Human Services

Human Services
Gifts at Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)
Gifts at Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)
Gifts at Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)
Gifts at Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)

Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)

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About the Organization BOSS helps people in crisis to build skills and social connection, access services and resources, and turn their lives around — people impacted by homelessness, disabilities, generational poverty, community or domestic violence, former incarceration and other crises. BOSS provides emergency shelter, housing, health/mental health services, education, training and employment services, child/family services, violence intervention/prevention, trauma recovery support for survivors of violence, and civic engagement. Our mission is two-fold: helping people in need right now, while working to end the root causes of inequity and injustice.

Gifts at Dorothy Day House
Gifts at Dorothy Day House
Gifts at Dorothy Day House

Dorothy Day House

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About the Organization We are a nonprofit that focuses on support people in the transition from unhoused to housed. We feed the community 365 days a year, feeding 250 people a day. We have a drop in that operated 365 days a year and provides showers, mail, laundry, storage, and respite as well as recourses. We also operate Berkeley winter shelter a well as Inclement weather shelter and 3 year around shelters. We believe in leading with love and accountability.

Gifts at Insight Housing
Gifts at Insight Housing

Insight Housing

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About the Organization Ensuring everyone in our community has a home through supportive and sustainable housing solutions. We envision a world where everyone has food and housing security in a caring community that they call home.

When you give to Insight Housing you open the door to shelter and hope for a neighbor experiencing homelessness. Now through the end of the year, all donations will be DOUBLED up to $75,000 by an anonymous donor.

Gifts at Options Recovery Services
Gifts at Options Recovery Services
Gifts at Options Recovery Services
Gifts at Options Recovery Services

Options Recovery Services

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About the Organization This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to stand with Options Recovery Services in our mission to ensure that every person—regardless of their circumstances—has access to compassionate, evidence-based substance use disorder treatment and a real chance at recovery.

Every day, people walk through our doors seeking stability, healing, and hope. With your support, we provide critical services including housing, case management, treatment programs, workforce development, and re-entry support. Your generosity helps break the cycle of addiction, homelessness, and incarceration for thousands of community members.

This Giving Tuesday, your gift directly supports:

* Safe and stable housing for participants rebuilding their lives
* Access to treatment and counseling
* Basic needs like food, clothing, and transportation
* Career pathways through recovery workforce partnerships
* Second chances for individuals returning home after incarceration

When you give to Options, you give someone the dignity, support, and opportunity they need to begin again.

Gifts at Seva Foundation
Gifts at Seva Foundation
Gifts at Seva Foundation
Gifts at Seva Foundation
Gifts at Seva Foundation

Seva Foundation

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About the Organization Compassion is not just about helping those less fortunate than ourselves, it’s about the realization that we are all connected as one human family. That sense of compassionate service motivates all of Seva’s work, as we build sight-saving programs that support people around the world in their efforts to build healthy communities. Seva’s blindness-prevention programs span many cultures and countries.

Make a Gift of Sight this holiday season in honor of a friend or loved one, that person will receive a card featuring photography from around the world created exclusively for Seva. You can include a personal message in addition to Seva’s description of how your gift will change someone’s life.

Gifts at Women's Daytime Drop-In Center
Gifts at Women's Daytime Drop-In Center
Gifts at Women's Daytime Drop-In Center
Gifts at Women's Daytime Drop-In Center
Gifts at Women's Daytime Drop-In Center

Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center

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About the Organization Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center provides free hot meals, groceries, hygiene for unhoused and low income families. Assessment & housing referrals for unhoused Berkeley area families; resources, referrals, counseling, workshops, transitional housing program and more. Serving the Berkeley area since 1988. Annually provide about 40,000 pounds of free food to about 5,000 persons. More than 100 volunteers assist annually!

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