“A community called by God to work for the SHALOM of the city –its health, welfare and prosperity.” Faith Network of the East Bay is an Oakland non-profit organization founded in 2001. Our focus is to build healthy families, schools and neighborhoods by rallying community support for under-resourced urban public schools. Faith Network’s mission is to give hope to at-promise students in East Bay schools by surrounding them with a caring community, igniting their innate potential, and helping them to develop academic and life skills crucial to their growth and fulfillment. The goal is to prepare today’s youth for a life of serving others and contributing positively to their communities. We achieve this by tapping and aligning resources from a broad coalition of community partners. Human capital is our most important resource. Individual volunteer tutors and mentors building one-on-one relationships with at-promise youth is Faith Network’s epicenter. We continue to grow in the number of schools and students served, scope of services provided, and partnerships forged. Today, with the assistance of over 200 regular volunteers who work directly with students, 150 occasional volunteers who lend a hand with short-term projects, and nearly 60 diverse community partners, we are serving over 30 schools in the Oakland Unified School District, the Alameda Unified School District, West Contra Costa School District, and Berkeley Unified School District.