Sharing Abundance Recipients
2005

Sharing abundance is an important part of Unity Palo Alto Community Church’s sharing prosperity and community outreach.

Jan.	Support Network for Battered Women
Feb.	Habitat for Humanity Asia Tsunami Relief Fund
March	Avenidas
April	Friends Outside
May	Read Santa Clara
June	Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen
July	Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC)
Aug.	Partners in Caring
Sept.	American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
Oct.	North-American Islamic Shelter for the Abused
Nov.	Mother Branch: The East Palo Alto Community Service Center
Dec.	Youth Community Service (YCS)

American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund for Hurricane Katrina

Our September sharing abundance recipient is the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund for Hurricane Katrina disaster relief.

To donate or volunteer, contact the American Red Cross Santa Clara Valley Chapter, 271 North First Street San Jose, CA 95134-2027
Or, visit the national organization at www.redcross.org or call 1-800-help-now

Avenidas

For more than 35 years Avenidas has been helping mid-Peninsula seniors live well, learn and maintain their independence. Our shared abundance goes to support the transportation service Avenidas provides to the La Comida lunch program, grocery shopping and the Senior Day Center in South Palo Alto.
For more information contact Ginger Johnson, Transportation Manager at gjohnson@avenidas.org or 650-326-5362 ext. 25.

Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC)

The Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC) was founded in 1973. It exists to provide alternatives to self-destructive behavior, and to help create healthy lives for children and their families in Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, and the surrounding communities. All CHAC's programs are designed to protect young people from high-risk behaviour while building personal assets to help insure that they have the greatest chance for success in life.
For more information see their website at www.chacmv.org, call 650-965-2020 or visit CHAC at 711 Church St. in Mountain View.

Friends Outside

Friends Outside, in Santa Clara County, provides assistance and support for prisoners in Santa Clara County and their families. Through counseling, mentoring and other resources they work to support those left to raise families and to stop the cycle of incarceration.
For more information about contributing or volunteering contact Jennifer Tait, Executive Director at 408-295-2907 ext. 224 or foinsccjt@covad.net. Visit their website at www.friendsoutsideinscc.org.

Habitat for Humanity Asia Tsunami Relief Fund

Our Sharing Abundance recipient for February is the Habitat for Humanity Asia Tsunami Relief Fund. The Habitat for Humanity International Asia Tsunami Relief Fund was launched to collect $25 million to provide 25,000 transitional houses for families left homeless by the Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26, 2004.
For more information, or to make an additional donation, visit the Habitat for Humanity website.

Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen

Each year over 500 volunteers participate in the Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen program to feed seniors, poor families and the homeless. They serve over 50,000 meals and prepare another 11,000 baskets with a week’s worth of supplies for families. An ecumenical organization, Loaves & Fishes operates out of two locations in San Jose: St. Patrick’s church downtown and St. Maria Goretti in south San Jose.
To volunteer contact Rene Hollanby, part-time volunteer coordinator, at 408-934-4993 or email rhollamby@loavesfishes.org. For information about providing much needed financial support, please visit their website at www.loavesfishes.org.

Mother Branch

Mother Oneida Branch is our sharing abundance recipient this month. As many of you know, she tirelessly serves the homeless and needy in East Palo Alto. “I'm 86 but look 59 — the Lord is keeping me”, she says. Her operation runs year-round and no one is ever turned away.
If you'd like to contribute, send checks, money orders, or grocery gift certificates (no cash) payable to “East Palo Alto Community Center,” or you can deliver food, clothing, and money gifts directly. Mother Branch is at 2584 Farrington Way, East Palo Alto; cross street Kavanaugh, off University. Call 650-325-2848.

North-American Islamic Shelter for the Abused

The mission of the North-American Islamic Shelter for the Abused (NISA) is to help women and men achieve domestic harmony and a happy family life in the SF Bay Area by alleviating issues related to abuse and domestic violence.
The NISA helpline is 1-888-ASK-NISA
For more information, visit the NISA website www.ask-nisa.org or contact them via phone 650-856-0440 or email admin@ask-nisa.org

Partners in Caring

Partners in Caring (PIC) is a joint partnership between Stanford Hospital and Avenidas. As part of their mission to improve the lives of older adults, PIC provides practical support by recruiting, training and matching volunteers to homebound individuals — helping older adults remain independent in their own homes. For more information about PIC, please visit their website at www.stanfordhospital.com/forPatients/patientServices/partnersInCaring, or contact Stephany Beane, Volunteer Coordinator, at SBeane@stanfordmed.org or 650-725-4504.

Read Santa Clara

Our Sharing Abundance recipient for May is Read Santa Clara. Since 1995, Read Santa Clara has provided free literacy instruction and support to English-speaking adults in the City of Santa Clara, enabling them to reach their goals and realize their full potential in their personal, family, work and community lives.
For more information on Read Santa Clara programs or on becoming a tutor, contact Shanti Bhaskaran, Literacy Program Supervisor, at 408-615-2956 or via email readsantaclara@ci.santa-clara.ca.us. For information on volunteering, you can also check http://library.ci.santa-clara.ca.us/about-the-library/services.html#reading.

Support Network for Battered Women

The Support Network for Battered Women is the only domestic violence agency in north Santa Clara County. Last year they answered 5,485 crisis calls. Their services include an emergency shelter, counseling, support groups, safety planning, and legal services.
For more information, visit their website as www.snbw.org or phone 650-940-7850.

Youth Community Service

YCS provides students with an opportunity to discover their power to change the world around them through service projects organized and executed by the students. Our donation will fund supplies for several projects in East Palo Alto such as graffiti removal by the McNair students and a recycling program by the Belle Haven students. You can visit YCS on the web at www.youthcommunityservice.org or phone 650-617-8960.

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