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Join us for Feet on the Streets! Come meet your neighbors & talk about what community safety means to you. Safe streets, public services, an end to illegal dumping & trash. We are committed to the safety and wellness of our community. We walk together on Wednesdays from 4 to 5 pm in May with neighbors. We will be gathering in the parking lot of St. Mary’s Center at 925 Brockhurst St. #oakland #affordablehousing #StrongerTogether #feetonthestreets
St. Mary's Center Council of Elders president Keith Arivnwine and East Bay Asian Local Development Council staffer Annie Ledbury door knocked neighbors about community issues along the San Pablo Avenue corridor last Saturday as part of our work with the San Pablo Area Revitalization Collaborative.
We had 8 great outreach team members throughout the day from Hoover Foster Resident Action Council, Friends of the Library, West Oakland Neighbors, and 24 additional people signed up to get involved in protecting affordability for residents and small businesses, engaging new leaders, and improving well-being.
Formed in 2014, the San Pablo Area Revitalization Collaborative (SPARC) is dedicated to improving health and wellbeing of 8,000 residents living near and along 1.5 miles of the San Pablo Avenue Corridor and the surrounding neighborhoods in West Oakland. Learn more: ebaldc.org/what-we-do/neighborhood-collaborations/sparc/
Our staff came together this week to celebrate the contributions of LaRue Betty Williams to St. Mary’s Center and Friendly Manor. In four years, her leadership has helped seniors to find homes & women to live in community at our Friendly Manor center on their own pathways. Best wishes to LaRue as she pursues her dream of supporting homeless veterans -- she will be missed!
Special thanks to the team who cooked, baked, and prepared the meal. Best wishes to LaRue as she pursues her dream of supporting homeless veterans to become and remain housed. "Plan A, Plan B, and a semblance of Plan C" is one of her favorite sayings -- she will be missed.
Learn more about Friendly Manor at stmaryscenter.org/friendly-manor-2/
St. Mary’s Center continues to operate under strict protocols to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Since March, St. Mary’s Center has delivered more than 8,500 meals and 1,200 grocery bags to neighbors in need. Our Care-A-Van is in motion, bringing hot food, PPE, case management and housing navigation services to unhoused neighbors. Thanks to volunteers and supporters, we are helping Seniors become and remain housed. We can’t wait to be together again!
Do you have questions about the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine? Listen in & learn more on Thu Apr 29 at 6 pm with this event from Alameda Country Health Care Services Agency. ASL/Spanish translation available.
In the News
For media inquiries, contact Executive Director Sharon Cornu at (510) 923-9600 x223.
- ‘Food is love’: After closing its winter homeless shelter, Oakland’s St. Mary’s Center tried something new, The Oaklandside, March 12, 2021
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COVID-19 leaves unhoused Oaklanders with few options for winter shelter, The Oaklandside, December 10, 2020
- Inside the Bay Area’s Geriatric Homeless Shelter, New York Times, April 23, 2020
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Bay Area’s New Homeless Epicenter? San Francisco Chronicle, August 1, 2019
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Homelessness Is a Tragedy When Solutions Are at Hand, East Bay Express, November 19, 2019
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Thousands of California Seniors Are ‘One Disaster Away’ from Homelessness. What Can the State Do? USA Today, October 3, 2019
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St. Mary’s Center: Investing in Our Elders, Community Vision, October 2, 2020