Our Mission
2 A Good Cause, Inc. (formerly Winning Situation, Inc.) is a grassroots, nonprofit organization that inspires people and business leaders to donate, rather than discard, their excess usable goods and services to local, community based nonprofit agencies . These include food banks, food programs, homeless shelters, zoos, schools, youth and women’s shelters, centers for the disabled and others in Alameda Contra Costa, and San Francisco counties. In addition, 2 A Good Cause, Inc. keeps 24+ tons of goods out of local landfills every year.
Our Work
2 A Good Cause, Inc. is here to help non-profit agencies make the most of their funding, and donor dollars. These include Food Banks, Hospitals & Clinics, Schools, Women’s Shelters, Libraries, Drop-in Centers for teens and seniors, Museums, and Animal rescue.
Books – Books – Books
We make children’s books available at food distribution centers. While adults are getting food for their family’s bodies, their children can pick out a book to nourish their imagination. Adults can concentrate better on the job at hand with the young ones occupied. We choose three public schools annually to receive books and other learning aids that fill empty shelves in libraries and classrooms. Teachers appreciate being able to give a child a book for a job well done. For some it’s the first book they’ll own.
Food – Clothing – and Shelter
We donate food, clothing, emergency supplies, and hygiene kits to distribution and drop-in centers. Bedding, household goods, and small appliances are a boon to those leaving the Shelter and setting up their own place.
Animal Services
We help meet the needs of animal shelters, zoos, SPCA, and wildlife rehabilitation programs. Thanks to our efforts, several zoos across the western United States are getting less than perfect or wilted produce from grocers that would normally be put in the trash or compost bin. Less than perfect towels go here too – to sooth and clean our animal friends.
2 A Good Cause, Inc. (formerly Winning Situation, Inc) was founded in 2006 to help other non- profit agencies meet their needs by helping fulfill their wishlists. We provide non-profit organizations with supportive connections to business within their own communities in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. We are dedicated to assisting agencies in helping meet their short and long term needs by tireless relationship building and networking with businesses, industries, and individuals who are willing to donate their goods and services. Many of the non-profit agencies we serve depend on donations to help their clients in this very difficult economic time.
Social Service Agencies served in 2016
Alameda County Food Bank
Ankh Service Center
Berkeley Food and Housing
Berkeley Men’s Shelter
Berkeley Senior Center
Berkeley Women’s Shelter
Building Bridges
California College of the Arts
Contra Costa Hospice
Davis St. Family Service Center
East Bay Sanctuary Movement
Emeryville Senior Center
First Place for Youth
Friends of theOakland Public Library
Habitat for Humanity
Huckleberry House
Jewish Family Services
La Clínica de la Raza
Lava Mae
Manna from Heaven
Medshare
Oakland Cerebral Palsy Center
Oakland Museum
Oakland Senior Center
San Francisco Playhouse
Shalom Bayit
St. Mary’s Center Preschool
Street Level Health Project
Studio One
Telegraph Baptist
Temple Beth Jacob
Temple Sinai
The Book Project
The Marsh
The Plant Exchange
The Princess Project
The Rose Foundation
Urban University
Victory Gardens
Volunteers of America
Wardrobe for Opportunity
Women’s Daytime Drop-in Center
Youth Spirit Artworks