Zen Center facilitates a prison correspondence program which reaches out to over 100 incarcerated men and women throughout the country. We provide...
Prison Pen Pals Needed
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Food for Homeless People Programs at City Center
For several years, Zen Center has had a weekly lunch program for homeless people. Volunteers meet in the City Center kitchen and prepare and deliver...
Clara House Volunteer Opportunities
Clara House, just down the street from Zen Center, is a transitional housing facility for families. Zen Center has enjoyed a long history of...
Volunteers Needed for Homeless Outreach
We are currently looking for help with making and delivering meals to homeless people. If you are available on Thursday afternoons from about 1 - 3...
Interested in Being an Event Volunteer at SF Zen Center?
Volunteering includes free admission to a variety of Zen Center events. SF Zen Center is gathering names of people interested in volunteering to...
Prison Correspondence Program
There is an ongoing need for people willing to be pen pals to incarcerated practitioners. To be a correspondent you need not be a teacher, a...
Deaf Practice at City Center
Written by Keith Baker In 1986, Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease (AIED) left me profoundly deaf for several months. Over the following year, half my...
Funeral for Lou Hartman on Sunday, March 13
The funeral for Lou Hartman, Shuun Mitsuzen, will be held at San Francisco Zen Center's City Center on Sunday, March 13, at 2 pm. Sojun Mel...
The Ino’s Blog: Form Is Emptiness
City Center Ino, Shundo David Haye, describes Lou's Witnessed Cremation Ceremony: A contingent of us went over the bridge after lunch to Emeryville...