Poverello House
Pedro Santana is an experienced professional in fund development and executive leadership. Currently serving as the Director of Fund Development at Poverello House since December 2015, Pedro Santana oversees media communications and fundraising activities to support the organization's goals while nurturing relationships with donors and media stakeholders. Prior to this role, Pedro Santana was the Executive Director of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Central Valley, Inc. from January 2004 to November 2015, where responsibilities included providing essential resources and housing to children and their families. Pedro Santana holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from California State University, Fresno, completed in 2003, and is a graduate of Roosevelt High School, class of 1998.
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Poverello House
Poverello House is a private, nonprofit, nondenominational organization that serves the hungry, the homeless, and the destitute of Fresno, California. Poverello House began officially in 1973, but its history goes back much further. In the turbulent 1960s, a young man named Mike McGarvin was on the fast track to becoming one of the many casualties of the decade. Drugs, alcohol, violence and hopelessness were his daily companions, until he found a place in San Francisco called Poverello House. The priest who ran the coffee house asked Mike to volunteer, and the experience changed his life. Several years later, Mike married and moved to Fresno. He was now a photoengraver, but was searching for a way to repay God for saving his life. The answer came when he noticed homeless people on the streets of Fresno. Mike knew what to do; he would hand out peanut butter sandwiches, talk to people, and let them know someone cared. Poverello House now serves three meals a day, 365 days a year, to anyone in need; offers free medical and dental care through the Holy Cross Clinic; provides showers and laundry services to the homeless; serves as a day shelter and safe haven for people on the streets; houses a 28-bed residential alcohol and drug rehabilitation program, and a five-bed transitional home; distributes free clothing; provides recreation, mail service, transportation, and referral services, and, finally, has a homeless dog kennel for abandoned pets.