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It’s quite possible my circumstances wouldn’t be as positive today if it weren’t for me running away to Huckleberry House when I was 14. I’m so grateful services like this exist for troubled youth. I was able to safely escape an abusive situation and move into a healthier environment thanks to Huckleberry House. I hope […]

We have participated in family therapy with Huckleberry House and it has been the single best mental health service provider we’ve encountered in the 3+ years of parenting our now adopted teenager. Our daughter has difficulties trusting people and our therapist was able to engage her. We’ve had some memorable moments at Huckleberry House and […]

I would not be where I am today if not for Huckleberry. The leadership skills I’ve gained and the relationships I’ve made through Huckleberry have had a huge impact on my life. My life before Huckleberry was a downward spiral. I was constantly fighting with my mother and getting into trouble in and out of […]

In 1997, at age 11, Yusuf Hansia moved to Mill Valley, CA from Bahrain to live with his grandparents. He remembers the culture shock and always being asked to repeat himself two or three times because of his accent. But culture shock wasn’t the only issue for Yusuf. He was raised predominantly by his grandparents […]

My mom was a single mom and I was raised in the Western Addition. I had a couple of friends who tested positive for HIV, and those I found myself in peer relationships with were struggling to find place and space in the Western Addition. Drugs had really surrounded our community and there weren’t a […]

In the 1980s, Huckleberry began focusing the growth of our health programming for youth. By the end of the decade, the HIV epidemic loomed large and Huckleberry began mounting its response with prevention programs for homeless and runaway youth, leading to a new era of activism and program development to address HIV, sexually transmitted infections, […]