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Bay Area Woman Leads Birthday Celebrations For People Living In Homeless Shelters
"I felt safe because I had a roof over my head," Maybelle Regaspi said. "I had beds and the people were very nice to me."

September 4, 2025
A Peninsula woman has made it her mission to celebrate birthdays of shelter residents, making sure people living with homelessness are not forgotten while providing them hope for the future.
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From bingo to breakfast, Maybelle Regaspi makes sure everyone feels special at the party she's throwing at a local shelter, which was her home for several months when she escaped an abusive marriage more than a decade ago.
"I felt safe because I had a roof over my head," Regaspi said. "I had beds and the people were very nice to me."
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