As some of you may know, many agents and employees in the South Bay RE/MAX family have been donating their time and energy to the Project NEEDS organization for a long time now. If you are not familiar with Project NEEDS, it is a homeless outreach program based out of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Redondo Beach. RE/MAX folks help out in a variety of ways ranging from picking up donated food from local grocers to volunteering to feed the homeless to making regular clothing donations.
St. Paul’s was asked in March of 1990 to act as a “counting station” for the first ever homeless census count. Volunteers helped to deliver warm meals and distribute clothing, blankets and hygiene items, and it was through this interaction with homeless people that many volunteers were made aware of the needs of the homeless in our local community. Soon, volunteers and church members were serving meals to the homeless and in 1997, Project NEEDS began a food distribution program and began stocking the church pantry with donated goods. They later started using a separate building on the lot as a clothing center that also hands out items such as toys, books, hygiene items and dishes. In addition, in the last year or so the Los Angeles Food Bank truck has been showing up to deliver goods as well.
St. Paul’s was asked in March of 1990 to act as a “counting station” for the first ever homeless census count. Volunteers helped to deliver warm meals and distribute clothing, blankets and hygiene items, and it was through this interaction with homeless people that many volunteers were made aware of the needs of the homeless in our local community. Soon, volunteers and church members were serving meals to the homeless and in 1997, Project NEEDS began a food distribution program and began stocking the church pantry with donated goods. They later started using a separate building on the lot as a clothing center that also hands out items such as toys, books, hygiene items and dishes. In addition, in the last year or so the Los Angeles Food Bank truck has been showing up to deliver goods as well.
Hot meals are handed out every Tuesday night to anyone who is hungry and last year roughly 5,000 meals were served. This year, they are once again participating in the Spring Campaign to Fight Hunger by the Feinstein Foundation. Donations received now through April 30th will be matched by the Foundation...so the more Project NEEDS raises, the more they will get! If you are interested in helping out, give me a call or email me and I will give you more details. Thanks!
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