KPMG Book Fair By Jenna Watanabe, Marketing & Development Coordinator Summertime in San Francisco means a lot of things -- BBQs, exploring the outdoors, and (hopefully) more sunshine. But what most people don't know is that summertime can also mean a sharp decline in reading progress for...
Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.): Jenna Watanabe | 415-333-4001 x 2 | jenna@rocksf.org Jakroo Custom Apparel: Ben Jacques-Maynes | 831-288-2861 | Ben@jakroousa.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jakroo Sponsors Only Local Charity Race Team of the 2018 Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon [SAN FRANCISCO, May 25, 2018] -- Jakroo, a custom...
R.O.C.K. Star Staff Q&A By Jenna Watanabe, Marketing & Development Coordinator For this newsletter, I’ll be interviewing Devin King, Family & Community Engagement Coordinator, who has an integral part of keeping our kids and their families connected to our programs. We wanted to find out what her...
We LOVE our Volunteers. Here’s One of Many Reasons Why. By Jenna Watanabe, Marketing & Development Coordinator This video was recorded at one of our most popular volunteer events called Skill Drills, an introductory sports clinic that teaches 1st-5th kids the fundamentals of basketball, soccer and volleyball....
How Do You Get a 7-Year Old to Eat Their Vegetables? Turn Them into Race Cars! By Jenna Watanabe, Marketing & Development Coordinator It was a rainy day with cool temperatures, and a team of ten young adults from a video game company called Product Madness filed...
Helping Hands The warm, happy vibes of this beautiful spring weather are making all of us at R.O.C.K. feel pretty grateful for many things, especially for those who support us. In this newsletter, we honor the R.O.C.K. stars who show their support with one of the most precious resources: time. Read on to see...
It’s already 2018 and our programs are in full swing. Read on to learn about everything we are doing to ensure R.O.C.K. is set for success for another 23 years! Read the full newsletter...
R.O.C.K.’s Operations Team Doubles with New Staff Member By Jenna Watanabe, Marketing & Development Coordinator It was a slow-moving summer afternoon and I was doing what I usually did when I daydreamed about my future—searching for jobs that might catapult me into a meaningful career change....
How our Saturday Programs Honor R.O.C.K.'s Four Virtues (Love, Respect Courage and Self-Control) By Jenna Watanabe, Marketing & Development Coordinator Each newsletter, we like to highlight the ways some of our awesome programs are helping kids uphold their commitments to R.O.C.K.’s four virtues: love, respect, courage and...
Taking R.O.C.K. to the Next Level By Curt Yagi, Executive Director I still remember my first exposure to R.O.C.K. close to 20 years ago. It was spring and I was volunteering for the first time at Skill Drills, our signature Saturday sports clinic series for elementary school...