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[Official Google Blog] Today, Mayor Gavin Newsom will announce plans to give every homeless person in San Francisco a local phone number and voicemail account through Project CARE. We're thrilled to be a part of this effort, and as a first step towards simplifying the process of setting up a phone number and voicemail, we're rolling out a website where shelters and agencies across the city can create new accounts.
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[Romow's Society and Culture Blog] Google Launches Plan to Help Homeless in San Francisco: The vision for project CARE is to begin in San Francisco, and quickly spread throughout the country, focusing first on large metropolitan areas which tend to have greater homeless populations. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said Google’s contribution was “an extraordinary step forward in the city’s commitment to a comprehensive approach to addressing the needs of this vulnerable community.”
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[takepart Blog Network] Google Gives Free Voicemail to San Fran Homeless: said Craig Walker, senior project manager of Google. “There’s no stigma attached to it that ‘hey this is a temporary thing’
[techblogger] Googles Project CARE Gives Voicemail to Homeless in San Fransisco: When Google isn’t busy acquiring the online world or dodging questions about its recently-plummeting stock, it looks like the internet giant tries to do some good. Maybe it’s for the good of mankind, maybe it’s for the press or maybe Google just couldn’t figure out what else to do with its acquisition of GrandCentral.
[winvistavideos.com] Google expands free phone number and voicemail project: Grand Central had already been offering the free phone number and voicemail service to people in San Francisco through Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Project Homeless Connect, which brings together nonprofit organizations and other social-service providers in one location to provide on-the-spot services for homeless. The services include medical, mental health, substance abuse, housing, dental, and legal services, plus free eyeglasses, California ID, food, clothing, and wheelchair repair.
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[TECH.BLORGE.com] Google helps the homeless with free voice mail: How many of these disenfranchised homeless could there possibly be in the San Francisco area? Because of the temperate climate that makes it possible to be outside year round San Francisco attracts as many as 7000 or more homeless to its streets.
[Mobile Tech & Online Marketing] Google Giving Free Phone # and Voicemail To Homeless: Google hopes to take the service beyond the Bay Area, but it’s an interesting acquisition, and one that Google will be sure to use to their advantage in the future. The article I read about this didn’t state whether or not their handing out free devices, or if it’s a pre-paid type service or any other details, but I’m sure being Google, mobile-based advertising will be in the mix.
[Financially Independent Minds Worldwide] Google expands free phone number and voicemail project: Grand Central had already been offering the free phone number and voicemail service to people in San Francisco through Mayor Gavin Newsom's Project Homeless Connect, which brings together nonprofit organizations and other social-service providers in one location to provide on-the-spot services for homeless. The services include medical, mental health, substance abuse, housing, dental, and legal services, plus free eyeglasses, California ID, food, clothing, and wheelchair repair.
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[Mike Responts: The Blog] NOT ONE SHINING MOMENT: 23, the day before the Bruins-Ducks showdown in Eugene, Love found more than 30 voice-mail messages on his cellphone when UCLA stopped for a layover in San Francisco. He listened to the first one: If you guys win, we’ll come to your house and kill your family.
[Brier Dudley's blog] Is Google copying Seattle non-profit's voicemail project?: Google's getting kudos today for a new service offering free voice mail for homeless people in San Francisco, a program highlighting its GrandCentral messaging service. It's a great idea - just ask Community Voice Mail, a Seattle-based .
[daily digital blog] Google helps the homeless, offers free voicemail: The GrandCentral service, according to Google gives users one number, one voicemail box and “so many features you won’t believe it.” By giving this to the homeless, it could give them a first step to getting back on their feet by offering them a way to stay in contact with potential employers.
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