Share the Spirit 2019 stories of help and hope.
Marine combat veteran credits Swords to Plowshares in quest to become defense attorney
(Photo: Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND — From the time he was 15, U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran Bruce Calderon knew his ultimate career goal: Become a public defender and work in the juvenile justice system helping incarcerated and ...
Opportunity Junction delivers careers
Jackie Gerstenberger has been a hard worker all her life, first stepping in to raise her six siblings, then working for a grocery store for 17 years, and then spending 14 years as a stay-at-home mom raising her adopted son ...
Down Syndrome Connection helps Bay Area parents celebrate their children
(Photo: Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) It was perhaps the last thing Carissa Thilgen had expected — to learn the child she was carrying inside her would be born with Down syndrome. Then she found Down Syndrome Connection of the ...
Share the Spirit announces grantees for 2019 Share the Spirit
Share the Spirit is pleased to announce the grantees for 2019. 2019 Stories will be coming soon. 2019 Grant Recipients Allen Temple Health & Social Services Legal Assistance for Seniors ARM of Care LITA of Contra Costa Assistance League of ...
