Stories of People We Help
Below are stories of people who were helped by organizations supported by REDF. Read about how they have overcome barriers in their lives to find sucess through employment.
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JoshJosh is one of five 2011 Stuart G. Moldaw Step Up Award recipients. Click here to learn more about the award and the other recipients. More » |
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PamelaPamela is one of five 2011 Stuart G. Moldaw Step Up Award recipients. Click here to learn more about the award and the other recipients. More » |
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VanessaVanessa is one of five 2011 Stuart G. Moldaw Step Up Award recipients. Click here to learn more about the award and the other recipients. More » |
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DavidDavid is one of five 2011 Stuart G. Moldaw Step Up Award recipients. Click here to learn more about the award and the other recipients. More » |
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TyroneTyrone knows the streets. He grew up in one of San Francisco’s public housing projects, hung out on the corners, served time in prison. But now he has turned his life around and is using what he learned on the streets to change the lives of others. As one of the founders of Green Streets, a community owned and operated business that provides recycling and composting services, Tyrone is an entrepreneur with a vision. More » |
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D's StoryD shared his story with us in 2008 There are 12,000 people living in San Francisco without a home. D isn’t one of them any more. As a fourteen-year-old in 1979, D remembers riding in his father’s car. He watched out the window as they passed a man walking down the street pushing a shopping cart loaded with everything he owned. Homeless. More » |
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J's StoryJ shared his story with us in 2008 When you look into J's eyes you can see that he’s someone who has a plan for his future. J dropped out of school when he was 17. By most measures, he wasn’t on a path that would lead to success. A year after leaving school, he didn’t have career prospects because he wasn’t even looking for a job. He spent his days hanging out on the streets near his San Francisco Visitacion Valley home. More » |
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Tom's Story*After finishing college, I moved to San Francisco to have some fun, meet guys and get high. I found what I was looking for, but after awhile, things weren’t going so well. I had a fight with my best friend — she didn’t want to know me anymore. People said I was hard to get along with. Then I lost my low-paying restaurant jobs. I started working for temp agencies, but they would end my assignments after only a few days and wouldn’t call me anymore. More » |
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