Cameron House

NextGen Event: Help & Hang: A Volunteer Mixer at Cameron House
2025-12-03 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cameron House, 920 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA, 94108, United States
​Looking for a fun way to plug into SF’s AAPI community before the year wraps?✨ Join Cameron House NextGen for a lively evening bringing together AAPI-serving orgs and younger professionals who care about making a difference.
​We’re gathering some amazing CBOs (Civic Joy Fund, AAPI Empower Hour, Florence Fang Community Farm, Asian Inc., and more) for a night of connection, community, and real volunteer opportunities. No boring panels, no stuffy networking. Just good people doing good things.
RSVP Here: https://luma.com/0o4iseee
​✨ Expect:
🥟 Free Chinese and Korean bites
🎁 A delicious raffle full of local food goodies and an exclusive coffee experience
🤝 A room full of passionate orgs + potential volunteers
💬 Quick spotlights + open tables to chat, ask questions, and get involved
💛 A warm, community-first atmosphere in the heart of SF Chinatown
​🏛️ A rare chance to tour our historic Cameron House building, where Donaldina Cameron rescued trafficked Asian women and hid them in an underground tunnel that still exists, in the late 1800s—normally closed to the public!
​Program Flow
​6:30–6:50 — Arrive, eat, mingle
6:50–7:10 — Intro to Cameron House & NextGen
7:10–7:30 — 3–5 min spotlights from each CBO
7:30–8:30 — Open social + CBO tables + raffle at the end!
​Come meet great people, discover meaningful ways to get involved, and close out the year feeling connected and inspired.
​Spots are limited to 50 people—RSVP and we’ll see you there!

Harvest Homecoming
2025-11-29 16:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cameron House, 920 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA, 94108, United States
Harvest Homecoming
A Warm Reunion for Our Alumni & Community
Join us for Harvest Homecoming, a casual, come-as-you-are gathering where alumni from all Cameron House programs and services are invited to reconnect, catch up, and celebrate our shared history. Come and go as you please within the event window — we’ll have comfort food and drinks ready for you.
The stage will be open for alumni to share their gifts — music, poetry, storytelling, or talents — as we celebrate the community that continues to grow from our strong Cameron House roots. We’re working on setting up a mah jong tournament for some spirited friendly competition.
We can’t wait to welcome you home for this meaningful and joy-filled gathering! 💛 Help us make sure we have enough food and seats to accommodate all our guests!
RSVP here!
Can’t attend but want to support the effort? The best way to help is to make an unrestricted donation to Cameron House via this form: https://cameronhouse.org/give/donate/?tfa_292=CH%20Website%20Donate%20Button
That way, we can use those funds to stock the shelves with exactly the inventory that’s needed.
If you’re really super duper excited to buy market items only, send dried noodles, 2lb or 5lb bags of white rice, or toilet paper to Cameron House, Attn: Kim Lan Grout, c/o Harvest Market Pantry, 920 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA 94108. These items are most requested and least likely to make a big mess in shipping.
Admission into the reunion is itself an act of service. Please bring a grocery bag filled with Asian culturally-appropriate, unexpired, unopened, shelf-stable foods. Your gift will stock our Harvest Market Pantry — a discreet, dignified, and free market from which our low income social services and youth program families can “shop” throughout December.
We recommended filling your bag with some of the following items. This list is meant to provide an idea of what is needed and is not an exhaustive list. Please note that we cannot accommodate items in bulk. Items should be sized for a single family and manageable for a person to carry home, for example.
Examples of recommended admission groceries to bring:
Sauces & seasonings: soy, oyster sauce, and chili sauce; salt; black pepper; sesame oil; rice vinegar; white and palm sugars; corn starch; rice and glutinous rice flours
Snacks & beverages: seaweed sheets, tea bags, rice crackers, ground coffee, chips, candy
Soup and noodles: instant ramen meals; soup or broth bases (miso, herbal, etc.); bouillon; or soup concentrates; dried rice, egg, or buckwheat noodles
Cooking oils: vegetable, olive, avocado oil, and canola
Gift Cards to Target, Safeway, Lucky, and Walmart (increments of $20 preferred). Clipper cards to use on BART or MUNI are also needed.
Household & personal care: toilet paper; facial tissue; paper towels; garbage bags (all sizes); shampoo, conditioner, body wash; toothbrushes, toothpaste; hand soap and sanitizer; face masks; feminine hygiene products

We are grateful to our partners at Ascend NorCal for supplying the Harvest Market Pantry with instant ramen and 2lb-5lb bags of white rice.

