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Starbucks Team Volunteers in the Food Pantry

Starbucks employee Nevaeh Valenzuela sees a natural connection between Ritter Center and...

June 16th, 2023
Donor & Volunteer Stories
Volunteer Appreciation Month

With April as Volunteer Appreciation Month, we want to highlight our fantastic...

April 24th, 2023
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“It feeds my soul to help them feed their souls literally and figuratively.” – June Michaels, Food Pantry Volunteer

Ritter Center volunteer June Michaels is an Italian mother and she means...

April 29th, 2022
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Volunteer, Kuo Lew, brings life and work skills to help those in need at Ritter Center.

Volunteering is empathy in action. April is Volunteer Appreciation Month so we...

April 19th, 2022
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“I was broken, but now I am housed and healed and able to help others.” – Sandra, Ritter Center

Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Sandra arrived on a Greyhound bus on...

December 25th, 2021
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“You can’t make assumptions about the challenges people face and why they might need help putting food on the table” – Augustus Muse, Dominican University Civic Action Fellow

Augustus Muse grew up hearing the typical misconceptions about people experiencing homelessness....

April 27th, 2021
Client Stories
Grandad and Local Resident Pops was Homeless for 8 Years Until He Found Ritter Center.

San Rafael grandad and Ritter Center client and volunteer, Pops, lived in...

February 25th, 2021
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Over 250 Bags of Food for Thanksgiving Donated by Faith-based Organizations

"All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others."...

November 24th, 2020

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