Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

Man Admits to Killing Missing Bass Lake Resident, Madera County Authorities Say

2 hours ago

Trump Diagnosed With Vein Condition Causing Leg Swelling, White House Says

2 hours ago

US Strikes Destroyed Only One of Three Iranian Nuclear Sites, NBC News Reports

5 hours ago

US Seeks One-Day Sentence for Police Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Case

6 hours ago

US House Poised to Send Stablecoin Bill to Trump After ‘Crypto Week’ Drama

7 hours ago

Manhattan Prosecutor Who Handled Epstein Cases Is Fired

7 hours ago

Why California Ag Is at Odds Over Converting Land to Solar Farms

7 hours ago

7.3 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Alaska Coast. No Danger to California

23 hours ago
For These Volunteers, MLK Day is All About Service
David Taub Website photo 2024
By David Taub, Senior Reporter
Published 8 years ago on
January 15, 2018

Share

For employees of healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente Fresno, the Martin Luther King holiday isn’t a day off. It is a day on.
Nearly 80 volunteers worked on projects in and around the Poverello House homeless services campus in downtown Fresno on Monday (Jan. 15). They helped paint sheds, organize hygiene kits, prepare food in the kitchen and reach out to the homeless.

“Fresno is great, but we still have problems: homeless, poverty, children not graduating. We want people to do good every day.” — Carol Davies of HandsOn Central California
The volunteerism left Poverello House’s CEO Cruz Avila searching for words.
“We are left speechless,” Avila told the group during a break in the action. “We can’t say thank you enough.”

A Tradition for Kaiser Permanente Employees

The day is part of Kaiser Permanente Fresno’s year-around volunteer efforts. Last year, their volunteers beautified Stone Soup Fresno by working on their grounds and refreshing their buildings. Stone Soup, which is near Fresno State, provides services to refugee families.
Carol Davies of HandsOn Central California helped organize Monday’s efforts.
“Fresno is great, but we still have problems: homeless, poverty, children not graduating. We want people to do good every day,” Davies said.

DON'T MISS

What Are Fresno Real Estate Experts Predicting for 2025 and Beyond?

DON'T MISS

First California EV Mandates Hit Automakers This Year. Most Are Not Even Close

DON'T MISS

Trump Diagnosed With Vein Condition Causing Leg Swelling, White House Says

DON'T MISS

Connie Francis, Whose Ballads Dominated ’60s Pop Music, Dies at 87

DON'T MISS

Fresno Fire’s Rescue of 2-Year-Old in Locked Car Is a Reminder of Deadly Heat Risks

DON'T MISS

Trump Will Not Recommend Special Prosecutor in Epstein Case

DON'T MISS

US Attorney General Bondi Visits Alcatraz After Trump Call to Reopen Notorious Prison

DON'T MISS

US Transport Chief on California High-Speed Rail: ‘We Have to Pull the Plug’

DON'T MISS

Appeal Court Rejects Fresno County Challenge. DA and Sheriff Races Set for 2028

DON'T MISS

FDA Approves Juul’s Tobacco and Menthol E-Cigarettes

DON'T MISS

Israeli Strikes Kill 27 in Gaza, Three Die in Church Late Pope Often Spoke To

DON'T MISS

Trump Cuts Decimate Hanford’s National Weather Service Office

UP NEXT

Connie Francis, Whose Ballads Dominated ’60s Pop Music, Dies at 87

UP NEXT

Fresno Fire’s Rescue of 2-Year-Old in Locked Car Is a Reminder of Deadly Heat Risks

UP NEXT

Trump Will Not Recommend Special Prosecutor in Epstein Case

UP NEXT

US Attorney General Bondi Visits Alcatraz After Trump Call to Reopen Notorious Prison

UP NEXT

US Transport Chief on California High-Speed Rail: ‘We Have to Pull the Plug’

