Community Corner

A student at Camp Edmo enjoys a science activity outdoors. (Edventure More)

Community Corner: Bay Area Nonprofit Encourages A Smart Summer

As Bay Area families gear up for summer activities, one local organization says it’s important to avoid summer learning loss, or “brain drain.”

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Madeline Trumble as Mary and Con O'Shea as Bert in the Broadway tour of Mary Poppins. (JEREMY DANIEL)

Community Corner: Berkeley Native Stars As Broadway’s Mary Poppins

Everyone’s favorite nanny is flying into the Bay Area this week. The national tour of the Broadway musical Mary Poppins opens for a short run in San Francisco May 8th at the Orpheum Theatre.

2013/05/05

Freedom House reaches out to survivors of human trafficking. (FreedomHouseSF.org)

Community Corner: Bay Area Nonprofit Celebrates Trafficking Survivors

Freedom House, a locally based nonprofit, has been invested in rebuilding the lives of trafficking victims one by one for the past three years.

2013/04/28

The Film Society Awards Night gala at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in Union Square on May 3, 2007 during the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival. (Tommy Lau, courtesy of San Francisco Film Society)

Community Corner: Films From San Francisco To Senegal At Annual Festival

San Francisco film buffs should clear their schedule for the next two weeks. It’s time for the 56th annual San Francisco International Film Festival coming up April 25th through May 9th.

2013/04/21

Community Corner: New Coupon Site Helps Bay Area Schools

A new fundraising program has just launched in San Francisco with the hopes of helping local schools suffering from budget cuts.

2013/04/14

Fruit sale on the streets of Kampot, Cambodia. (Keteka.com)

Community Corner: Bay Area Man Offers Traveling Peace Corps Style

If your idea of a great travel experience is going to remote villages and being the only tourist in sight, hanging out with the locals, and lending a helping hand to local communities, there’s a new site you should check out.

2013/03/03

Boys and Girls Clubs San Francisco Youth of the Year 2012 nominees. (Boys and Girls Clubs San Francisco)

Community Corner: San Francisco Teens Recognized As Future Leaders

Seven Bay Area teens will be recognized for their community service and leadership on Thursday, January 31st, when the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco presents the 2013 Charles Schwab Citywide Youth of the Year.

2013/01/27

Students design, create and build through the Studio H curriculum. (Studio H)

Community Corner: Design-Based Education In Berkeley

A local designer and educator based in Berkeley describes her unique curriculum in her newly released book “Tell Them I Built This: Transforming Schools, Communities, and Lives with Design-based Education.”

2013/01/20

A volunteer mentor with her mentee (Friends for Youth)

Community Corner: Bay Area Kids Seek Mentors

For more than three decades a local nonprofit has been reaching out to at-risk youth by providing mentors. To date, 2,000 young people have been mentored by volunteers through Friends For Youth.

2013/01/13

Habitat for Humanity continues to help rebuild homes in Haiti after the devastating quake in January 2010. (Habitat for Humanity International)

Community Corner: Bay Area Man Helps Rebuild Haiti

President Jimmy Carter, his wife and a team of volunteers traveled to Haiti recently to build homes in Léogâne the epicenter of the January 2010 earthquake.

2012/12/09

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