Host an Event
Build some good PR for your business while raising much needed funds for First Avenues: Housing Solutions for Families. You invite your customers, we invite our donors. Throw in some food and music and then donate a portion of the proceeds from sales at the event to First Avenues. It is a win-win event for all! For more information, please call 415-409-2100 Ext. 119 or email ssheedy@hamiltonfamilycenter.org.
Donate
Product
Do you have a product that your want to donate? New sheets and towels? New cooking utensils? Unused toiletries? Call or email us to see if our families can use them - 415-409-2100 Ext. 119 or ssheedy@hamiltonfamilycenter.org.
Encourage
Employees to Volunteer
We need volunteers to teach parents how to use the internet for job searches, homework help and more. We also recruit volunteers several times a year to help us carry out community building activities for our clients. These include a summer barbeque and a winter holiday party. Call 415-292-9930, Ext. 302 or email merlbaum@hamiltonfamilycenter.org for more options.
Make
a Donation
Do you have funding available for San Francisco non-profit organizations? Consider donating to First Avenues: Housing Solutions for Families. We would love to talk with you about our work and how you can be involved. There are many opportunities available. For more information or to set up a tour, please call Suzie Sheedy, Development Director, at 425-409-2100, ext. 119, or email her at ssheedy@hamiltonfamilycenter.org. Or, simply click here to make a gift to First Avenues online.
Salesforce.com Offers $50,000 Challenge Grant to Help Bridge Digital Divide Amoungst Homeless and Recently Housed Families!
Salesforce.com, the global leader in customer service software, has challenged Hamilton Family Center to promote digital inclusion amongst the families we serve. With a very generous $50,000 challenge grant, Salesforce.com is partnering with us to launch Technology Pathways: Computers for Families on the Road to Self-Sufficiency. This program will provide a combination of access, training, and equipment to families we have recently housed.
Through Technology Pathways: Computers for Families on the Road to Self-Sufficiency, we will provide:
· Desktop computers for each family (including a monitor, speakers and basic software),
· Internet Access for one year,
· In-home set up of computers along with a basic training, email account sign-in, and trouble shooting solutions for any problems that may arise, and
· On-going Community Computer Trainings
What is a Challenge Grant? How Can you Help?
A Challenge Grant is an exceptional opportunity for people like you to double their contributions! Every dollar you donate is matched – one for one – by Salesforce.com. For example, if you donate $1,000 to this project today, Salesforce.com will match your gift 100% -- doubling it to $2,000!
To partner with Salesforce.com and Hamilton Family Center on to double your money for digital inclusion please call our Development Associate, Megan Fitzroy at 415-409-2100 x120.