By Sarah Meike- R.O.C.K. Administrative Assistant & Volunteer Coordinator I am never quite awake enough when I reach Skill Drills on Saturday mornings. With my coffee mug firmly attached to one hand, I climb the stairs to the gym and take in the scene. Usually there...
By Sarah Meike, R.O.C.K. Administrative Assistant & Volunteer Coordinator He is a Skill Drills volunteer who has consistently shown up on Saturdays throughout the session. I knew I wanted to interview him for our newsletter when he told me one weekend that he valued volunteering at...
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – (January 25, 2016) – The Challenged Athletes Foundation® (CAF), LIVESTRONG Foundation, Michael J Fox Foundation, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.), Save the Children and the Travis Manion Foundation have been named the official charity partners of the...
We constantly hear stories of success such as the past participant who became a San Francisco 49ers Cheerleader, to the recognition R.O.C.K. has received from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, to Hilda, who as you will read, was so inspired at R.O.C.K.’s camps as...
By Sarah Meike, Real Options for City Kids Hilda grew up participating in R.O.C.K. programs. She remembers one Skills Drills soccer team in particular that lost… a lot. As an adult, she traces this early lesson of resilience in the face of defeat, to her happiness...
CBS Bay Area Focus interviews Real Options for City Kids Director Curt Yagi and Middle School Co-Coordinator Corinne Wong. Aired 11/8/15....
At TechSoup, we're all about community organizations coming together to improve the quality of life for citizens. So when I heard about a collaborative project between nonprofits, city agencies, and the local library happening in my own backyard (almost literally!), I knew I had to...
On Friday, March 27, the Warriors hosted an Earn Your Future event in alliance with PwC and San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) at Visitacion Valley Middle School in San Francisco. Over 25 students filed into the computer lab at the Visitacion Valley R.O.C.K. Beacon...