
SPIRIT NEWSLETTERS
“To serve and to be served. We are one community. Service is what makes life worth living.”
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Spring 2020: Tenderloin Tech Lab Connects Guests with Census Jobs
- Step Inside our Clinic and Meet the Doctors
- Supporting and Often Overlooked Issue: Menstruation while Homeless
- Advocacy: What Happened to Prop C?
Fall 2019: St. Anthony’s New Executive Director, Jose Ramirez
- Surveying St. Anthony’s
- Every Voice Matters
- Adapting to the Need
- Donor Spotlight
- Love at First Shelter Shift
- Whole Person Care
Spring 2019: Social Enterprise
- Client Safety Services
- Women’s Day
- Social Work Center
- Farmers Market
Fall 2018: Light in the Darkness
- Winter Shelter
- Vet SOS: Caring for Animal Companions Too
- St. Anthony’s Medical Clinic Partners with Gilead Sciences
- Penny Pitch
- Food Recovery: Eliminating Food Waste at St. Anthony’s
Fall 2017: A Successful Journey to Sobriety and Stability
- Taking a Closer Look at a Difficult Problem
- Guests Get Tech Support from Craigslist Founder
- Senior Support!
- Back to School Day at St. Anthony’s
Spring 2016: Another Chance at Life
- Fully Invested
- God Draws Straight with Crooked Lines
- Emergency Winter Shelter
- Introducing St. Anthony’s New Advocacy Committee
- The other Mother Teresa
- Young professional finds roots at St. Anthony’s
- A journey from homelessness to a happy home
- St. Anthony’s advocacy efforts lead to action
Spring 2015: Training for a New Life
- Let’s raise SSI recipients out of poverty
- Volunteer goes the distance
- A lot has changed at St. Anthony’s
- Being prepared and pitching in
Fall 2014: Opening the Door to So Much More
- Timeline for new St. Anthony’s Dining Room
- Challenging affordable housing
- Healthcare for all
- Helping St. Anthony’s for the Holidays
Spring 2014: Zen and the Art of Neighborhood Compassion
- St. Anthony’s new Dining Room tops off
- A hands-on approach to job training
- Senator Feinstein serves 40 millionth meal
- The voice of the Tenderloin
Fall 2013: Holding Families Together
- From addicts to activists
- First responders for food
- Announcing St. Anthony’s new Executive Director
- A word from our Executive Director, Barry Stenger
Spring 2013: At the Intersection of Hope and Innovation
- St. Anthony’s and the future of the Mid-Market District
- A holistic approach to health
- Announcing St. Anthony’s new Executive Director
- Staying clean means staying connected
Fall 2012: Journey from Texas to San Francisco
- Reaching out in every language
- St. Anthony’s bridges the digital divide
- Kids get a boost starting school
- A season of firsts for the 2012 holidays at St. Anthony’s
Spring 2012: A City Unites to Say Goodbye
- The Dining Room moves without missing a day
- A city unites to say goodbye
- Moving in together helps programs and guests
- Together we are giant
Fall 2011: The Gift and the Guest
- The earring lady’s new life awaits
- St. Anthony’s new Dining Room
- A gift that everyone can give
- Our very own healthcare hero
Spring 2011: St. Anthony’s New Dining Room as a Gateway Program
- Dudley’s journey from isolation to hope
- Volunteering: A family’s legacy
- Disaster preparedness at St. Anthony’s
- Symposium Series
Fall 2010: Celebrating 60 Years of Service
- A History of Compassion
- Finding Her Way Home, through Service and Struggle
- Trauma Transformed through Love and Service
- A New and Better Network
Spring 2010: Springing Into Service
- Ryan re-grows his life through recovery, service, and gratitude.
- Dining Room 2.0 St. Anthony’s historic program adds a few ingredients
- How do you celebrate your birthday?
- Craigslist founder shows us how to give “outside of the box.”
- Rebuilding a life in the Social Work Center
- Getting from prison to employment
- Today’s challenges give us opportunity to relect on our deepest values.
- What are your special holiday traditions?
- Giving outside the box
Spring 2009: The Challenges Of Today
- Our challenges continue. Fr. John Hardin asks us to face them together.
- Larry confronts his addiction, then the job market.
- Patricia turns to St. Anthony’s for her family’s health.
- Food for thought (and survival).
- A Notre Dame Professor comments on Communities in times of crisis.
Fall 2008: A New Place To Learn
- Two jobs disappeared from under her, but Eva kept looking for work and learning new skills.
- Tim’s work on his physical health broke the ground for work on his mental well being.
- St. Anthony’s new Service Center welcomes more guests and meets new needs.
- Planned Giving: Helping to Heal the Future
Spring 2008: A Brand New Set Of Tools
- When Charles and Shirley turned to St. Anthony’s programs for help in getting clean and sober, their business skills blossomed as well.
- Muhamad found a much needed smile in the St. Anthony Dining Room. Today, he returns the smile and much more as a Dining Room volunteer and as a professional banquet caterer.
- Years as a nurse did not protect Barbara from poverty. After getting help at St. Anthony’s, this senior woman tells state lawmakers her story.
- Cultivating the Garden of Health: St. Anthony’s Free Medical Clinic