New year, new 'Monthly Cause'! I recently met a neighbor that works at Code Tenderloin - another local org that I've never heard of! Code Tenderloin believes everyone deserves the opportunity for physical, mental, and economic well-being. Transitional backgrounds including unemployment, homelessness, addiction, incarceration, or any other barriers do not define your future. Code Tenderloin puts individuals on the path to full-time, living-wage employment. They remove barriers for vulnerable communities and people living below the poverty line. Code Tenderloin's free programming and community outreach includes job skills and tech training, networking opportunities, basic family services, violence reduction, and more. Sounds like much needed support - we will be collecting money for this org in Jan & Feb this year.
From their website:
A Letter From Our Founder
As the Executive Director of Code Tenderloin, I am honored to lead such a passionate team, dedicated to helping people change their lives for the better. Code Tenderloin was started with the idea of bringing economic equity to the marginal and needy populations living in and around the San Francisco Tenderloin neighborhood.
Every day in the Tenderloin, people have to resort to all types of menial and sometimes illegal behaviors in order to provide themselves and their families with the basic needs and wants in life. When you cross over Market Street, it is a whole different world simply because people are in jobs making $80,000, $120,000, or more a year. I wanted the people in the Tenderloin and other San Francisco neighborhoods to be able to gain access to those same opportunities for economic stability. I wanted them to face the decision of where they were going to send their kids to college, rather than if they could send them.
Code Tenderloin is the people we serve and our success is measured in the changes in their lives, the lives of their families, and the strength of their communities. Since its beginning in 2015, Code Tenderloin has helped hundreds of folks move up to the next level of living—gain a community, become housed, stay out of prison, and realize they can get a job or career. Many of our graduates have gotten nice apartments, cars, and well-paying jobs. Many have returned to school, following their dreams, and building their education. One is even pursuing her law degree.
As Code Tenderloin grows, the one thing that will never change is that we put the people we serve and our ability to best support them first. Thank you to everyone who has given their time, energy, and generous donations to support us and our people. Together, we have changed so many lives. Together, we can continue to change many more.
Sincerely,
Del Seymour
*2% of profits from services and 10% of profits from retail over the next 2 months will go to this organization. Donate directly on your own here!*
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