MedShare collects unused medical equipment from local hospitals and clinics and donates it to resource-poor countries like Haiti, Ghana and Ecuador. Traveling medical teams can also order donated medical equipment through the organization's website. MedShare is headquartered in Georgia. Its West Coast operations and warehouse is located in San Leandro.
Family Service Counseling and Community Resource Center is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to the emotional welfare of individuals and families in the San Leandro area and surrounding areas. It offers individual, family and couples counseling for those dealing with issues such as anxiety, depression, grief and life changes, child and/or domestic abuse, addictions and more.
This location is the headquarters of Boy Scouts of America. The headquarters is in charge of creating a program for Cub and Boy Scouts, finding new schools to get groups started, and handling the customer service of Boy Scouts headquarters. To find your local group parents are welcome to call this location or check online.
Court-appointed Special Advocates Program of Alameda County consists of volunteers who are appointed by juvenile court judges to speak on behalf of abused, neglected and abandoned children in the court system. CASA also helps to find them safe housing.
The Portuguese Fraternal Society of America works to maintain Portuguese culture and provide support to its members. The group offers various life insurance products and sponsors cultural events. The group's headquarters includes a library of Portuguese books, which can be checked out, and a small museum dedicated to the history of Portuguese immigrants in San Leandro.
The Portuguese Fraternal Society of America formed on January 1, 2010 as a consolidation of several Portuguese fraternal organizations: The Brotherhood of the Divine Holy Spirit (I.D.E.S.), Conselho Supremo da Sociedade do Espirito Santo, União Portuguesa do Estado da California (U.P.E.C.), and União Portuguesa Protectora do Estado da California. One of its founding organizations, the U.P.E.C., is among the oldest civic organizations in San Leandro; it was founded in 1880 by 30 Portuguese immigrants, all but one of them from the Azores.
Seneca Center provides community- and family-focused treatment services for troubled children and families, including mental health and special education services. This center works with families who are putting their children up for foster care, and trains and works with foster parents.
Triad Family Services is a non-profit company that works with families who are looking to take on foster children. It facilitates the process of pairing children who are in a bad environment with a loving and caring family. This agency works with a few other programs in the community to ensure they are helping out the community as much as possible.
Deaf Counseling, Advocacy & Referral Agency is a nonprofit organization that provides services to the deaf, hard of hearing, deafened and deaf-blind community of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is directed and administered by a majority deaf board and administration staff. It provides advocacy, independent living skills, employment assistance, peer-counseling, community education and other services to its clients and communities.
The American Chemical Society is a group made up of more than 150,000 chemists who are trying to promote the purpose and an understanding of chemistry by social programs. It hosts national and regional meetings and host campaigns and benefits in a variety of areas in the US. The California chapter has more than 3,000 members. There is also a Southern California chapter.
