Back-to-School Day at the Free Clothing Program
This past Thursday (8/23) was St. Anthony Foundation’s First Annual Back to School Family Clothing Service Special Event! And special it was! Over the past year, we have seen a dramatic and alarming...
View ArticleClearing the Way for a New St. Anthony’s
Last week, a construction crew from Nibbi Brothers General Contractors demolished the final walls of our original Dining Room (view photos HERE). This bittersweet moment marked a critical juncture for...
View ArticleA Journey to the 21st Century
Meet Rudy. I just did, as he walked into the Tenderloin Technology Lab, a partnership between San Francisco Network Ministries and the St. Anthony Foundation, along with around 40 other people this...
View ArticleWelcome to the 25th Annual Curbside Donation Drive!
As we see year after year at St. Anthony’s, the abundance of gifts from people in the Bay Area is truly awe inspiring. If you’re a return donor to curbside, you’ll notice many changes this year as we...
View ArticleWednesday November 14th is World Diabetes Day
Clinic patients and community members dance to lower their blood sugar at Diabetes Day 2011 St. Anthony Medical Clinic has hosted Annual Diabetes Day every year for the past eight years. We do this...
View ArticleBreaking Ground
Guest blogger Maura Hurley is a St. Anthony’s volunteer. The sky was cloudy, but the day was joyous on Golden Gate Avenue as San Francisco notables and a host of other visitors and guests celebrated...
View ArticleThe Miracle Continues
Last Thursday, January 24th was quite an exciting day for St. Anthony’s. It was the day we broke ground for our New Dining Room at Golden Gate and Jones. Here are the remarks of our Interim Executive...
View ArticleIt’s a Tsanitary Tsunami: Help Women in Need
Believe it or not, there are women in our own community who do not have access to feminine hygiene products. Take a moment. Consider what your life would be like without hygiene products?...
View ArticleAnnouncing St. Anthony’s New Executive Director: Barry Stenger
St. Anthony Foundation, our Board of Trustees and our Board of Directors are pleased to announce the appointment of Barry J. Stenger as our Executive Director. In St. Anthony’s 63 year history of...
View ArticleWomen’s Health Day at St. Anthony Medical Clinic
Yesterday we celebrated National Women’s Health Week at St. Anthony Medical Clinic by hosting a special Women’s Health Day. This year we featured several educational sessions on breast health,...
View ArticleHonoring the Workers of the New St. Anthony’s Dining Room
The New St. Anthony’s Dining Room is rising on the corner of Golden Gate and Jones. Often when we talk about this amazing building going up, we focus on how our generous donors are making it happen,...
View ArticleReflections on the 2013 Hunger Challenge by St. Anthony’s Executive Director,...
For me the most challenging thing about challenges is that what ends up being the most challenging thing is never what I thought was going to be the most challenging thing. This has been borne out...
View ArticleReconnect This Holiday Season
At St. Anthony’s, dignity is always in season. This is especially true during the holidays when people yearn for a place where they feel welcome and appreciated. As the days get shorter and the...
View ArticleDiabetes Outlier Day
Through working with our patients here in this community we realized that there was a sub group of our total diabetic patient population that had consistently poor control of their diabetes. We...
View ArticleTwitter Nonprofit Fair: New Volunteers from the Neighborhood
Twitter’s Nonprofit Volunteer Fair connected St. Anthony’s with a plethora of new volunteers. Folks were interested in volunteering in our Tech Lab, Dining Room, and offering pro bono services. We met...
View ArticleTogether, We’re Giant
Last Friday, the San Francisco Giants honored four volunteers who have made an extraordinary commitment to St. Anthony’s. Noel Turner & Elena Anaya of our Dining Room, Heather Knox-Sloan of our...
View ArticleBike-By Sock Drive for Feet on the Street
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition & St. Anthony’s “Paired Up” for a Bike-By Sock Drive last week. In less than two hours, we collected nearly 500 pairs of socks, along with cash donations to buy...
View ArticleThe People’s Dance Floor
Long-time St. Anthony’s volunteer Tweety turned the steps of the State Capitol into The People’s Dance Floor at last week’s Hunger Action Day rally in Sacramento. Click here to watch her bust a move.
View ArticleHunger Action Day
St. Anthony’s believes that access to adequate, nutritious and safe food is a fundamental human right. Last week, we rallied the troops and headed to Sacramento to join California Hunger Action...
View ArticleOn Schedule to Serve San Francisco
The scaffolding’s coming down, the drywall’s going up, and we’re on schedule to open the doors to the New St. Anthony’s Dining Room this fall. When construction’s complete, we’ll be able to serve 43%...
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