The East Bay Dads have sponsored a family!  

Many people here in the East Bay are struggling to survive, let alone enjoy the holidays.   
I found an organization, Family Support Services that reaches out to troubled families and tries to make a difference.  
They do their best to keep families together and offer an array of services to help out. 
The organization has families create a wish list, and then has a person or group sponsor them by purchasing (or bartering, stealing etc.) items 
from the list.  We have sponsored a family who needs everything from 
BART passes to sweatshirts to dolls and video games.  You can also just 
get a gift card in whatever denomination you like from the family's 
list.  Of course, all donations are fully tax deductible.  Donations 
need to be made by December 17 in downtown Oakland, but I will offer to 
come to you and pick up if need be.  If you would like to help out the 
cause, shoot me an email at phschwartz@yahoo.com and I can give you an 
assignment and the details.  Let's help an East Bay family this year and 
make a difference if only for a day.  Are you with me?

Happy Holidays to all,
Paul Schwartz