This is the journey of two fierce-warrior mothers, two beautiful daughters with disabilities, and two families struggling to find safe and fun places to play as a family. Olenka Villarreal and Laurel Miranda met in the early 2000s at Palo Alto’s Abilities United (now called AbilityPath) during a special needs preschool class. Their […]
Vincent Steckler: A Real “Magical” Man (1958-2021) Generous philanthropist. Brilliant board member. An incredible human being. Genuine Kindness Ambassador. Picture: Vince and Amanda Steckler, Kindness Ambassadors at Picnic en Blanc in Redwood City 2018 to support Magical Bridge Playground in Redwood City. It is with profound shock, sadness, and disbelief I write about […]
Back by Popular Demand! We are delighted to share that the MUSIC IS MAGICAL Summer Concert Series is returning to Magical Bridge Playground in Palo Alto. Thanks to generous sponsorship from the Palo Alto Community Fund – and a grant from the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund, Magical Bridge Foundation is able to bring […]
Along with many of you, we are based in Northern California and watching our friends and families flee from the fires raging to the north, south, east and west. Many of them have lost their homes while others are displaced and praying they have a home to return to. Our community has always been incredibly […]
Magical Bridge Foundation Kindness Ambassadors Ava Goumas (a rising Junior at Saint Francis High School) , Cheryl Tolomeo (a rising Junior at Los Altos High School) , and Isabella Koutsoyannis (a rising Senior at Paly Alto High School) were selected to joining the Teen Advisory Board for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. As members of this […]
Welcome to the first-ever screening by our inaugural Magical Bridge Foundation Teen Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Board. With a generous and forward-thinking “Emerging Needs Grant” from the Palo Alto Human Relations Commission, the Magical Bridge Foundation piloted a Teen Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (or DEI) Program as a special initiative with invited teen Kindness […]
Written by Boudewjn van Breeman and Kelvin Jiang, Kindness Ambassadors and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) advocates at the Magical Bridge Foundation. They attend Gunn High School. Boudewijn is a rising senior and Kelvin is a rising junior. Those with disabilities are often treated differently and inequitably in communities. Being stranded in our homes during […]
Written by Bella Chang. Bella graduated Gunn High School in 2020 and plans to attend UC Berkeley in the fall. During this new life with the coronavirus, the one constant is change. We have changed the way we work, the way we clean, and the way we live. But, arguably one of the […]
Written by Nicole Smith. Nicole graduated from Gunn High School in 2020 and plans to attend University of Washington in the fall. One of the primary issues we have discussed in the Teen Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Board is accessibility. As students at a public Palo Alto school, we have peers with varying […]
Written by Shauncy Lim. I‘m Shauncy Lim, I’m 19 years old and I’m a rising freshman at Foothill College. I was in the Futures program at Gunn High School and I enjoyed being a barista at Coffeeology, a coffee shop for staff. During my junior year I was one of the board members of the Best […]
