Community Outreach
Outreach Events
The Burlingame Mothers' Club has recently completed several community outreach projects. These projects are only possible because of the generosity of our members who combined donated approximately $5,000 this year to outreach projects. (Members may choose to donate $10 to fund outreach projects when they join or renew their membership or may Donate Online at any time throughout the year.)Many members also donated their time to help with the many logistical details of orchestrating these projects! We are also very grateful to several local area businesses for helping us stretch our dollars even further by donating goods or services.
The BMC has partnered with five outstanding organizations on the Peninsula that provide unique and invaluable services to the community.
Please click on the links below to learn more about our efforts to help these amazing organizations carry out their mission of service to others.
Where To Donate Goods
Do you have clothes, books, toys, shoes, or food to donate? Here is a list of local organizations, locations, and what they accept.
Childrens Items(toys, books, bikes, shoes, clothes)
Children's Shoes
Clothing and Household Items
Food and Toiletries
Furniture
Professional Business Attire
This document provides a more comprehensive list of all organizations accepting donations within San Mateo County.
Childrens Items(toys, books, bikes, shoes, clothes)
Children's Fund of San Mateo County
www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/hsa.dir/fund.htm
Too Cute in downtown Burlingame is an official drop off site. Goods donated go directly to those in need in San Mateo County. Or, to arrange a pickup from your home, contact Al Teglia at (650) 301-8444
Goodwill
www.sfgoodwill.org
1215 California Drive
Burlingame, CA 94010
(650) 373-1235
Goodwill
www.sfgoodwill.org
28 W. 25th Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403
(650) 293-8500
Samaritan House
www.samaritanhouse.com
1515 S. Claremont Street
San Mateo, CA 94402
(650)-341-8309
Shelter Network First Step for Families of San Mateo
Please view their needs list (pdf) for more information.
www.shelternetwork.org/firststep.html
325 Villa Terrace
San Mateo, CA 94401
(650) 685-5880
Children's Shoes
Children's Fund of San Mateo County
www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/hsa.dir/fund.htm
Too Cute in downtown Burlingame is an official drop off site. Goods donated go directly to those in need in San Mateo County. Or, to arrange a pickup from your home, contact Al Teglia at (650) 301-8444
Johannsens Stride Rite
174 W 25th Ave
San Mateo, CA 94403
(650) 341-1059
Gumshoe Children's Shoe Store
275 Primrose
Burlingame, CA 94010
(650)-342-2048
Clothing and Household Items
Children's Fund of San Mateo County
www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/hsa.dir/fund.htm
Too Cute in downtown Burlingame is an official drop off site. Goods donated go directly to those in need in San Mateo County. Or, to arrange a pickup from your home, contact Al Teglia at (650) 301-8444
CORA
www.corasupport.org
(650)652-0800
Goodwill
www.sfgoodwill.org
1215 California Drive
Burlingame, CA 94010
(650) 373-1235
Goodwill
www.sfgoodwill.org
28 W. 25th Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403
(650) 293-8500
PARCA
Please call 1-877-997-2722, or locally (650) 312-0725
to schedule a donation. PARCA will send a truck to pick it up!
Samaritan House
www.samaritanhouse.com
1515 S. Claremont Street
San Mateo, CA 94402
(650)-341-8309
Shelter Network First Step for Families of San Mateo
Please view their needs list (pdf) for more information.
www.shelternetwork.org/firststep.html
325 Villa Terrace
San Mateo, CA 94401
(650) 685-5880
Food and Toiletries
CALL Primrose
www.callprimrose.org
139 Primrose Road
Burlingame, CA 94010
(650)-342-2255
Shelter Network First Step for Families of San Mateo
Please view their needs list (pdf) for more information.
www.shelternetwork.org/firststep.html
325 Villa Terrace
San Mateo, CA 94401
(650) 685-5880
Furniture
Goodwill
www.sfgoodwill.org
1215 California Drive
Burlingame, CA 94010
(650) 373-1235
Goodwill
www.sfgoodwill.org
28 W. 25th Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403
(650) 293-8500
Shelter Network First Step for Families of San Mateo
Please view their needs list (pdf) for more information.
www.shelternetwork.org/firststep.html
325 Villa Terrace
San Mateo, CA 94401
(650) 685-5880
Professional Business Attire
Career Closet, San Mateo County
careercloset.org
1163 Chess Drive, Suite A
Foster City, CA 94404
(650) 572-1368
Samaritan House
www.samaritanhouse.com
1515 S. Claremont Street
San Mateo, CA 94402
(650)-341-8309
Shelter Network First Step for Families of San Mateo
Please view their needs list (pdf) for more information.
www.shelternetwork.org/firststep.html
325 Villa Terrace
San Mateo, CA 94401
(650) 685-5880
Volunteer Opportunities Serving Families And Children
Community Gatepath
www.gatepath.comCommunity Gatepath is dedicated to helping children and adults with disabilities lead fulfilling and meaningful lives by achieving their full potential in health and work. Your donation is an investment in the health and well-being of thousands of children and adults with disabilities, their families and caregivers throughout the Peninsula. Some of the ways your contributions make a difference every day:
Hands on Bay Area
www.handsonbayarea.orgHands On Bay Area creates, manages and leads volunteer projects that benefit more than 300 Bay Area nonprofit agencies, including Bay Area Food Banks, Glide Memorial Church, The Salvation Army, Ronald McDonald House, the San Mateo County AIDS Program, San Jose Family Shelter, and the Oakland and San Francisco Recreation and Park Departments. Search Hands On Bay Areas project listing for a project that matches your skills, interests, and time availability.
Parca Reading Program
www.parca.org/Volunteer.htmParca is a private, nonprofit organization serving people with developmental disabilities and their families in the Bay Area. Volunteers are needed every Saturday for the Parca Reading Program. All you have to do is assist the teacher in passing out materials and helping students read and write basic words like "tacos" and "hot dogs." Please call the contact on the website if you are interested in volunteering.
Shelter Network
www.shelternetwork.orgShelter Network is committed to providing housing and support services that create opportunities for local Peninsula homeless families and individuals to re-establish self-sufficiency and to return to permanent homes of their own.
Opportunities for Individuals: Childcare and tutoring
Opportunities for Small groups: Adopt a family for the holidays, host a BBQ or birthday party, host an arts and crafts day at one of our family sites, plan ahead to host a special al event (ex. Thanksgiving or Holiday parties), tutor younger children after school, help out in the child care center
YES Reading
yesreading.orgYES Reading is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering students through literacy and investing community members in underserved public schools by working in partnership with school districts. They have recently opened up a site in the San Mateo-Foster City Unified School District. YES Reading recruits and trains community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring for elementary and middle school students reading below grade level.