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CBS Bay Area Focus interviews Real Options for City Kids Director Curt Yagi and Middle School Co-Coordinator Corinne Wong. Aired 11/8/15....

16 November, 2015

September marks the start of R.O.C.K.’s 21st year of service to children, youth and their families in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley. ...

01 September, 2015

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...

14 August, 2015

Executive Director Curt Yagi of Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.) was recently honored by the San Francisco Board of Directors for his work in Visitacion Valley. About R.O.C.K. R.O.C.K.’s programs are designed to serve over 500 children ages 6-17 utilizing a proven youth development framework. Programs...

05 May, 2015

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...

27 March, 2015

It's briefly quiet in late afternoon on a hill above San Francisco's most violent housing projects. But then suddenly, more than 130 young teenagers rush into the cafeteria of Visitacion Valley Middle School for snacks, before breaking off into smaller groups to do homework and...

24 December, 2014

The following speech was written by R.O.C.K.'s Founder, Michelle Groe, and read during R.O.C.K.'s 20 Year Anniversary Celebration on Oct 19, 2014. Dear Fellow R.O.C.K.ers, As I sit 2,000 miles away in my Ann Arbor home, holding R.O.C.K. and its 20 years of history in my mind...

19 October, 2014
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