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Bill Toliver
I was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota and was one of five children that were abandoned and left to the Ramsey County Welfare Office. My siblings and I were shuffled about to different foster homes, sometimes residing in the same home for a time until something happened that caused us to be moved again (five times growing up). I was a poor student, always in trouble and getting poor grades. I followed two of my brothers to California and there became addicted to methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin. I was homeless and became suicidal and paranoid. A doctor told me if I didn't stop using I had about three weeks to live. My brother took me to Delancey Street where I stayed for nine years, rebuilding my life and rising to the position of First Vice President and member of the Board of Directors. I have not had a drink or drug in over 35 years. After graduation I spent 15 years as a medical examiner for the City of San Francisco. I have lived with my wife Genevieve (also a Delancey graduate) for over 30 years (she works at Washington Mutual where she is Chief Marketing Officer) and we have a beautiful daughter, Dominique who is attending California State University at Chico majoring in Psychology. We have a beautiful home in the Oakland, CA hills and a retirement home in Northern California near Chico. Delancey Street not only saved my life but my two brothers came in after me, and Delancey Street saved their lives as well.
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