SUPPORTED PROGRAMS

Commonwealth Elementary School

Our neighborhood public elementary school offers opportunities for FCCLA members and friends to affect a student body of some 850 youngsters with financial assistance and other efforts.

• August: School Supplies Collection
• First Church and Pilgrim School collect pencils, pens, paper, notebooks, art supplies and other essential materials in preparation for the start of each new academic year.

• December: Holiday Gifts
• FCCLA members select the name of a Commonwealth student from cards on a Christmas Trees on our site, then buy a gift for a kid whose Christmas may otherwise be meager. Before Christmas a “Wrap Party” will prepare for the distribution.

• January through April: Faces of Commonwealth
• FCCLA provides art supplies and Pilgrim School teacher Katrina Alexy donates time to lead five classes of fifth graders to create unique and imaginative art. Their work will be exhibited at the church in May.

Union Rescue Mission

www.urm.org

This historic Christian mission offers hope and healing to the homeless downtown. Our financial assistance is augmented by hands-on volunteering.

• First Saturday: Union Rescue Mission
• First Church members and friends help prepare and serve dinners at the Union Rescue Mission from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month. FCCLA provides transportation to and from the church.

Hope-Net

www.hope-net.info

Hope-Net was founded by 12 area congregations to address hunger among the homeless and poor in our community. Donations of canned or packaged food and staples placed in the church narthex throughout the year are delivered to a local Hope-Net pantry for distribution.

• October–November: Thanksgiving Food Drive
• As a tradition special to the holiday that marks harvest and abundance, we fill Thanksgiving boxes with nonperishable items for delivery to Hope-Net patrons.

• June–July: Drive for Dollars
• Contributions go farther when Hope-Net buys in bulk. This special program assists families with children without access to subsidized school lunch programs during the summer. Special contribution containers will be placed in our building in June.

Kids-Net LA

www.kidsnet.rfkc.org

Kids-Net LA’s mission is to bolster the well-being of abused or neglected children now in foster or dependency care. Kids-Net provides a week at Cedar Lake Camp each summer for kids aged 7 to 11. In the fall, it will launch an in-town Saturday Teen Academy for aged 12 to 15. FCCLA now provides financial support and will be asked to recruit volunteers to these programs.

• July: Royal Family Kids' Camp-LA
• The FCCLA Home Team will offer hospitality at the church before and after camp.
• August and thereafter: Saturday Teen Academy
• Hospitality and mentoring.

Downtown Women's Center

www.dwcweb.org

First Church contributes annually to this nationally-recognized service to women of Los Angeles. The Center provides permanent housing and personal support to 71 formerly homeless residents and health services to walk-in women during the day.

The DWC contact is Allison Bamberg, Volunteer Program Associate, at volunteer@DWCweb.org or 213.680.0600.

OTHER VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS

Earth Angels

www.angelflightwest.org

Working with the Flying Angels volunteer pilots, Earth Angels transport child and adult patients, parents and care-givers from area airports to local hospitals for care, then back to the airport

Contact Earth Angels through Angel Flight West at www.angelflightwest.org or call the AFW office at 310.390.2958.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information on FCCLA Outreach programs or to get involved, call Curtis Rhodes, Director of Programs, at 213.355.5235.

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OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY CALENDAR

Saturday, March 10

• 04:00 pm  |  Union Rescue Mission
• Please join the Outreach Committee as we continue our monthly visits to the Union Rescue Mission. We’ll leave the church parking lot at 4:00pm to drive to Union Rescue Mission and serve dinner. You can sign up by contacting Andrea Johnson at ajohnson@fccla.org or 213.355.5240.