March - July 2021

Migrant unaccompanied minors shelter at San Diego Convention Center. Coordinating with a nonprofit in South Bay (SBCS) who the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services chose to lead social services to migrant children at San Diego Convention Center and am collecting new backpacks and flipflops needed for girls ages 4-17 who are already there, as well as boys who are now joining them. I donating hundreds of books and bilingual children’s picture dictionaries for the 1450 children currently there unaccompanied and this will really help as they only had the shoes they were wearing and nothing else.

U.S. Health and Human Services is overseeing the process of moving the teens and settling them with relatives and other sponsors in the U.S. The shelter, which can hold up to 1,450 minors, is the only one in the U.S. open exclusively to girls. “It just makes a lot of sense to separate girls and boys; they have a little bit different needs and different things that make them feel nurtured,” said Bonnie Preston, acting regional director for U.S. Health and Human Services. Boys will be joining the girls later to fill the capacity of if expanded beyond 1450.

Contact South Bay Community Services (SBCS) for arranging delivery with pandemic protocol or email me and I will collect and drop off at the Convention Center to SBCS at the beginning of each month, first collection is March 30th, drop off April 2. Second collection will be May 1.

Press: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/story/2021-08-08/migrant-children-san-diego-convention-center?_amp=true

July- August, 2021

Raising supplies for Alpha Project, homeless, AIDS and HIV Outreach.

I am collaborating with Staples to raise supplies for Alpha Project, aiding homeless children and families, and AIDS and HIV Outreach

Come visit my Donation Drive Booth! I am Coordinating with management at Staples in Solana Beach to host in store booths at Staples Connect store events for local businesses to generate proceeds and supplies for Alpha Project, servicing homeless men, women and families and AIDS and HIV outreach in San Diego county.

So far we delivered $1100 in supplies and donations to Alpha Project in our collaboration with Staples. I was so happy to deliver these supplies in August to Alpha Project and have enjoyed supporting Alpha for the past two years by coordinating projects with community businesses. Join our next events!

Community Events:

August 3 from 11 am - 2 pm at VIT Very Important Teacher store event. Visit my booth in Staples store Solana Beach and support local homeless children and families - donate or purchase school supplies, backpacks, notebooks and binders through Staples and visit my booth.

August 13, 14 and 15th at Welcome Back Solana Bash! I am hosting a Donation Booth to proceed Alpha Project in-store at Staples with other local nonprofits and businesses. Stop by my booth to support homeless families and buy supplies on sale at Staples who is donating notebooks, pens and pencils and binders to Alpha Project to support my donations drive! I will be at my booth Friday August 13 from 11 1m- 4 pm, Aug 14th 11-3pm and Aug 15 11-3pm.

2018 - 2021

Fr Joe’s Village is coordinating with Alpha Project San Diego County to set up the three homeless tents- all supplies needed for homeless.

Want to help? Serve in the food kitchen with me. We can serve the homeless and also do kitchen clean up.

I am currently collecting flipflops, blankets and supplies. Join me in donating.

Press: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/homelessness/story/2019-11-14/move-in-day-at-newest-bridge-shelter-tent?_amp=true

Pandemic project- Mission Gorge Catholic Charities Migrant Services.

I am coordinating the donations of school supplies for migrant children, boxes containing highlighters, pens, notebooks and supplies. Working with Casa Familiar to support children. Still needed for Refugee Center- Flipflops and they are interested in supplies for migrant children. Please drop off you donation at our Mission Gorge location. The address is below and they are open Monday- Friday 9AM-5PM. The receptionist will be able to give you a receipt for your donation or feel free to contact me if you have any questions and I can pick up the supplies and flipflops and deliver them.

Mission Gorge Catholic Charities, 4575 Mission Gorge Place, San Diego, CA 92120

I coordinated drive for 580 new children’s library books for the pre-school library and community center library for children at Kroc Community Center Salvation Army. This project served children in need and built literacy and involved hundreds of donations.

Labor Day Weekend 2021

Urgent: Afghan refugees need your help!

Several families have just resettled to the San Diego area and we are assisting 5 families including 17 children and more are arriving next week.

Afghan families arriving right now in the United States are in desperate need of assistance. They have come here with little more than the clothes on their backs. Many are staying with relatives who arrived only months before them. They are living in small, crowded apartments with inadequate food, clothing, hygiene supplies, or even a mattress on which to lay their heads.

I am delivering to Amna Sanctuary non profit in Imperial Beach on September 10 and to SecondFamily.org over Labor Day Weekend who will directly distribute the goods to the Afgani refugees who just arrived.

For my first drop-off, please contribute Donations of school supplies, backpacks and flipflops for children and adults size 6-11.

Contact Amna sanctuary for delivery https://amnasanctuary.org/ attention Rasha or email me and I’ll pick up supplies and deliver. We will be coordinating with Amna sanctuary for a community drive next month to help resettle the Afghan families if you wan help out.

Press: https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/san-diego-expecting-2nd-highest-influx-of-afghan-refugees-in-the-state

San Dieguito Location

Supplies needed for Tutoring and homework center power hour: Donate college ruled notebooks and paper, binders, pencils ✏️ backpacks and books to read. If you have a scientific calculator to donate email me! Contact me to donate backpacks and calculators, or, donate to my Fall Book Picks and I will deliver these books directly to their makeshift library. This Fall drive will run Sept. 1- October 31

Aug 13-15 Donation drive at my booth.

August 13, 14 and 15th at Welcome Back Solana Bash! I am hosting a Donation Booth to proceed Alpha Project in-store at Staples with other local nonprofits and businesses. Stop by my booth to support homeless families and buy supplies on sale at Staples who is donating notebooks, pens and pencils and binders to Alpha Project to support my donations drive! I will be at my booth Friday August 13 from 11 1m- 4 pm, Aug 14th 11-3pm and Aug 15 11-3pm.

August 3 from 11 am - 2 pm at VIT Very Important Teacher store event. Visit my booth in Staples store Solana Beach and support local homeless children and families - donate or purchase school supplies, backpacks, notebooks and binders through Staples and visit my booth.

Summer Refugee donation.