Rena Maria Jones, a mentor with Friends of the Children,
and Tori
Friends of the Children, funded by United Way, provides full-time, trained mentors who offer guidance and direction to some of the Bay Area's most vulnerable children.
Your gifts help make a difference for hundreds of thousands of Bay Area residents. You help young children enter school ready to learn, give older children safe places to go after school and assist struggling families in gaining a foothold on the economic ladder.
United Way’s Bay Area Community Fund supports over 250 programs that help children and youth thrive and assist working families in achieving financial stability.
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