I was properly introduced to La Comida through my friend, Luba, who had been volunteering with La Comida weekly. One day, she brought me with her to La Comida and introduced me to Mary Ruth, the site manager. I got a warm welcome and I decided to start volunteering for them every Monday — I was…
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I was born in Gilroy and grew up there until I was 10. My childhood was relatively normal until I came in from playing outside one day and found my mother on the floor. She had passed away from a stroke. That changed our lives. In those days, men didn’t know what to do with…
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I was born in Hollywood, Florida in 1939. After living there and then in Minnesota, my family moved to Palo Alto when I was nine. We rented a four-bedroom, two-story home for $150 per month
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I have been volunteering regularly at La Comida since I was 13. My mom found out about it online and one day drove me there and told me to go be helpful.
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Meet Frank Wu. I was born in 1937 in Shanghai, China. My grandfather was a medical doctor, and my father studied at Un of Shanghai, which was founded by a group of missionaries from the United States…
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Meet Betty Schneider. I grew up in Portland, Oregon. My father was a mail carrier and my mother stayed at home. When we got older, she went to work at the post office sorting mail. I was the baby of the family;
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