5 Ways You Can Support Your Local Parks
I recently attended a SF Chamber of Commerce forum with Rec & Parks Director Phil Ginsburg. Phil shared the impressive work of he and his staff to keep our city’s parks and recreation programs from crisis.
The bottom line: San Franciscans LOVE their parks, but federal, state and local budget deficits trickle down to mean millions [...]
Trees and Communities Need One Another
Over the weekend, Rosa Parks Elementary, a school in the heart of the San Francisco’s Western Addition, hosted a group of volunteers who planted trees alongside the school. The SF Chronicle highlighted the good work of Friends of the Urban Forest, the efforts of neighbors to beautify their streets, and the power of volunteerism to transform [...]
Civic Engagement through Government Inquiry
I get frustrated with the seemingly intractable problems of local government — why are Muni fares going up while on-time rates are so poor? Why is it hard for families to get assigned to great public schools they like? I complain and debate with friends about these and other challenges of our great city, but [...]
MLK Day: A Day On, Not a Day Off
“Life’s most persistent questions is: What are you doing for others?” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Service is a really important aspect to our mission here at Craigslist Foundation. Everyday, we work to connect people and organizations to the resources they need to strengthen communities and neighborhoods.
Over the past year, we’ve volunteered our [...]
Build-A-Bed Project in Kentucky
The folks at Build-a-Bed are doing great things. We met Melissa from Build-a-Bed last year at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Their project was one of 50 chosen for the Clorox Clean Up Facebook Challenge. The top five projects will receive $10,000 and a spread in People magazine.
In May [...]
Being Judgmental for VolunTV
In October, I was invited to be a judge for the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s VolunTV Challenge. This contest built off iParticipate’s week of volunteer-focused TV programs by inviting people to imagine how their favorite nonprofit could be incorporated into a TV show.
The list of judges was pretty stunning, ranging from film star Ashley Judd, [...]
Craigslist Foundation’s Day of Service
We volunteered at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation to help with their HIV prevention programs. We packed about 800 safe sex kits and prepped >2000 syringes for their needle exchange program. We’re trying to formally integrate a culture of service into our organization, and this was the first experiment. We had a lot of fun, [...]
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