Stories - Share the Spirit

Please take a moment to help these East Bay organizations this holiday season. Their dedication and hard work have directly helped those in need in the Bay Area community. Read more about them and how you can help:

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A look at those we’ve helped throughout the years

Since 1989, Share the Spirit has helped those in need in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties and the rest of the Bay Area by publishing their “Stories” — an in-depth account of their hopes and struggles — in the East Bay Times during the holiday season. Readers responded generously with donations that helped these people and the organization involved. Here are some of those Stories from past campaigns:

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La Familia offers ‘peace of mind’ for thousands of East Bay residents

For weeks after his brother’s suicide in January, Jamaal Morgain barely ate. He refused to – he wanted to waste away, to spiral back into the dark pit of depression ...

2022

Legal aid nonprofit firm helps seniors in big ways

Donations will help Legal Assistance for Seniors provide individual legal services and community education programs to 500 people.

2023

Lincoln Families opened the doors for one mother to learn English — and so much about herself

Donations will help Lincoln Families support families during the holidays, providing turkeys, holiday foods, and gift cards so that parents can select and purchase gifts for their children.

2021

Lions Center helps people regain the independence they lost when their eyesight dimmed

Donations will help Lions Center for the Visually Impaired offer vision services to older adults, group classes and activities for those with reduced vision and early detection exams for eye diseases.

2021

Livermore’s Goodness Village a ‘tiny home’ paradise for unhoused people

Donations will help Goodness Village support 56 nonprofit agencies in Contra Costa and Alameda counties. Goodness Village will use its grant to fund staff who are available to support the residents 24 hours a day and help alleviate crisis situations.

2022

Martinez shelter welcomes struggling families

Shelter Inc. will use donations at its Mountain View Family Shelter in Martinez to help with cost of housing operations, client needs, food, transportation and supplies.

2021

Meals on Wheels Diablo Region offers more than food deliveries

Donations help support 56 nonprofit agencies of Meals on Wheels Diablo Region in Contra Costa and Alameda counties. Meals on Wheels will provide a year of Internet service for 50 low-income seniors to participate in Zoom health and wellness classes ...

2022

Meet the diabetic alert dogs who save lives

Donations will help Early Alert Canines support training and dog care and provide supplies to volunteer families who look after the animals before they’re placed with clients.