Share the Spirit 2016 stories of help and hope.
Loaves and Fishes trains slate of young chefs
Shelby Bolton, a 17-year-old student at Vicente Martinez High School in Martinez, wants to be a chef. She plans to go to culinary school in the fall, but a few months ago, she said, she “didn’t even know how to ...
Oakland’s F.A.C.E.S. program is music to young ears
Music teacher Bobby Eddings knows it’s not hard to get a kid to pick up sticks and start pounding out a rhythm on the drums. In fact, he could barely get little Sadiq Hasan, 7, to stop tapping the snare ...
Meals on Wheels provides nutrition to disabled WWII vet
Patch Curtis said he felt guilty for years about his son Joseph scheduling his work and his life around making meals for dad. Joseph Curtis had heard about Meals on Wheels and Senior Outreach Services in a previous life as ...
Bay Area nonprofit supports people with Down Syndrome and their families
Marta Avina was 5 months pregnant when she found out her unborn son had Down Syndrome. After delivering the traumatic news, a doctor at the Planned Parenthood Clinic in Concord told the couple he could help them terminate the pregnancy ...
