Sharing Abundance Recipients
2007
Sharing abundance is an important part of Unity Palo Alto Community Church’s sharing prosperity and community outreach.
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| Jan. | Urban Ministry |
| Feb. | EHC LifeBuilders |
| March | Pathways Hospice Foundation |
| April | Friends Outside |
| May | Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen |
| June | Community Services Agency |
| July | Adolescent Counseling Services |
| Aug. | Support Network for Battered Women |
| Sept. | Elsa Segovia Center |
| Oct. | Partners in Caring |
| Nov. | Mother Branch: The East Palo Alto Community Service Center |
| Dec. | EHC LifeBuilders Cold Weather Shelter Program |
Adolescent Counseling Services
For 30 years Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS) has been helping teens at risk and their families
through the challenging teen years, offering programs for prevention, intervention, and treatment.
ACS provides a no-cost On-Campus Counseling program for secondary students in Palo Alto and Menlo Park,
including a bi-lingual program.
Services also include an Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Program, an intensive out-patient treatment program,
and preventative education in the community.
Contact: Sherry Lynn Peralta, Development and Marketing Director at
lynn@acs-teens.org or call her at 650-424-0852 x-103.
Adolescent Counseling Center (ACS), 4000 Middlefield Road (Cubberly Community Center), Palo Alto.
www.acs-teens.org.
Community Services Agency
Community Services Agency is a non-profit organization that has been providing vital social services
for 50 years for residents of Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills.
It provides a wide variety of safety net services so independence and self-sufficiency can be restored and maintained.
Services for the working poor, which help them continue to be productive members of society,
can include food aid and assistance for groceries, rent, and electric bills.
Community Services Agency provide Emergency Assistance to provide vital resources to clients in crisis.
Senior Services helps seniors to maintain their independence, for example through services which enable
them to remain in their homes, escorted transportation, and a senior nutrition program
which includes education and socializing.
Alpha-Omega Homeless Services partners with other county service providers to reach, case manage and assist
individuals and families.
Contact: Jim Boin, Development Director: jboin@csacares.org or 650-968-0836 x115
Community Services Agency, Development Department, 204 Stierlin Road, Mountain View CA 94043.
www.csacares.org
EHC LifeBuilders Cold Weather Shelter Program
EHC LifeBuilders is passionately committed to ending homelessness.
EHC LifeBuilders is pleased to announce the opening of our two Cold Weather Shelters in the
National Guard Armories in Sunnyvale and Gilroy.
Our goal is to provide critical life saving services to an additional 250 homeless clients during the cold and wet months of winter.
Shelters traditionally operate from the Monday after Thanksgiving through the end of March annually.
Our mission is about more than just shelter — we provide a wide variety of comprehensive solutions to help people
overcome the obstacles in their lives.
From shelter and long-term housing to homelessness prevention and supportive services, we match people in need with the right kinds
of opportunities for assistance to help them succeed.
Contact: 2665 N. lst Street, Suite 210, San Jose, CA 95134. 408-539-2100.
www.ehclifebuilders.org
Elsa Segovia Center
The Elsa Segovia Center is a one-stop day service center for homeless and low income women, children, and families.
The center provides basic services such as groceries, free dental care, clothing, showers,
laundry facilities, classes for parents, and activities for children.
It also offers case management, counseling and therapy in collaboration with a number of agencies.
Elsa Segovia Center is a part of Innvision.
Contact: Elsa Segovia Center, 795 Willow Road, 323D, Menlo Park, CA.
phone 650-326-9898.
Friends Outside
Friends Outside in Santa Clara County provides short and long term human services to prisoners in custody
and their families and children, such as support groups and crisis intervention for families,
and age appropriate activities for children and teens.
For more information and volunteer opportunities, visit www.friendsoutsideinscc.org
or contact Kate Trevelyan-Hall, Resource Development/Community Outreach
at kate@friendsoutsideinscc.org or 408-295-6033 ext. 224.
Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen
Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen has been serving the working poor, families, homeless, and seniors living
in and around the downtown and East Side of San Jose for more than 25 years.
It is committed to providing free, nutritious meals and other support services in a dignified, safe, and caring environment.
What began as a simple first meal of fish and bread for 11 adults and 15 children has grown to 1,000 meals per week,
served with dignity.
Today, Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen serves five meals each week at two kitchen locations.
It also serves to homeless at InnVision, combining to average 200 guests per meal.
Contact: 508 Valley Way, Milpitas, CA 95035
Christina Egan, 408-934-4990 or christina@loavesfishes.org.
and on the web www.loavesfishes.org
Mother Branch: East Palo Alto Community Center
Mother Branch has been serving the homeless and needy in East Palo Alto as her own personal ministry for many years.
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.
Contact: 2584 Farrington Way, East Palo Alto CA. 650-325-2848.
Partners in Caring
Partners in Caring (PIC) improves the lives of older adults by helping them to stay independent.
PIC recruits, screens, and trains volunteers to provide non-medical assistance, practical assistance to help older adults
remain independent in their own home.
Volunteers might provide transportation to medical appointments, friendly visiting, light meal preparation,
light housekeeping, shopping assistance, and caregiver relief.
PIC is a joint partnership between Stanford Hospital and Avenidas (Senior Center Palo Alto.)
Contact: Director Candace Mindigo. 300 Pasteur Drive, Room HG003, Stanford, 94305.
Phone 650-725-4137 or 650-498-3333.
Email cmindigo@stanfordmed.org
www.stanfordhospital.com/forpatients/patientservices/partnersincaring
Interested in volunteering? PIC needs more drivers to provide transportation for older adults.
Pathways Hospice Foundation
Pathways Hospice Foundation is dedicated to making sure that compassionate, skilled end-of-life care is available
to patients and families facing advanced illness, death, and bereavement, regardless of their resources.
Community donations help us in many ways:
to pay for care for those who lack insurance or whose insurance benefits are inadequate;
to support the Pathways KIDS program to provide palliative care to children with chronic and terminal illnesses;
to assist the Pathways On-Call Team in providing 24-hour, 7-day-a-week care;
to provide volunteer training to assist patients and families;
and to ensure that there are bereavement services for those left behind.
Contact: Pathways Hospice Foundation, 585 North Mary Ave, Sunnyvale CA 94085
Phone 408-753-3071 or 800-753-3071
and on the Web www.pathwayshealth.org
Support Network for Battered Women
Support Network for Battered Women (SNBW) is the only domestic violence agency in North Santa Clara County.
Since 1980 SNBW has been providing comprehensive domestic violence services including emergency shelter, toll-free 24-hour hotline,
therapy, counseling, legal assistance, children’s and teen programs and preventative education with a focus on safety and empowerment.
In contrast to other domestic violence shelters, families live in apartments, not a dormitory setting.
Contact: Paula Kean, SNBW, 1257 Tasman Drive, Suite C Sunnyvale, 94089.
Office phone: 408-541-6100
and on the Web www.snbw.org.
24-hour Crisis Line (English and Spanish) 1-800-572-2782.
Urban Ministry
Urban Ministry provides a variety of services to homeless and those with low income.
Every week, Urban Ministry
and its volunteers provide six hot meals at churches in Palo Alto and Menlo Park.
The Food Closet distributes bags of groceries to homeless and low-income clients, who can come twice a week to get provisions.
The Clothes Closet distributes clothing.
In addition, the program also helps the homeless by providing backpacks, jackets, sleeping bags, socks, underwear, shoes and toiletries.
The Urban Ministry's 90-day emergency shelter rotates between 12 host churches.
Between 13 and 18 people stay each night.
Now a part of Innvision,
Urban Ministry also provides enhanced services such as showers and laundry.
Contact: Clara-Mateo Alliance, 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park, 94025. Phone 650-853-7066.
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