Executive Director Blog

Yesterday, we had 158 guests, of whom 22 were new, at our drop-in center.   All guests were encouraged to take away food that had been delivered to us by Food Finders […]

Yesterday, we had over 40 new and returning volunteers help us cook, serve and clean-up at our drop-in center.  We hosted 124 guests, of whom 10 were new.  Our volunteers represent all […]

Yesterday, a local girl scout troop that volunteered at our drop-in center in January 2019 came back and shared their bounty from their resource drive.  The girls were so excited to […]

Last week, we re-connected with a single-mom whose mother died about three weeks ago.  Long Beach Community Foundation funds were used to put the single-mom and her three children in a […]

Thank you to volunteer Katie Philipson for bringing Easter cheer and treats to the children who attended Beacon’s Sunday school activities yesterday.  Much gratitude to our team of volunteers, including Board […]

Today culminated another busy week.  We served 113 guests at Beacon, of which 14 were new.  About 20 volunteers helped cook at the Congregational Church kitchen and another 30 helped transport and […]

“The village” was called upon to help us.  During the week, our pantry was replenished with much needed cereal, peanut butter and jelly from members of California Heights United Methodist Church.  Yesterday, […]

Thank you to the 5th Annual Belmont Heights Make a Difference Day for providing volunteers from Temple Israel and the Grey Panthers on Sunday, March 31, 2019.  We also had students from […]

This week we used Long Beach Community Foundation’s donation to provide rent assistance to a woman and a single father and his two young children.  Both parties had received formal […]