Share Our Selves
While delivering Mother’s Day donations, Jan Steury and I found out that SOS has experienced a 40% increase in requests for food and other assistance in the past year.They distribute approximately 250 bags of food every day to needy families. While they get a lot of bread and crackers, protein food is in short supply.In honor of all the fathers who are struggling to feed their families, we would like to ask for an additional donation of non-perishable food for Father’s Day. We will be on the patio on June 20th and 27th. Please pick up a couple of cans of tuna, beans, soup, or jars of peanut butter the next time you shop and help out our neighbors at SOS. Thank you for your generosity.
While the Share our Selves (SOS) local nonprofit organization provides emergency assistance year round, Orange Coast presently focuses on three major activities. They are:
1. Mother’s Day collection in May: Mother and baby items such as diapers, bottles, receiving blankets, clothes, and used and new equipment (car seats, cribs, high chairs, etc.) This year the Sewing/Kraft group made flannel receiving blankets to donate. We usually collect items on the patio on two Sundays.
2. Back to School in August: Backpacks and school supplies such as paper, pencils, markers, dictionaries. We usually collect items on the patio on two Sundays during the year.
3. Adopt a Family for the Holidays in December: Gifts and food for a holiday dinner for families whose names are supplied by SOS. We have people sign up to donate in a variety of ways: adopting a whole family, combining with others to adopt a family, or donating gifts, food, or cash to allow us to combine items for a family. This is our largest undertaking, and a good proportion of OCUUC members participate.
Contact Judith Stamper for more details.