For Immediate Release: June 17, 2013 New Initiative Aims to Double Percentage of Oakland Youth Reading on Grade Level by End of Third Grade by 2020 City of Oakland, Oakland Unified School District and Nearly 100 Organizations Announce Oakland Reads 2020, An Initiative Aimed at Dramatically Improving Reading Proficiency for Oakland’s Youth Oakland, CA – When kids read at grade level, especially by the end of third grade, their future is much... Read More

San Francisco, CA – Jennifer Rainin, President of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, was honored by the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), Northern California Chapter, as the 2013 Champion of Hope. She was recognized for her philanthropic leadership in establishing the Center for Colitis and Crohn’s Disease at UCSF with her father, Kenneth Rainin, and for funding transformative research to find a cure for Inflammatory Bowel Disease... Read More