Publications > PVF Blog

We invite you to look at PVF's blog, where you can find posts from our President and Executive Director, in which they write about the places they visit and the people they meet. In addition, you can read guest posts from PVF grantees as well as learn about projects we fund.

Below are a few snapshots from our blog:

Where's Bill? Witnessing a Community Strengthen Through Dance

I had occasion to recently visit Half Moon Bay and become familiar with A.L.A.S. (Ayudando Latinos a Sonar/Helping Latinos to Dream), a program which serves the Latino community. On my visit, small children were learning Mariachi dance, little girls with their dresses spread out and twirling around on the floor. Parents were sitting along the wall watching and chatting...read more

Where's James? Checking Out All the Fresh Food the SF Food Bank Has to Offer

I recently visited the San Francisco Food Bank at the recommendation of one of PVF’s donors. During my visit I met with their Executive Director, Paul Ash, and Associate Director of Policy & Advocacy, Teri Olle, to discuss the systemic issues preventing higher participation in CalFresh, California’s food stamp program...read more

Tackling the Bay Area's Inequality Gap

The inequality gap is widening in the Bay Area.  We are starting to see a tale of two cities unfolding before our eyes, as the gulf widens between the haves and the have-nots.  We see it in the anger that drove the Occupy Movement and the more recent protests against the Google buses as symbols of the Silicon Valley elite.  At PVF, we see it daily in the front lines of poverty that are bleak deserts of opportunity...read more

Helping CASAs Promote a Normalcy Rarely Experienced by Foster Children

“I want to come again!” Hearing those words was so very special for Linda, a volunteer with CASA of San Mateo County.  CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of San Mateo County partners caring adults with children who have come under the court’s protection because their parents can’t or won’t take care of them.  CASA volunteers meet weekly with a child and spend more one-on-one time with their children than any of the professionals involved in a child’s life...read more

 

 

 

 

 

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