Other Programs

Camp and Camperships

ECPAC sent 22 children to the Circle V Ranch Camp (overnight camp) in Santa Barbara this summer. Fifteen out of the twenty-two were homeless children referred by Families In Transition, a program of the Pasadena Unified School District. The others were low income children from our pantry program.

The Birthday Box Project

The Birthday Box Project (www.birthdayboxproject.org) provides the resources needed for two hundred low income families from our pantry to create memorable birthday parties for their children. We appreciate the fact that the birthday boxes are given to parents, and that the donor is completely anonymous.

Stay Healthy

The Stay Healthy program is intended to promote a healthy life style by our low income and homeless clients. In addition to providing healthy foods in our pantry, we offer regular nutrition classes to our pantry clients. Yoga and stretching classes are offered for the Women’s Room guests each month.

Thanksgiving Gobbler

Each year the Pasadena Jaycees provide turkeys and Thanksgiving fixings for the clients of Friends In Deed. Friends In Deed's Gobbler 2010 provided 277 families and individuals with Thanksgiving food.

With the help of many volunteers from the Jaycees made this one of the most AMAZING years in Op Gobbler HISTORY! They helped provide the families with full Thanksgiving meals including turkey, stuffing, gravy, fruit, vegetables, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, soup, rolls, cranberry sauce, milk, coffee, and pumpkin pie! Many Thanks to all the Pasadena Jaycees!