LOCAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ACTIVITES


CONSTRUCTION VOLUNTEERING
SGV Habitat (one of our major mission partners) has several upcoming builds to help hard-working families become first-time homebuyers. You can help build their home, working alongside others in the community. This includes a four-plex in Azusa, with a home for a veteran, a church being converted to houses in Baldwin Park, and a series of home renovations in El Sereno. No experience is necessary to volunteer, and volunteers get to learn new life skills alongside SGV construction staff.

We are excited to share that the project in Azusa is close to beginning and we are looking for eager volunteers or groups to come out. There are other ways you can support SGV Habitat and their construction volunteers in the form of offering in-kind lunch donations for our hard-working volunteers.

If you’re interested in participating in this mission, please let your interest be known to Pastor Donald.

ReStore VOLUNTEERING

ReStores are home improvement and donation centers that sell everything from furniture to appliances to building materials at low prices. This helps fund SGV Habitat’s mission through purchases. We have two ReStore locations in Pasadena and Duarte. ReStore volunteers help to greet customers with a friendly smile, keep the store clean, and assist with finding new homes for all the generously donated items! You can come anytime Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 6pm and lend a helping hand.

FOOD FORWARD FRUIT PICKS

Food Forward was recently awarded a commendation from the US Environmental Protection Agency, alongside myriad national food suppliers and purchasers like Wegmans, Disneyland, MGM Resorts and UC Davis, for the environmental impact resulting from our food recovery work in 2013-17.

One of the things we LOVE about [FF’s] UCLA partnership is that it is manned and woman-ed by students who are feeding other students. What many people don?t realize is that there is a high percentage of students who experience food insecurity. Current estimates show this number to be roughly 20% at UCLA, with students choosing to buy books over food. Food Forward’s program gives these folks a hand by creating an eco-system where the UCLA community can help its own who are struggling to make ends meet.

Watch for SMCC Picks
Watch your email for announcements on future picks with Food Forward. We look for available activities on the third Saturday morning of each month and will pass that info on to you so that you can join the effort. There is a quick registration on the Food Forward site that allows you to sign up for a pick of your choice and lets Pastor Donald know that he has volunteers. www.foodforward.org

LUNCHES FOR THE HOMELESS

Union Station Homeless Services Sack Lunch Project
Here’s a way to be of service through your beloved church! Union Station Homeless Services is part of a premier group of human services agencies in L.A. County that are leading the way to ending homelessness in our community. Union Station is the San Gabriel Valley’s largest social service agency assisting homeless and very low-income adults and families. We are looking to be of service to Union Station by helping out with their programs that provide food for those in need. Our mission will be to provide sack lunches. We will come together at the church kitchen third Tuesday of the month to make the lunches, which will then be taken to the station for distribution. Please let Marcia Albrecht know if you can help prepare the lunches (all food will be provided and in the kitchen). You can email her at: mla2575@aol.com.

BRING IN YOUR PENNIES AND PULLTABS

A penny coin means as much to us now as it did years ago. Saving your pennies to give to our Penny Jar for the Ronald McDonald House in Pasadena helps the many families who come to stay there while their child is in the hospital.

You can also “PULL” for the Ronald McDonald House by collecting tabs of all sizes from soda, cat and dog food, food cans, tennis ball canisters, etc. One tab on its own may not be worth much, but if we all “pull together” we can make a difference.

J. SEYMOUR FAMILY CENTER PROJECT

HELP US COLLECT FOR THE HOMELESS: We continue to seek items throughout the year for the Jeff Seymour Family Center in El Monte who provides for the homeless and their children.

Baskets are available in the narthex for your contributions of:

  • new packages of diapers (all sizes)
  • baby wipes
  • feminine hygiene items
  • travel sizes of: deodorant, antibacterial wipes, cream/lotion, sunscreen, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, etc.

Nothing in large packages, please as most recipients have no place to store such items.

LIZ CAMERON FOOD PANTRY

Every day children and their families go hungry, right here in our own community. By supporting our neighborhood food bank at La Casa by donating food items to our food pantry, you are helping to solve this problem! Food donations go directly to families who otherwise might not have enough to eat.

Ongoing requests:

  • beans and rice (in smaller bags – NOT large quantities)
  • bags of pasta and boxes of cereal (regular sized boxes only, please)
  • canned proteins (tuna, chicken, ham, etc.)
  • pasta sauce