This Mother’s Day, Brighter Beginnings invites you to honor the important women in your life by strengthening families in our communities. By giving to Brighter Beginnings for Mother’s Day you can help local mothers who need your support. In honor more »

 Brighter Beginnings is pleased to announce our continuing partnership with Bank of the West to bring comprehensive Financial Education services to our client-families. Jill Gonzalez, a Vice President at Bank of the West and a member of the Brighter Beginnings more »

We are excited to announce a brand new partnership with the Jonas Family Fund’s Strengthening At-Risk Youth and Families Initiative to start the Brighter Beginnings Peer Leadership Program. At Brighter Beginnings we believe that every family matters and every child more »

To support our Family Strengthening programs, Brighter Beginnings’ Board Members and Supporters are graciously hosting parties in their homes to spread the word about the important work that Brighter Beginnings is doing in the East Bay. Attending a Brighter Beginnings more »

Watch Dr. Barbara McCullough speak at “Healthy Communities” forum On Wednesday, February 29th, Dr. McCullough participated in a forum entitled: Investing in Innovations for Thriving Communities and Healthy People, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in partnership more »

Thank you for making the 2011 Adopt-a-Family program so special! This year, over 300 families and over 1,000 family members in the East Bay had their wishlists fulfilled thanks to the amazing generosity of our donors! Local families with few more »

Announcing new partnerships with the Louis L. Borick Foundation and the Dohmen Foundation   New donors the Louis L. Borick Foundation and the Dohmen Foundation made critical strategic partnerships with Brighter Beginnings at the end of 2011. The Louis L. more »

This holiday season was especially bright for Brighter Beginnings and the families we serve in the East Bay.  The holidays can be a particularly stressful time for families in need—For Brighter Beginnings’ clients, a holiday filled with toys and feasts more »

Brighter Beginnings congratulates the five women of the BIH Postpartum group for successfully completing the ten week series!  This group brings together new African American mothers to connect to social services, access healthcare for their children, learn from one another, more »

As a member of the Earn It! Keep It! Save It! Coalition for Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, Brighter Beginnings has the pleasure of being a VITA Site that prepares FREE tax returns for low to moderate income families and more »