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First Lady Michelle Obama, won’t you help a mother out?
June 23, 2009 – 6:00 am | No Comment
First Lady Michelle Obama, won’t you help a mother out?

Yesterday First Lady Michelle Obama came to San Francisco’s Bayview district to kick off the call to public service United We Serve. How cool is that? She was joined by California’s First Lady, Maria Shriver …

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The Bay Area Diaper Bank Has Closed Its Doors
June 22, 2009 – 10:15 am | 6 Comments
The Bay Area Diaper Bank Has Closed Its Doors

As previously reported, The Bay Area Diaper Bank recently closed due to lack of funding. If you think you might be interested in taking over the diaper bank, we can put you in touch with …

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What Not to Donate
June 19, 2009 – 9:04 am | 3 Comments
What Not to Donate

We appreciate all of your donations, we really do, but while sorting supplies we found some things in our drop bins that are, shall we say, somewhat less than useful. Things like ancient, stained baby …

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15,000 Diapers!
June 17, 2009 – 9:01 am | 6 Comments
15,000 Diapers!

Diapers galore, by tangobaby.
I think it’s safe to say that our May Diaper Donation Drive was a smashing success: In one month, our supporters donated 15,000 diapers to families in need, plus thousands of travel-sized …

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Craig is totally checking us out
June 11, 2009 – 8:20 pm | 6 Comments

As longtime users and fans of Craigslist, we’re honored and thrilled by this shout-out on Craig Newmark’s blog. Over the past 15 years, Craigslist has touched practically every aspect of my life: I’ve gotten awesome …

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CalWORKS Spared — For Now
June 11, 2009 – 8:00 pm | One Comment

Yesterday, guest poster Angie generously shared her personal experience as a CalWORKS recipient, and her well-founded fears that the program would fall victim to the California budget crisis. We were all set to post a …

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