2025 Annual Meeting
2025-11-22 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cameron House, 920 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA, 94108, United States
Annual Meeting 2025: A Celebration of a Transformational Year
You are invited to Cameron House’s first-ever Annual Meeting, a celebration of a transformational year and for the incredible things to come! Together, we’ll reflect on Cameron House’s impact throughout Fiscal Year 2025 (October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025), share our FY25 Annual Report, and present a sneak peek into our Strategic Plan.
We’ll also take this time to honor our outgoing board members and welcome our incoming ones, all while enjoying light hors d’oeuvres and drinks in great company. This is the ideal opportunity to mix, mingle, and get to know our leadership, staff, and each other better. Tours of the new Makerspace will be offered. The agenda for the evening will be shared with registrants in advance. 🎉
We’re expecting a full house, so sign up to reserve your spot today: https://go.cameronhouse.org/annualmeeting2025
We can’t wait to see you!

Picnic in the Park
2025-06-22 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mountain Lake Park, 98 Funston Ave, San Francisco, CA 94118, San Francisco, CA, 94118
🎉 Picnic in the Park: Food, Games, Prizes & Community Fun – June 22, 2025! 🎈
Cameron House is gathering for its third annual Picnic in the Park on Sunday, June 22, from 11AM to 3PM at Mountain Lake Park in San Francisco’s Inner Richmond District.
This year’s picnic marks an exciting moment—the official launch of Friends of Cameron House (FoCH), a new initiative created in partnership with Cameron House NextGen. It’s a celebration of community, connection, and the next generation of leaders carrying forward the Cameron House legacy.
The event is free and open to all. Guests enjoy:

🍉 Snacks and refreshments
🧺 Potluck-style picnic – folks are welcome to bring their own dishes to share
🪁 Games and activities for all ages
🎁 Fun prizes and throwback vibes
🌞 A sunny day in the park to relax, reconnect, and recharge

Families, alumni, neighbors, and newcomers are all invited to come hang out, share a meal, and see what’s happening at Cameron House. Whether staying for 20 minutes or a few hours, everyone is welcome to stop by and be part of the joy.
Mountain Lake Park offers something for everyone—playgrounds, basketball and pickleball courts (reserve in advance), walking trails, a dog-friendly area, and easy access to local favorites on Clement Street. Best park entrance for the picnic: 9th Ave & Lake St.
Cameron House continues to celebrate 150+ years of community, service, and leadership. This picnic is just one way we gather, grow, and move forward—together.
View 2024 photo album here

150th Anniversary Gala: Connecting Hearts, Transforming Futures
2024-09-28 18:00 - 21:30 UTC
This year’s SOLD OUT Cameron House Gala was unforgettable. We are immensely grateful that you were able to join us for Cameron House’s 150th anniversary gala. Your attendance made the evening exceptionally special. If you weren’t able to attend, we missed you and hope to see you at a future event.

View the 150th Gala photo album

July 20, 2024 | Picnic in the Park
2024-07-20 12:00 - 16:00 UTC | Hellman Hollow, Golden Gate Park, Hellman Hollow, Golden Gate Park, 800 John F Kennedy Dr., CA, 94122, United States
The 2nd annual Picnic in the Park attracted about 100 attendees and brought smiles and sunshine to Golden Gate Park. Current and past Cameron House program participants, friends, and supporters reconnected, noshed on grilled burgers, and shared potluck fare.
A special thank you to all volunteers who made this day possible!
View photo album here

May 4, 2024 | Cameron Carnival
2024-05-04
Cameron Carnival made its long-awaited return! May 4th was filled with family-friendly games, activities, and food.

We were happy to reunite with old friends and forge new connections.
Special recognition goes to Carnival Co-Chairs Jon Hee and Dylan Chow for their leadership, blood, sweat and tears for resurrecting our first post-pandemic Carnival. Plus, a special shout out to Pauline, Rob and Josh Hee for stepping in to lend critical support during the final weeks.
View photo album

March 9, 2024 | Cameron House & Chinatown: Sharing Our Past, Shaping Our Future
2024-03-09
An engaging discussion on the historical significance of Cameron House, Chinatown’s current needs, and future strategic initiatives to create meaningful change.

Rev. Harry Chuck, former Cameron House Executive Director
Rev. Norman Fong, Chinatown activist and leader
Aaron Peskin, President, SF Board of Supervisors, representing District 3 including Chinatown
Liane Wong, President, CH Board of Directors

Watch the recorded event
View photo album
