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Foundation launches website to connect legal volunteers, immigrants

Original post made on Sep 9, 2014

In anticipation of an eventual federal overhaul of the nation's immigration laws and a growing immigrant population in Silicon Valley, Mountain View-based Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) launched last week a new online tool to recruit volunteers for nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to the 200,000 low-income immigrants living in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, September 8, 2014, 4:46 PM

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