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What's your favorite HOBA project?

My current favorite project is MLK Day! Other favorites in the past have been Family Giving Tree and Almost Eden Garden.

Why did you become a Project Leader?

I first…

Julie Walsh is here to help!

HandsOn Bay Area welcomes Julie Walsh, our new Calendar Program Coordinator-- assisting folks who want to get started volunteering, as well as our fabulous Volunteer Project…

What's your favorite HOBA project?

The Gardens at Lake Merritt!  This is going to be my first lead project coming up on Be The Change Day.  I'm really excited about it after checking it out last Saturday and meeting all the friendly and highly vested locals out to make this place even more beautiful.  Gardening and outdoor work is such a great way to volunteer, as I've come to learn from previous years of maintenance work on the Appalachian…

Kathleen Thompson is a family woman. Whether it's leading projects with her sister Erin at Ronald McDonald House, sharing a meal, or just hanging out, Kathleen focuses on those closest to her. As a Project Leader at Ronald McDonald House, Kathleen brings the meaning of "family" to a new level by preparing meals for families who are struggling with pediatric illness. Thanks for everything you do for HOBA and the community, Kathleen!

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Annabelle Ramil makes a difference in the lives of San Francisco children. As a frequent volunteer and Project Leader at Ronald McDonald House, Hamilton Family Center, Belle ensures that children in San Francisco are receiving warm meals and individualized help with their schoolwork. Recently, Belle…

The bar just got raised for fueling further action in the community. Shuai Chen came from Florida to do graduate work at Stanford, but found more meaning in nonprofit work. Shuai would volunteer at HandsOn Bay Area projects after her classes all the time and solidified her love of the nonprofit…

As a long-time Project Leader at KEEN (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now), Josephine Wong has changed the lives of countless children with disabilities, and has had her life enriched in the process. Thanks for everything you do, Josephine!

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This green thumb brings his passion for the environment to many aspects of his life-- including service. As a Project Leader at Literacy for Environmental Justice, Ray Rothwell helps restore habitat alongside at-risk youth in Bayview/Hunters Point-- one of San Francisco's neighborhoods that needs this help the most.

What's your favorite HOBA project?

I don't know if it's a bit of a cop-out, but I really enjoyed the entire TeamWorks Service Learning…

Although he's relatively new to the Project Leader world, Eric Hemmingson is one of HOBA's best and brightest. His enthusiasm for volunteering and leading projects with Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K) make him invaluable to HOBA and to the San Francisco community.

What's your favorite HOBA…

Terry's reasons for volunteering are close to home. As a Project Leader at HandsOn Bay Area since 2007, Terry Rillera has led projects at Martin de Porres House of Hospitality, Dharma Publishing, Global Exchange, and most recently, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation-- an organization that reaches some of those…

Lindsay Lucas will be sorely missed when she begins her Peace Corps tour in Rwanda this May. As a Project Leader at Lake Merritt, Lindsay is slowly but surely restoring native plants to the lake's shores-- part of a larger push to make Oakland green.

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Casey Barrera is one of HandsOn Bay Area's stellar Project Leaders. As a PL at Lake Merritt, Oakland School Gardens, the Conservatory of Flowers, and the Oakland Zoo, Casey truly makes an impact in the East Bay.

What's…

Thirty nine volunteers hit the road to gulf on Saturday morning. The volunteers, who were either University of Phoenix affiliates or members of the local HandsOn Bay Area community, transformed Burton High School and El Dorado Elementary School in San Francisco by painting a hallway, collecting trash, building a set for the school's theater department, and mulching a hillside that is the final key to connecting a park and greenway in Vistacion…