This holiday season, send a story of hope to someone you love
This holiday season, send a story of hope to someone you love
To celebrate the end of the year, we’re launching a brand new feature: giving in honor of a loved one. Now, when you make a gift, enter your loved one’s email address, and we’ll send a story from 2019 right to their inbox by the end of the year.
Give today, and make a loved one smile!
Give today, and make a loved one smile!
We’ve curated 19 stories from 2019 to help you spread joy to your loved ones. Here is a sneak peak of some of our favorites:
“I’ve struggled with addiction and homelessness my entire life. Everything came to a head when my motorhome was destroyed in a police chase. I thought I’d have to go to a shelter. Because of gifts like yours, Open Door Legal was able to take my case. They got me money back for my home and expunged my record so I could have a fresh start. Now, I have been clean for over a decade, and am in safe, stable housing. I spend my free time volunteering with those struggling with homelessness. I want them to know that they aren’t alone.”
–Robin, former client
“Growing up, my father and I shared a home with another Korean American family. It was always freezing because there was no heating, especially on the converted patio where my dad slept. Every morning I stared at the black mold framing my damp window. I went to law school because I wanted to fight for the city’s most marginalized people. I knew from first hand experience how negligent landlords harm low-income San Franciscans every year. Now, I’m a housing attorney at Open Door Legal. Thanks to gifts like yours, I can help my clients stay in safe homes, and get compensated for what they’ve endured.”
–Dyne, Housing Attorney
“Once, while working as an after school tutor, one of my student’s dads told me all about his legal troubles. There was nothing I could do to help then, but it piqued my interest in the law. My first week volunteering at Open Door Legal, I sat in on an intake with a client who had badly cut her finger on broken glass in a rideshare. She was elderly, so she was rushed to the hospital to avoid an infection. The rideshare company refused to pay the bill. Thanks to your support, every dime was paid for, and she even got compensation from the company. It felt amazing giving back like that.”
–Langston, Volunteer
We’ve curated 19 stories from 2019 to help you spread joy to your loved ones. Here is a sneak peak of some of our favorites:
“I’ve struggled with addiction and homelessness my entire life. Everything came to a head when my motorhome was destroyed in a police chase. I thought I’d have to go to a shelter. Because of gifts like yours, Open Door Legal was able to take my case. They got me money back for my home and expunged my record so I could have a fresh start. Now, I have been clean for over a decade, and am in safe, stable housing. I spend my free time volunteering with those struggling with homelessness. I want them to know that they aren’t alone.”
–Robin, former client
“Growing up, my father and I shared a home with another Korean American family. It was always freezing because there was no heating, especially on the converted patio where my dad slept. Every morning I stared at the black mold framing my damp window. I went to law school because I wanted to fight for the city’s most marginalized people. I knew from first hand experience how negligent landlords harm low-income San Franciscans every year. Now, I’m a housing attorney at Open Door Legal. Thanks to gifts like yours, I can help my clients stay in safe homes, and get compensated for what they’ve endured.”
–Dyne, Housing Attorney
“Once, while working as an after school tutor, one of my student’s dads told me all about his legal troubles. There was nothing I could do to help then, but it piqued my interest in the law. My first week volunteering at Open Door Legal, I sat in on an intake with a client who had badly cut her finger on broken glass in a rideshare. She was elderly, so she was rushed to the hospital to avoid an infection. The rideshare company refused to pay the bill. Thanks to your support, every dime was paid for, and she even got compensation from the company. It felt amazing giving back like that.”
–Langston, Volunteer
