Compassion Health

Room to run. Reason to hope.

Neighborhood Soccer and Compassion Nutrition help families move, eat, and live well today, as we dream toward a free community clinic for tomorrow.

Neighbors gathered around a table at a Compassion Health nutrition classThree smiling girls arm in arm in their Bay Compassion soccer jerseysA neighbor chopping fresh vegetables in a Compassion Nutrition class
Real kids, real families: youth soccer and nutrition classes today.
Health for the whole person

Three paths to health.

Good health isn't only about medicine. It grows when families move together, eat well together, and have somewhere to turn when they're sick. Two of these paths are open today. The third is a dream we're building toward.

Compassion Nutrition · An eight-week class

Cook together. Eat together. Laugh together.

For neighbors living with, or at risk for, chronic diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Over eight weeks, we gather around one table to learn healthy habits that fit real life, real budgets, and real families.

🍳 Cook together: hands-on recipes you can make at home
🍽️ Share a meal: sit down and eat what we made, together
😄 Laugh together: real friendships, not just a class
💬 Talk health together: simple, practical conversations about living well
I'm interested →

Share your interest, and we'll reach out about the next class.

123456788 weeksAROUND ONE TABLE8 semanasALREDEDOR DE UNA MESACook togetherCocinar juntosShare a mealCompartir una comidaTalk health togetherHablar de salud juntosLaugh togetherReír juntos
Neighborhood Soccer

Every kid deserves a field to play on.

Too many kids are priced out of sports and never get the chance to play. Neighborhood Soccer is free and open to the community, so kids can run, play, and grow, and families can cheer them on together. More sports are on our hearts for the future.

$910
the average a family spent on a child's soccer in 2024
Source: Aspen Institute, Project Play
$0
to play Neighborhood Soccer. Free for every family.
Our latest season
Kids from communities across Contra Costa County came to play.
223
players registered
162
families
255
registrations across 3 programs
32
volunteer sign-ups
Our dream: a free community clinic

Care for neighbors who fall through the gaps.

Being uninsured, or between coverage, shouldn't mean going without care. We're dreaming toward a free community clinic: a bridge of compassionate care that carries neighbors across the gap until they're connected to care for the long term.

THE COVERAGE GAPbetween jobs, between coverage, uninsuredLA BRECHA DE COBERTURAentre empleos, entre coberturas, sin seguroLosing coverageConnected to carePierde su coberturaConectado a atenciónA free community clinicFREE · INTERMITTENT · COMPASSIONATEUna clínica comunitaria gratuitaGRATUITA · INTERMITENTE · COMPASIVA
93,000
Contra Costa residents could lose Medi-Cal coverage, or face new barriers to keeping it, by 2029 because of federal and state changes.
Source: Contra Costa County

The clinic we're dreaming of would offer free, intermittent, compassionate care: a place to be seen when you're sick, to manage a chronic condition while you're between coverage, and to get help connecting to long-term care. It would grow from the same roots as everything we do: the local church caring for its community.

A dream we're building toward

Are you a clinician, church, or partner who shares this dream? Let's talk →

Join the team
Every field, every table, every neighbor.

Coach a team, cheer from the sidelines, or help in the kitchen, so families can keep playing, cooking, and growing healthy together.

Planted in community. Together, we flourish.