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| Zack crockeTt and meda raise $180,000 for residents of mission fire |
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| At the Salvation Army shelter on Valencia Street the night of February 26th, some hope was finally offered to tenants who were victims of the devastating fire at Mission and 22nd streets a month before.
Zack Crockett, who saw the fire as he was riding home from work, started a donation page to help the victims of this catastrophe. He hoped to get $2,000 in aid. Once the fund ballooned, the 27-year-old Mission resident came to MEDA to help garner more funds and to assist in the distribution of the monies.
This all came to fruition just a month after the fire, with many tears being shed, emotions running high and families feeling supported by the community they have helped create and of which they wish to remain part. MEDA salutes Zack and the 2,300 donors who helped these families!
Check Out the San Francisco Chronicle Front Page Story >> |
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| MEDA's Granados on Chron Panel: To Whom Does the Mission Belong? |
| The Mission Dolores Academy, at the spot the city was started in 1776, was the appropriate venue for a community forum on the changes going on in the rapidly gentrifying Mission.
Hosted by the San Francisco Chronicle, this forum served as a follow up to the paper's recent, in-depth series, “A Changing Mission.”
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| MEDA Starts Fund to Help Displaced Businesses of January 28th Fire |
| There were 36 businesses and 71 employees displaced in the catastrophic Mission and 22nd streets fire of January 28th.
MEDA has started a donation page on Tilt. There is also a benefit concert to save these local businesses on Sunday, March 22nd, at 6pm (The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd @ Mission).
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| Client Success Story: Karina Acevedo, SparkPoint SF Client of the Year |
| The challenges have been many for Karina Acevedo, the doting mother of a son named Chuy, who was diagnosed with autism in his early infant years.
Karina’s goal was to have an affordable place she could call home in San Francisco, her beloved city of two decades—a home where she can meet Chuy’s needs.
MEDA helped get Karina's credit score up, trained her to be an advocate for her son's educational needs and connected her to affordable-housing options. The future is looking bright for this close-knit mother and son.
See How MEDA Helped this Family Succeed >> |
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