have said "Yes!" Of course, I never played those kinds of games with him but someone obviously did and I was fired for absolutely no reason. Or rather I was fired for doing a great job of documenting his behavior and someone--- a parent or an admin staff-- wanted me gone. It was very upsetting and traumatic being accused of something I didn't do. Further, the kangaroo court at CAR was so bogus and incompetent that they never brought in the cops or Adult Protective Services, two agencies that would have (I believe) saw through CAR's unprofessional investigation. If someone was indeed hurting the client, CAR should have done a better investigation and found out who did it and not scapegoated an innocent, loyal staff. I am no longer angry at CAR, just disappointed in their lack of ethics and professionalism. CAR shamed and humiliated me. I recall the CAR group home I worked at had six different managers in a 5 year period, and some of which were very immature, rude, and inexperienced. One manager even lived in the group home, which I found bizarre and highly unprofessional. All totaled, I have worked with people with developmental disabilities for 29 years for a variety of agencies. CARs false allegation about me hitting a client was the only time I was ever accused of such an allegation. I honestly feel that the CAR admin staff did not care about the Truth-- they just wanted to protect their ass by scapegoating and firing me. Shame on CAR. Perhaps the parent of the client felt vindicated. Now is the time for transparency, ethics, and high standards. Thank you for allowing me to share this painful experience with you. One more thing: CAR told me the reason I was fired was because of Licensing. Licensing told me the reason I was fired was because of CAR! Crazy, huh?

I have heard about this Community Center for decades and even played basketball in the gym. I was…read morenew to the area and really didn't know that this was the place that I had once exercised and played ball. Now I am teaching hand drum classes there and I have first hand knowledge of it's excellent service to the community and the dedicated staff which runs the place day in - day out. This is a place where you could send your children to swim, dance, learn music & other languages. If you haven't been there lately - I'd say give another look at Onetta Harris Community Center for your extra learning experience.

OHCC is a wonderful community center on the edge of Belle Haven. The staff is friendly and you can…read morework out in their gym for $1.00 a day. They also do rentals. The classrooms are clean and it is always fun to see the kids running in and out of there.