Community Partnerships

An initial collaboration between the Daughters of the Charity Foundation and the Junior League of Palo Alto∙Mid Peninsula allowed the Center to establish our presence in the community and to secure the facilities and volunteers needed to serve local Spanish speaking families at the Center.

Since then, numerous organizations and individuals have supported the Center financially, with facilities renovation, by creating and executing new programs, and by raising awareness of our cause.

We always welcome new partnerships, especially from local organizations, schools, and businesses that are looking to give back to their local community. We also invite organizations who would like to share and collaborate on providing direct services to our local community. Please contact us for more information on how your group can get involved.

Our Community Partners:

• Daughters of Charity Foundation
• Philanthropic Ventures Foundation – a long time financial supporter of the Center
• Junior League of Palo Alto ∙ Mid Peninsula, Inc. – the Center is providing the space and some resources for their Project STEAM project in early 2018
• Stanford Artspan – Stanford student volunteers teach art
• Stanford University-Haas Center for Public Service and Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Program in Community Engaged Learning – Several students per quarter teach a weekly class to the Centers’ students in the areas of health, writing, wellness and ESL
• East Palo Alto Library – The Center hosted the library’s summer reading program for East Palo Alto
• Able Works – The Center refers women to their Liveable program, which teaches economic self sufficiency
• Carl Gellert and Celia Bertha Gellert Foundation – A long time financial supporter
• Facebook – Their local community fund for STEM programs for our older children
• St Francis High School – Students have provided volunteers and gifts to our families
• Jane Stern and her book club – One-on-on volunteers reading buddies
• All Saints Episcopal Church – Volunteers for conversation clubs and reading buddies
• Nuestra Casa – The Center collaborates with Nuestra Casa to exchange ideas and to refer students
• Sequoia Adult School — Our teachers have attended their ESL training sessions
• Project Read — Teacher Training workshops
• Ravenswood Health Clinic – Our students have participated in surveys to improve services
• San Mateo County Library System — installed a Big Lift Little Library (book exchange program)