The downtown Oakland neighborhood that houses the SVdP Community Center and Free Dining Room is one of the most distressed in Northern California. Nearly a third of area residents subsist on incomes below the poverty threshold. Nearly half of single-mother households in the area live below the poverty line.

Unless you’ve totally unplugged from the interwebz, you’ve probably heard about Small Business Saturday. I thought it would be a great opportunity to highlight a small business owner who is changing the world by changing …

Photo credit: BluLima Etsy store.

This is SO freaking cool.
You know the Causes application on Facebook?
Safeway and Von’s are now offering CAUSES GIFT CARDS for purchase throughout California stores.
From Causes website:
$25 and $50 Causes Gift Cards are now available in …

Guess what.  It’s a whole year later and there are still people who can’t afford diapers.  Okay, so we didn’t fix the problem.  Not that we ever thought we would in one …

If you know the back story of HAMO, you know we were appalled to learn that many families across the country lack affordable access to these items. So when you’re out and about doing your holiday shopping on Black Friday (or on Cyber Monday), why not buy an extra pack or case of diapers to donate to your local food bank, diaper bank, or of course, directly to HAMO.