Dec 30, 2024
Season of
Sharing Fund gave some peace of mind — and dignity — to widower
Michael Sharpe as he coped with the death of his
wife.
A couple of years after his wife Kimberly died, Michael Sharpe
still keeps her clothes in the drawers and closets of his small
Novato apartment.
When Kimberly was first got diagnosed with...
Dec 24, 2024
Season of
Sharing Fund gave some peace of mind to Jose Guevara while he
focused on his daughter's health.
Jose is the proud papa of five, including Patti, 14, Richard,
13, and Emiliee, 5.
Patti Guevara’s pain started two years ago — in her back and her
knees. Doctors brushed off her father’s concerns, blamed...
Dec 23, 2024
Did you know it costs upwards of $50,000 to help one person find stable housing after they lose their home? Meanwhile, it takes just a couple thousand to help someone deal with an unexpected financial emergency and stay in their home. That is where the Season of Sharing Fund comes in.
Started in 1986, Season of Sharing...
Dec 16, 2024
Season of
Sharing Fund gave some peace of mind to retired nonprofit
leader Marlus Stewart.
Asking for help wasn’t supposed to be part of
Stewart’s story. She was the helper. But in 2019, the unimaginable
happened. Stewart’s son, her only child, died of suicide at age 50.
The grief was unbearable and struggling...
Dec 13, 2024
Season of Sharing Fund gave some peace of mind to aspiring boxing champ Keoni Washington, who became parent and breadwinner to his brothers after their mother passed away early in the pandemic. We meet him at the East Bay apartment he shares with three of his brothers. Keoni received rental assistance from Season of...