UP NEXT

Appeal Court Rejects Fresno County Challenge. DA and Sheriff Races Set for 2028

UP NEXT

FDA Approves Juul’s Tobacco and Menthol E-Cigarettes

UP NEXT

Israeli Strikes Kill 27 in Gaza, Three Die in Church Late Pope Often Spoke To

UP NEXT

Trump Cuts Decimate Hanford’s National Weather Service Office

UP NEXT

Russia Says Trump’s New Weapons Pledge a Signal for Ukraine to Abandon Peace Efforts

David Taub,
Senior Reporter
Curiosity drives David Taub. The award-winning journalist might be shy, but feels mighty with a recorder in his hand. He doesn't see it his job to "hold public officials accountable," but does see it to provide readers (and voters) the information needed to make intelligent choices. Taub has been honored with several writing awards from the California News Publishers Association. He's just happy to have his stories read. Joining GV Wire in 2016, Taub covers politics, government and elections, mainly in the Fresno/Clovis area. He also writes columns about local eateries (Appetite for Fresno), pro wrestling (Off the Bottom Rope), and media (Media Man). Prior to joining the online news source, Taub worked as a radio producer for KMJ and PowerTalk 96.7 in Fresno. He also worked as an assignment editor for KCOY-TV in Santa Maria, California, and KSEE-TV in Fresno. He has also worked behind the scenes for several sports broadcasts, including the NCAA basketball tournament, and the Super Bowl. When not spending time with his family, Taub loves to officially score Fresno Grizzlies games. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Taub is a die-hard Giants and 49ers fan. He graduated from the University of Michigan with dual degrees in communications and political science. Go Blue! You can contact David at 559-492-4037 or at Send an Email

Behind the Masks: Who Are the People Rounding Up Immigrants in California?

1 hour ago

Homeowners With Solar Rise Up to Defang Bill Authored by Former Utility Executive

1 hour ago

Man Admits to Killing Missing Bass Lake Resident, Madera County Authorities Say

2 hours ago

Trump Diagnosed With Vein Condition Causing Leg Swelling, White House Says

2 hours ago

Connie Francis, Whose Ballads Dominated ’60s Pop Music, Dies at 87

2 hours ago

Fresno Fire’s Rescue of 2-Year-Old in Locked Car Is a Reminder of Deadly Heat Risks

3 hours ago

Trump Will Not Recommend Special Prosecutor in Epstein Case

3 hours ago

US Attorney General Bondi Visits Alcatraz After Trump Call to Reopen Notorious Prison

3 hours ago

US Transport Chief on California High-Speed Rail: ‘We Have to Pull the Plug’

4 hours ago

Appeal Court Rejects Fresno County Challenge. DA and Sheriff Races Set for 2028

4 hours ago

US House Passes Stablecoin Legislation, Sending Bill to Trump

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to create a regulatory framework for U.S.-dollar-pegged cryptocurrency tokens kn...

6 minutes ago

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the dome of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
6 minutes ago

US House Passes Stablecoin Legislation, Sending Bill to Trump

A view of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 27, 2025. (Reuters File)
40 minutes ago

US Health Department Hands Over Medicaid Personal Data to ICE

A 5-acre grass fire near the river bottom west of Woodward Park prompted brief evacuations Thursday, July 17, 2025, before being fully contained by Fresno fire crews. (GV Wire)
1 hour ago

Fresno Grass Fire Near Woodward Park Prompts Brief Evacuations

Immigration Raid at Glass House Farms, Camarillo, California
1 hour ago

Behind the Masks: Who Are the People Rounding Up Immigrants in California?

1 hour ago

Homeowners With Solar Rise Up to Defang Bill Authored by Former Utility Executive

2 hours ago

Man Admits to Killing Missing Bass Lake Resident, Madera County Authorities Say

President Donald Trump holds the key to the FIFA Club World Cup trophy in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. (Reuters File)
2 hours ago

Trump Diagnosed With Vein Condition Causing Leg Swelling, White House Says

2 hours ago

Connie Francis, Whose Ballads Dominated ’60s Pop Music, Dies at 87

Help continue the work that gets you the news that matters most.

Search

Send this to a friend