Raphael House
Raphael House is a shelter in the Tenderloin, San Francisco, California[1][2] which provides transitional housing and support programs for parents and children who are experiencing homelessness.
Established in 1971 at Gough and McAllister Streets,[3] Raphael House was the first shelter for homeless families in the city. It has been located on Sutter Street since 1977. It is a non-profit organization which accepts no government funding,[3][4][5] relying upon San Francisco Bay Area philanthropy.[6][7][8] Not all offers of support,[9] however, are accepted.
From 1978 through 1999, Raphael House also operated Brother Juniper's Restaurant,[10] an on-site breakfast café named for Saint Juniper. Although it brought Raphael House a small net profit for twenty years, the expense of renovating its kitchens and the need for additional space for the children's afterschool tutorial center combined to impel its closure.
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- ^ Patricia Chaffee. "The Angel of Raphael House: Providing refuge for homeless families". Sojourners Magazine, Winter issue, December 1994-January 1995. http://sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj9412&article=941244.
- ^ Debra Saunders (November 22, 1995). "A Shelter, A Sanctuary, A Start". San Francisco Chronicle. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1995/11/22/ED20237.DTL.
- ^ a b Raphael House website.
- ^ Betsey Culp (28 August 1998). "A Roof of One's Own". The WELL. http://www.well.com/user/sfflier/woman-figure-roof.html#anchor45367. "Raphael House exists entirely on contributions, along with the earnings of its thrift shop and [until 1999] Brother Juniper's restaurant. ... [T]he roof garden [is] a playground. The wooden deck is long enough for a six year old to get a good run across the middle, and at the sides large pots of plants wind in and out among playhouses and low climbing structures."
- ^ Pat Murphy (November 4, 2007). "Raphael House celebration luncheon to thank all who helped transform oasis of family mending". San Francisco Sentinel. http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=6633.
- ^ Carolyne Zinko (July 13, 2003). "Veterans of philanthropy pass the torch to youngsters with deep pockets". San Francisco Chronicle. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/07/13/LV167956.DTL.
- ^ Kate Williamson (25 December 2006). "Local businesses bring holiday cheer". San Francisco Examiner. http://www.examiner.com/a-474505~Local_businesses_bring_holiday_cheer.html. "... two efficiency studios donated as part of a pilot program between the San Francisco landlord firm, homeless shelter Raphael House and Benefit magazine."
- ^ Jessica Aguirre (25 December 2006). "Families Given Free, Furnished Homes: A Miracle On Geary Street". KGO-TV. http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=4885913.
- ^ Joe Garofoli (November 22, 2003). "Topless joint can't give money away". San Francisco Chronicle. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/11/22/MNGV838Q011.DTL.
- ^ "Raphael House History: Brother Juniper's, 1978–1999". http://www.raphaelhouse.org/about-us/history.html.
