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How Volunteers Are Transforming America

Shirley Sagawa’s new book, The American Way to Change: How National Service and Volunteers Are Transforming America, tells the stories of real people who have dedicated themselves 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.

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Past Stories

  • 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.