Your Opportunity to Serve

One on one time with struggling students two hours a week will help a child reach their potential. A short amount of time can make a big impact.

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Our Programs

Breaking the Cycle of Poverty

Our programs help close the achievement gap by providing literacy skills, science learning experiences, and career mentoring and internships.

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Recent Media

See the transformative impact the community can make on the life of a young student at the crossroads of promise and risk.

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Make a Difference

Reading Tutor

60% of Oakland 3rd Graders read below grade-level average. For them, it’s more than just learning to read. It’s about reading to learn.

Share the joy of reading with a child

Math Tutor

One-on-one teaching helps struggling students learn math concepts.

Give a child confidence in their critical math skills

Mentor

Nearly 40% of Oakland high school students are dropping out. Be a role model –open their eyes to career opportunities through education.

Build tomorrow’s workforce today

Food Bagging

Students often go hungry over the weekend, and are unprepared to learn on Monday morning. Health4Kids provides a bag of nourishing food and recipes for children to take home from school every Friday.

Provide healthy food for children

Library Helper

In 2014 nearly one-third of Oakland public school libraries were closed. Library assistants help keep libraries open and provide the resources for students to become life-long learners.

Save a school library today

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Testimonials

"We continue to move forward academically since we have worked together. I don't think this would have been possible without our partnership. You provided many of our students with inspiration and consistency. You are our extended family. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts."

Wendi Caporicci

Former Principal at Emerson Elementary ,

“We’ve been given these gifts, time, talent and resources, and there just seemed to be an opportunity to reach out and have an impact on elementary school students, helping them grow confidence in their math and reading skills, and making a good connection with them. We’ve been blessed.”

Dennis Burke

Tutor,

"We appreciate our relationship with Faith Network. Our leaders were impressed and inspired by the partnership and commitment to the community in the Bay Area. Your dialogue and contributions left our US leadership team with a lot of impressive ideas to consider as the Firm continues to look for ways to increase the effect of PwC’s Earn Your Future (financial literacy program) across the country."

Jennifer L. Belardi

PwC San Francisco Geography Marketing,