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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Honoring Our Donors

A special thanks to those who have helped make the Bay Area a better place​

We would like to commemorate these people who, through their kindness and sacrifice, have aided those in need and create positive change in our community. Their generosity has left a lasting impact, inspiring hope for a brighter future. We are deeply grateful for their commitment and the difference they continue to make. We would also like to thank those who chose to remain anonymous despite their generosity.

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Previous Stories

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

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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2023

Oakley woman gets around fine without sight, with a little help from Lions Center

Donations will help Lions Center for the Visually Impaired support its three lines of assistance to those 55 and older who are blind, are experiencing vision loss or who are at risk of losing their sight.
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2023

A unique roommate finder helps Bay Area seniors stay in homes

Donations will help Home Match stabilize the housing situation for 30 or more individuals in Contra Costa and Alameda counties by establishing 15 new compatible matches.
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