UC Berkeley, Gilead Sciences and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland Are Playing for the Future

Great futures start at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland, where local youth find safe places to learn and grow.

That's why UC Berkeley and Bay Area biotechnology company Gilead Sciences have teamed up to help nurture the innovative thinkers of tomorrow. This basketball season, Gilead will donate fifty dollars to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland every time the Cal Bears make an assist. That’s enough to sponsor one child’s activities at the Clubs for the entire year – including critical mentoring and leadership development programs.

This season, when the Bears score it isn’t just points on the board – it’s also an investment in tomorrow’s leaders. Listen to what young people themselves have to say:

"The Boys & Girls Club means so much to me, it holds the key to my life, and it unlocked the best in me to make me the person that I am today." -- LaShae Debose, 2011-2012 Boys & Girls Club of Oakland Youth of the Year

A winning season for the Bears means a winning year for Oakland school kids. Go Bears!