WE INVITE YOU TO UNLEASH COMPASSION IN YOUR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS & COMMUNITY
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1 million meals!
Thank you to everyone that helped pack meals for those struggling with food insecurity and malnutrition! Together we did it — we packed 1 MILLION MEALS!
What does one million meals look like?
One million meals = 70 pallets or 4,630 boxes of food.
One million meals = 250,000 oatmeal meals, 350,000 mac and cheese meals and 400,000 beans and rice meals.That’s breakfast, lunch and dinner for a family of 4 for 2.5 lifetimes. Or, food for a year for 6,410 individuals!
One million meals will provide for 43 local organizations across all of our campuses including: Olive Crest, Building a Generation, Giving Children Hope, Kingdom Causes Bellflower, Park Rapids Food Shelf, The Salvation Army, Second Harvest Food Bank, Bellflower Unified School District, Placentia Yorba Linda School District, Pine Point Elementary and more! It wouldn’t have been possible without you, Eastside! If you liked serving and want to do it again, check out “Volunteer in your community.”
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Make a difference in your community by using your gifts and talents to empower at-risk kids to thrive and bring hope to families in need. Click on any button below to check out current opportunities in your area
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Assemble kits for needs that local organizations have identified including “Welcome Home” kits, hygiene kits, cold weather kits, Easter baskets, etc.
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Create a “shop squad” to purchase and deliver new items from an organization’s wishlist.
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Serve in person with a local organization focused on a cause close to your heart! Activities can include distribution at food pantries, gardening, beautification, repairs, and mentorship.
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Support a local organization virtually or from home! Host an enrichment activity via Zoom sharing skills like resume building, cooking, arts, sports, and tutoring, or make meaningful items like blankets, reusable totes and beanies.
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Write notes of compassion or encouragement for clients of local organizations.
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Looking for more ways to give back? It’s as easy as buying a gift card. Scrip is a unique way to donate because a percentage of every gift card purchased through our scrip program goes toward helping families in need!
FOSTER care INFOrmation
Curious about foster care? Learn about becoming a foster family, “Safe Family” (providing a temporary safe home for kids in crisis), respite care, supporting foster families in our church/community and more. For more information please click on the button below.
Eastside's generosity goes farther
by working with local partners
OUR MISSION
Eastside Local Compassion is committed to serving the community and helping Eastsiders find their passion to serve. We aim to empower kids to thrive and bring hope to families by listening and learning from existing pillar organizations in the community, developing partnerships, identifying gaps in services and intentionally mobilizing people and resources.
OUR VISION
Our dream is for Eastside to be a leader in finding solutions, building bridges, and bringing the love and hope of Jesus to hurting communities. We strive to inspire people to collectively influence transformational life change.
VALUES & GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Trust & Collaboration
Strategic Partnerships
Transformational Life Change
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