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August 21, 2018 | The Valley Catholic
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County Partners with Miller Center to
Provide Unique Accelerator Program for Bay Area Social Entrepreneurs
By Adelene Gallego Ramos
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara
County and Santa Clara University’s
Miller Center for Social Entrepre-
neurship recently completed the San
Francisco Bay Area GSBI® Boost on
July 24–26, in San Jose. The Boost was
a free, three-day, capacity-building
workshop for social entrepreneurs
who are positively impacting the lives
of those in need in the San Francisco
Bay Area.
The workshop brought together
Bay Area social business leaders
on a mission to make t he world
a better place. With emphasis on
improving strategic thinking, social
e nt r e p r e n e u r s l e a r n e d h ow t o
effectively articulate their business
plans to demonstrate impact, growth,
and long-term financial sustainability.
“The Boost gave social entrepre-
neurs and nonprofits a rare chance to
collaborate with and learn from other
leaders who are working to create in-
novative solutions to poverty in our
area,” said Gregory R. Kepferle, CEO
of Catholic Charities of Santa Clara
Social entrepreneurs from the Bay Area participated in the San Francisco Bay Area GSBI® Boost
on July 24–26 thanks to a partnership between Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County and
Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship.
County. “Leaders had the opportunity
to work directly with Silicon Valley
mentors and collaborated with other
leaders who are working to create inno-
vative solutions to poverty in our area.”
Seven programs from Catholic
Charit ies of Santa Clara Count y
participated in the Boost workshop,
including Art for Change, Baby Steps,
Communities Organizing Resources
to Advance Learning (CORAL), Day
Break Cares Adult Day Care, Immigra-
tion Legal Services, Responsible Land-
Radiate Family Camp
Advocate for Older Adults
BECOME AN OMBUDSMAN!
Visit a nursing home or assisted living facility, listen to the
residents, investigate complaints and resolve problems.
Catholic Charities provides training and the State provides certification.
Orientation is Tuesday, August 28, 2018 – 10:00 AM to Noon
Training begins Tuesday, September 4.
More details are listed on the Catholic Charities website:
www.catholiccharitiesscc.org
Click on the VOLUNTEER button for Volunteer Opportunities.
To learn more about becoming an Ombudsman, contact:
Wanda Hale at 1-408-944-0567
or email [email protected]
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lord Engagement Initiative (RLEI), and
Supportive Housing Services.
“Participants from Catholic Chari-
ties of Santa Clara County are excited
to take the learnings from the Boost
and implement them to build success-
ful, sustainable programs that serve
the needs of our community members
in need,” said Kepferle.
Three programs from Catholic
Charities of San Francisco also at-
tended the Boost: Leland House, Peter
Claver Community, Youth Club at
Saint Francis of Assisi.
Miller Center has 15 years of expe-
rience helping more than 800 social
enterprises around the world attain
operational excellence and prepare
for investment through its signature
Global Social Benefit Institute (GSBI®)
programs.
Social entrepreneurship helps im-
poverished communities in a way that
is sustainable. Social entrepreneurs
hone in on opportunities to provide in-
novative, large-scale solutions to local
and worldwide problems.
After the Bay Area GSBI® Boost pro-
gram, up to 20 participants will have
the opportunity to matriculate into the
GSBI® Online accelerator–a six-month,
mentored, virtual program where or-
ganizations develop business models
and strategies to sustainably grow their
enterprises. Those selected for the GSBI
Online accelerator program will have
an opportunity to showcase their plans
for scaling with a justifiable ask at a
Silicon Valley event.
To learn more about the Bay Area
GSBI® Boost program, please visit
www.scu-social-entrepreneurship.
org/bayareaboost.
8/3/18 9:42 AM
Seeing how so many families get
buried in the busyness of life in the
Silicon Valley, it seems necessary to
take some time to get away and have
quality time together. Holy Family
Parish’s Radiate – Family Camp was
designed to do just that. Family Camp
brought miracles of time spent together
to busy families, miracles of commu-
nity to families new to our parish and
miracles of renewal in faith and spirit.
Families showed up, approaching the
weekend unsure of what to expe