A NEW HOUSING OPPORTUNITY The St. Francis Center has an excellent opportunity to make a dent in the otherwise overwhelming housing crisis. We need YOUR help to purchase Casa de Sobrato, a 48-unit building in Redwood City and turn it, in perpetuity, into low-income affordable housing. We are doing what few others are:
OUR BEAUTIFUL NEW BUILDING St. Leo's is a recent addition to our collection of low-income housing properties in North Fair Oaks. Completed in spring 2017, St. Leo's provides beautiful two bedroom apartments, community living spaces, study areas for school-age children and proximity to the Siena Youth Center. As with all of
MIRACLES HAPPEN DAILY HERE
HOME SWEET HOME Our new 15-unit apartment building dedicated to very low and low income families is almost ready. It was such fun to celebrate it with the community and some of the new residents. It will be even more fun to have them move in on July 7th, 2017!
MUSIC, DANCING, EATING, & FUN Music, dancing, eating, and eating, and eating, touring, learning, loving, and community-making . . . that was what this event was about. Thanks so much to Sue Mitchell (our Chair and energy!) behind this event; you did a superb job. Thanks to everyone who pitched
A ST. FRANCIS CENTER EVENT Please join us for a relaxing afternoon of entertainment featuring the Santana Tribute Band "Caravanserai" on Sunday, June 25th, to benefit the St. Francis Center of Redwood City. Though admission is free, proceeds from all food, beverage and vendor purchases will go toward funding low income
BUY OR LEASE A SUBURU AND SUPPORT ST. FRANCIS CENTER Putnam Subaru has designated us as their hometown charity! So, every Subaru that you lease or purchase will bring $250.00 to the St Francis Center. If you're leasing or purchasing a car, please buy it from Putnam Subaru and $250.00
CHALLENGE GRANT We are so excited to announce the reception of a Challenge Grant from the Sobrato Family Foundation!!!! This grant is a 2:1 Challenge Grant. The first payment was made up front for a total of $90,000! We must now raise $90,000 from private, first-time, lapsed, or current donors
OUR EIGTH GRADERS HAVE A GOAL Our eighth-grade graduating students have been asking about a field trip all year long. They know that other schools get to go to exciting places and we're hoping that they too could go to a great field trip! Going to Washington DC would be
GIVING A VOICE Yesterday some of our awesome kiddos and our Bulldog Riders Advocacy class presented to the North Fair Oaks Council the need for bike signage to green spaces in our community. The project was received very well by the Council and they plan to adopt the findings for
