Through our new partnership with UCSF, Edgewood is training psychiatric nurse practitioner students to care for clients and their families from high-need communities. Here, UCSF Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Candidate Janielle Lee takes her 11-year-old client’s blood pressure and spends time engaged in activities and conversation to gauge…...
Adobe Awards Grant for Upward! Program
Edgewood has been awarded a $20,000 Adobe Employee Community Fund grant for our Upward! Program which serves youth in Edgewood’s Community School and Acute Intensive Services programs. This program increases access to technology and vocational curriculum for marginalized youth and promotes their academic achievement, leading to a high school…...
Corporate Breakfast Raises $107,000, Offers Message of Love of Humanity
Edgewood’s third annual Corporate Breakfast raised $107,000 through sponsorships and contributions from corporations and individuals in support of the 11,000 children and families that we serve each year. The Greek definition of philanthropy is ‘love of humanity’. Our guest speaker Thomas Kurian spoke to philanthropy when he shared his story of his mother feeding hungry children in the…...