Kaiser Permanente puts millions in Oakland schools

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Kaiser Permanente will pour $7.5 million into Oakland schools over the next three years, a donation aimed at expanding health care and other school-based programs, district and Kaiser officials announced Monday.

The amount offered was "extraordinary," Superintendent Tony Smith said.

The grant will pay for new wellness centers in middle schools and a vision program, including exams and much-needed glasses for elementary school children, among other things, he said.

... Kaiser officials also announced Monday a $1 million grant for the Oakland Police Department's Our Kids Program, which offers mentoring for at-risk youth, and $2 million more to help fund Remember Them, a nonprofit effort to create a downtown educational monument honoring 25 international icons such as Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller and Harvey Milk.

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