Community Corner
Lend a Hand for the Holidays
Here's a few places around the Bay Area you can help spread some holiday cheer.
, Milpitas
Mission: "Distribute emergency food and offer food assistance to more than 3,500 low- and fixed-income people." The pantry mostly serves families with children, seniors, and the homeless. The closet provides garments ranging from school uniforms to career apparel.
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday evening 6 pm to 8 pm, Saturday 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Closed Fridays and Sundays.
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Contact: The best way to contact the pantry is via email, volunteer@milpitasfoodpantry.org.
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, Palo Alto
Mission: "To provide quality senior living communities, encompassing housing, assisted living, and social and health care services. We enable seniors with different needs and abilities to age with dignity, regardless of their means." More than 580 residents live at the nursing home.
Need: There is a long list of ways volunteers can help, from playing chess with the residents to playing piano for them. Additionally, they are looking for volunteers to celebrate New Year's day with the seniors from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Contact: Bethany Dinh, (650) 617-7367 or email bdinh@lyttongardens.org.
, Mountain View
Mission: "We provide a safety net so independence and self-sufficiency can be restored and maintained. Our clients may be a young, working poor family or an elderly person looking for companionship."
Need: Multiple
Contact: Sign-up form
, Los Altos
Mission: "Puts caring and commitment into action through community-based philanthropic programs. Proceeds support the philanthropic programs of the chapter which benefit foster children, medical patients and families, convalescent hospital residents, the homeless, and others."
Need: Multiple
Contact: (650) 941-2610
