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Who
We Are
The
Pantry
Bad Weather Shelter
The Women’s Room
Homeless Prevention
Other Programs
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Friends and Members
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Us
Friends
In Deed - ECPAC
A trusted community leader
striving to reduce poverty and homelessness in the Pasadena area.
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How
you can help
Volunteering
• Wish List •
Recent Updates
GET
INVOLVED WITH FRIENDS IN DEED!
Your
financial support is essential to us. While we receive grants for the
program portion of our operation (food, motel vouchers, rental assistance,
camperships), we rely on donations for staffing our programs, insurance,
building maintenance and all other operating costs. Donations can be made
on line or by sending checks to our mailing address: Friends In Deed,
P.O. Box 41125, Pasadena, CA 91114.
Your
volunteer help is essential to us. Volunteers run the Pantry, The Women’s
Room, assist with the Stay Healthy program and provide meals for the Bad
Weather Shelter. Volunteers maintain our building, work in our community
garden and raise funds for us. We need you!

Volunteering
Special
Volunteer Needs
- We need
drivers to pick up food from the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank once
a month (Fridays). Two cars or one van or truck is sufficient. Call
or email Liz Munoz:liz@ecpac.net or 626-797-6072.
- Help stock
food, unload deliveries, assist clients in the pantry.
Email liz@ecpac.net or call 626-797-6072. A list of foods needed for
the pantry is found in the Pantry section of this website.
- Help women
who are homeless and alone, Mondays and Thursdays, 1-4 PM, and Tuesdays,
9AM to 12 noon. Email Jackie at TWRandFriends@aol.com.
- Help at
the Bad Weather Shelter during the winter season by setting up cots,
preparing and serving meals for the homeless. Email andrew@ecpac.net.
New
Volunteer Opportunity! Assisting with the Garden
We have a
brand new garden on site! We need green thumbs and just good hearted people
who would like to donate their time on weekdays or weekends to help care
for our food!
Wish
List
- Coat Rack
for the pantry volunteers
- $2,500
for carpet in activity room
- $2,500
for new insulated and well installed windows on the second floor to
save on heating and air conditioning costs.
- New heating
and air conditioning system (ours is broken!)
Recent
Updates
Program
Statistics:
Pantry.
2000 individuals receive supplementary food from the
Food Pantry each month.
Homeless
Prevention. 311 families received Homeless Prevention
Services (rental assistance and/or case management) from July 2008-June
2009. We have just begun to implement the Homeless the Prevention Stimulus
package (HPRP) and many more services will be provided.
Motels.
370 vulnerable homeless individuals were placed in
motels from July 2008-June 2009.
Bad
Weather Shelter. 670 unduplicated individuals including 94 children
received shelter and meals at the Bad Weather Shelter during the 2008-2009
winter season. This season we are averaging 140 clients per per night
this season, including children.
The
Women’s Room. 35 women who are homeless and at
risk attend TWR programs per week.
Volunteers:
We are assisted by 50-60 volunteers a week, except
during the Bad Weather Shelter season when 65-70 additional individuals
per week volunteer their services.
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