South Bay nonprofit helps families endure the impossible when their child has cancer By Grant Stringer December 26, 2025 at 3:54 a.m. Jacob's Heart, a nonprofit in Watsonville, serves children with cancer and their families.
South Bay’s Furry Friends brings fuzzy love to South Bay kids, seniors, patients, families, veterans, inmates By Ethan Baron December 24, 2025 at 7:06 a.m. Facilitating meaningful contacts between human and beast is central to the mission of Furry Friends.
South County Community Services helps those in need move from homelessness and hunger to hope By Luis Melecio-Zambrano December 21, 2025 at 11:10 a.m. South County Community Services helps those who face poverty, homelessness and food insecurity in southern...
For this South Bay nonprofit helping adults with disabilities, getting a new set of wheels is a big deal By Stephanie Lam December 18, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Life Services Alternatives wants to raise $38,900 to purchase a new van
Wish Book: Bay Area health clinic reduces health disparities through free services By Molly Gibbs December 16, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Created in 2022, the Healthy Development Community Clinic at San Jose University has served over...
A place for South Bay seniors to make friends and stay active — with a little help from a robot By Paul Rogers December 15, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Live Oak Adult Day Services brings smiles and activities to elderly residents, and a respite...
Wish Book: Heart of the Valley provides valuable assistance to seniors in need By Jim Harrington December 14, 2025 at 10:42 a.m. Roughly half of these clients are in Santa Clara, whiles others are in San Jose,...
Students get hands-on lessons about Santa Clara Valley’s past at History Park By Sal Pizarro December 12, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Wish Book readers can help History San Jose bring students in for field trips and...
The Independence Networks gives adult students with disabilities the opportunity to become the teacher By Grace Hase December 11, 2025 at 5:08 a.m. Students work with one of the program's instructors to develop their own course.
Wish Book: At StreetCode Academy, kids and underserved communities learn the language of technology By Ryan Macasero December 10, 2025 at 4:42 a.m. A Fremont father credits a free East Palo Alto tech academy with opening doors for...
‘My days consisted of tears’: South Bay parents band together to provide help, hope By Jim Harrington December 8, 2025 at 4:26 a.m. Nonprofit offers assistance to parents raising loved ones with developmental delays.
Seven years later, South Bay nonprofit that supported girl through cancer raises money for her college By Caelyn Pender December 5, 2025 at 5:07 a.m. “The moment that we were told that they were raising this money, my wife and...
Wish Book: Cancer CAREpoint offers a lifeline of support By Katie Lauer December 5, 2025 at 4:34 a.m. Cancer CAREpoint provides a place where patients can find community and encouragement from others’ stories...
Wish Book: Neighborhood Hands uplifts, gives sense of belonging to unhoused South Bay residents By Devan Patel December 2, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Neighborhoods Hands' park cleanup and resource fair has become a vital lifeline for unhoused residents...
Wish Book: Feeding souls, forging connections in the South Bay By Linda Zavoral December 3, 2025 at 2:13 p.m. Funds for Friends of Grace will help keep the hot, healthy meals coming in 2026
Wish Book: When ICE fears kept people at home, this South Bay nonprofit brought the food to them By Julia Prodis Sulek November 28, 2025 at 8:36 a.m. Our giving series kicks off with Santa Maria Urban Ministry, which has been taking groceries...