Coins for the Community Tops $150,000!

Thanks to the generosity of our loyal clientele, we raised $3,399.85 in May for Lava Mae’s portable showers for our unhoused neighbors; $2,519.51 for veterans’ programs at Swords to Plowshares in June, as well as $1,967.00 at our June Bucket Sale for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. Our July collection for the women’s programs at Mary Elizabeth Inn and Oakland’s Elizabeth House brought in $3,983.03, and our August Bucket Sale brought in an additional $4,980 for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. This now brings our grand total to $150,145.89 since our program began!

Our intern, Camille, presents Colleen Corliss, director at Swords to Plowshares, with a check for $2,519.51!

For the month of August, our monthly collection is againearmarked for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals in San
Francisco and Oakland and we’ll report those numbers in our holiday issue.

For September, we will help out our friends at St. Anthony Foundation, whose mission is to feed, heal, shelter, clothe, lift the spirits of those in need, and create a society in which all persons flourish. This mission is guided by five values: healing, community, personalism, justice, and gratitude.

In October, we will raise funds for Bay Area Young Survivors (BAYS), which offers monthly support group meetings with free childcare, an active online network, and community-building events for young women with breast cancer in the San Francisco Bay Area.

It’s easy to donate to Coins for the Community! Simply drop your spare change in any of our collection jars or choose the “donate” option when you’re checking out at any of our registers. Or bring in that old jar of pennies that’s collecting dust on your dresser.