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These East Bay organizations were featured in the latest holiday season drive. Read more about them and learn how you can still help.

Please take a moment to help these East Bay organizations this holiday season. Their dedication and hard work have directly helped those in need in the Bay Area community. Read more about them and how you can help:

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A look at those we’ve helped throughout the years

Since 1989, Share the Spirit has helped those in need in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties and the rest of the Bay Area by publishing their “Stories” — an in-depth account of their hopes and struggles — in the East Bay Times during the holiday season. Readers responded generously with donations that helped these people and the organization involved. Here are some of those Stories from past campaigns:

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2023

Girls on the Run inspires self-confidence and strength in girls — at the age it’s needed most

Donations will help Girls on the Run provide financial aid and support for at least 25 low-income girls in Alameda and Contra Costa counties and pay for the training and supplies for six coaches in the region.
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2023

Woman’s career goal back on track thanks to Rubicon Programs

Donations will help Rubicon Programs provide provide job counseling, job placement, behavioral health and legal services for 1,700 people with barriers to employment.
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2023

Goodness Village sparks creative energy for formerly unhoused neighbors

Goodness Village will use donations to support a creative arts space in the organization’s planned building of a community center. The money will fund tables, storage and art supplies.
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2023

“Dad, you came!” This Contra Costa nonprofit is helping struggling families thrive

Donations will help the Child Abuse Prevention Council purchase $100 grocery gift cards for 60 families during the holiday season to use for a special holiday meal, traditional treats for children, or basic needs, reducing the extra stress and burden ...
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2023

Richmond nonprofit gives a boost to immigrant families looking to better their children’s lives

Donations will help Brighter Beginnings’ fund its “adopt a family” program and provide vouchers to 300 families for food, furniture, clothing, educational toys and many other unmet needs to 300 families in Oakland County and in West Contra Costa and East Contra ...
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2023

How one Concord garden made a world of difference, and a reason to get out of bed

Donations will help LITA maintain and expand patio garden projects at East Bay nursing homes, purchase personal electronic devices so residents can enjoy music and movies, and materials for holiday celebrations.
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2023

This San Mateo man — a former inmate — is now saving lives

Donations will be used by Horizon Services/Cherry Hill to create and distribute 1,000 safety and comfort kits to homeless individuals with substance abuse issues living in San Leandro and Oakland encampments and spread awareness of the sobering center.
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2023

Opportunity Junction helps job seekers find careers

Donations will help Opportunity Junction support 450 job seekers and low-income alumni with food baskets and gift cards to purchase food and necessities during the holidays, and help with transportation costs, rental and phone assistance.
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2023

Stepping out of the darkness and into the light

Donations will help the Bay Area Rescue Mission provide 20,000 meals for those in need of food during a six-week period. Meals are served 365 days per year to residents in the nonprofit’s shelters and to unhoused people in the ...
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2023

Berkeley organization provides community for people with disabilities

Donations will help BORP Adaptive Sports and Recreation provide instructor payments for 150 in-person and online fitness classes, providing 2,000 hours of fitness for individuals with physical and vision disabilities.
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2023

After years in the foster system, a young woman gets a room of her own

Donations will help First Place for Youth provide housing, counseling, education and employment support to 140 young adults ages 18-25 in Contra Costa and Alameda counties who are transitioning from the foster care system.
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2023

La Familia offers ‘peace of mind’ for thousands of East Bay residents

For weeks after his brother’s suicide in January, Jamaal Morgain barely ate. He refused to – he wanted to waste away, to spiral back into the dark pit of depression ...
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