Mobile Health Clinic gets a green light

Administrator • October 14, 2013

The doctor is coming to town. Puente celebrated a major victory on behalf of the entire South Coast community in September, when the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors formally approved funding for a new mobile health Read more -->>

We were desperate: health care transforms a family

Administrator • October 14, 2013

Sylvia Rauch and her husband Ted were used to doing without health care. She gave up her private health coverage when it got too expensive; he was denied due to a pre-existing condition. They made do with hospital visits Read more -->>

Why We give to Puente: Atkinson Foundation

Administrator • October 14, 2013

Some foundations are like the nonprofits they sustain: humble, quietly supportive, and focused impacting people’s lives on a personal, grassroots level. That would be a good way to describe the Atkinson Foundation, which Read more -->>

Puente’s health care interventions: the difference between living and dying

Administrator • September 27, 2013

It was a nightmare come to life. One day a few years ago, La Honda resident Wayne Petersen got sick. His muscles were weak and he felt tired all the time. Sometimes he couldn’t speak or swallow his food. His gait was unsteady Read more -->>

Puente’s Bike Booth draws a following

Administrator • September 27, 2013

When Juan Morales discovered a flat tire on his BMX one-speed, he knew what he needed: a visit to the Bike Booth. So on a sunny Thursday in August, Morales, 13, walked his bike into the Pescadero Grown! Farmers’ Market Read more -->>

Why we give to Puente: Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Administrator • September 27, 2013

Manuel Santamaria visited Puente de la Costa Sur for the first time in 1999. He had just joined the Peninsula Community Foundation, one of two organizations that later merged to form Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Read more -->>

South Coast Stories

Weekly News from Puente de la Costa Sur

Mobile Health Clinic gets a green light

We were desperate: health care transforms a family

Why We give to Puente: Atkinson Foundation

Puente’s health care interventions: the difference between living and dying

Puente’s Bike Booth draws a following

Why we give to Puente: Silicon Valley Community Foundation