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Save the Date: 2010 Mix & Match

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 2010 Mix & Match: Making Pro Bono Connections. July 20, 2010, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Bingham McCutchen LLP. Meet the organizations that benefit from SVCLS and gain insight into your personal involvement.  [more]

Summer Bocce Ball Tournament and Wine Tasting: Congratulations To The Top Finishers

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - The Amicus Committee, friends of the Silicon Valley Campaign for Legal Services, congratulates the 2010 Summer Bocce Ball Tournament & Wine Auction champion, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, and second place finisher, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati LLP. For more information.  [more]

SVCLS Sets 2010 Fundraising Goal of $625,000

Sunday, December 06, 2009 - SVCLS has set a fundraising goal for 2010 of $625,000, which will allow us to provide legal aid to 500 more individuals than last year.  [more]

Bilingual Volunteers Needed to Assist Legal Services Agencies

Sunday, December 06, 2009 - There are more than 100 languages and dialects spoken spoken in Silicon Valley. The agencies we fund are in need of translators to work with clients. No legal experience is necessary. Join the Language Bank.  [more]

Giving For Health: How Volunteering Can Help Cope With Disease

Thursday, December 03, 2009 - How giving can lead to mental and physical changes in health isn't entirely clear, although studies suggest that altruism may be an antidote to stress.  [more]

The President's Call to Service

Friday, November 20, 2009 - The President's call to service got a boost this week with the launch of All for Good, a Google-backed hub for volunteering.  [more]

Recession hammers California's low-wage workers

Monday, September 28, 2009 - Many of California's lowest-paid workers appear to have tumbled into the ranks of the poor last year, as the recession hammered people already straining to live in a high-cost state, U.S. census data released today indicates.  [more]