PO Box 41125
Pasadena, CA 91114
626-797-2402
info@ecpac.net
Friends
In Deed
Ecumenical Council Pasadena
Area Churches
Who
We Are
The
Pantry
Bad Weather Shelter
The Women’s Room
Homeless Prevention
Other Programs
Ecumenical/Community
Friends and Members
How you can help
Resources
Friends
In Deed - ECPAC
A trusted community leader
striving to reduce poverty and homelessness in the Pasadena area.
The Pantry at Friends In Deed
The Pantry at Friends In Deed serves supplemental food to between 150-175 low income and homeless families each week, and more than 200 families each month.
The only requirements for receiving food are identification for each member of the family and proof of low-income status.
The Pantry is open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10AM-3PM.
WHO
DO WE SERVE?
- A
disabled grandmother drives to Friends In Deed each week in her motorized
wheel chair. She financially supports her teenage grandson, who in turn
looks after her and helps her out with her physical needs. She receives
supplemental food from us to help make ends meet.
- A
schizophrenic mother of two children whose husband has recently been
in the hospital with a stroke comes to our pantry weekly.The food we
provide & the monitoring of her other needs help maintain the stability
of her family.
- Elderly, disabled, families, mentally ill, homeless—all feel welcome and come to us for supplemental food and emotional support. One of our regular clients will turn 90 in September!
WHERE DOES OUR FOOD COME FROM?
Committed
individuals from the La Canada Kiwanis and members of area churches
collect food donations from the following grocery stores and deliver them
to Friends In Deed.
- We receive monies from the federal government through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP), formerly FEMA.
- Individuals bring us canned food, and fruits and vegetables from their gardens.
-
Local grocery stores donate surplus or perishable food that they can
no longer sell. Committed individuals from the La Canada Rotary Club,
etc. etc.
Bring donations from the following grocery stores:
Dutch Oven Bakery, Altadena
Fresh and Easy, Monrovia
Trader Joe’s, La Canada
Ralph’s, Lake Avenue, Pasadena
Trader Joe’s, La Crescenta
Whole Foods, Foothill Boulevard - Churches, schools, businesses and community groups hold food drives and donate food regularly.
- Ralph’s, La Canada
- Starbucks, La Canada
- Los Angeles
Food Bank,
Lois and Bob Douglass,
Boy Scout Troop 27
Friends In Deed /
Ecumenical Council Pasadena Area Churches
444 E. Washington Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91104
Phone 626-797-2402. Fax: 626-797-7353.
We are a 501(c)3. Donations are tax deductible.