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John Weidinger Honored for Decade as School Volunteer

“Many of the people I arrested had little or no education, and I vowed to do something about that when I retired,” explained John Weidinger, Cleveland Elementary volunteer and winner of San Francisco General Hospital’s Hearts and Heroes award.

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Volunteers Help Bridge Communication Gaps

In an effort to increase parent involvement in schools, the San Francisco Education Fund has partnered with San Francisco Unified School District to create a volunteer interpretation program to help bridge communication gaps.

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Past Stories

  • How Volunteers Are Transforming America

    Shirley Sagawa’s book, The American Way to Change: How National Service and Volunteers Are Transforming America, tells the stories of people dedicated to service and the nonprofits that engaged them. San Francisco Education Fund is proud to be among the organizations featured as a high-impact volunteer program in the book. Learn more about the book at www.waytochange.com.

  • Michelle Obama Visits Brett Harte Elementary School

    (June 22, 2009) U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and California First Lady Maria Shriver joined 500 volunteers building a fantastic new intergenerational playground for the Bayview community. Read more.

  • Volunteers featured in statewide PSA

    California Volunteers recently featured two volunteers from Thurgood Marshall Academic High School in a statewide PSA. Watch the video.

  • Vietnam Refugee Named Volunteer of the Year

    (Asian Week, October 28, 2008). Hoa Tran Gives Back to Immigrant Students at Newcomer High School. Read more.

  • S.F. Schools Sometimes Rely on Kids to Translate Bad News To Parents

    (SF Weekly, August, 2008). Discusses School Volunteers program to place Cantonese- and Spanish-speaking translators in city classrooms. Read more.