Please join the conversation as we consider our response to the needs for winter shelter, as well as long term housing. Understanding the needs of low-income and homeless neighbors, how can we collaborate and organize to help meet their needs? Come back and share your thoughts and ideas after seeing "Exodus from the Jungle." How […]
Last year, we: served over 345 families received 1201 coats had 170 volunteers both days provided 59 blood pressure checks and raised $4607 for the poor and homeless in our area What donations are needed? COATS (New or *slightly* used) – All Sizes New Items (All Sizes) Socks, scarves, hats, gloves, tents, blankets, sleeping bags, […]
Since 1990, the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) has sponsored National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day every year on the first day of winter, the longest night of the year. Leaders from the diverse interfaith community of Silicon Valley will again lead this memorial service in front of San Jose City Hall to bring attention […]
We are a loosely connected group that shares one goal - helping to shelter our friends from exposure to the elements for the winter. We have engaged over 40 faith communities with the collective aim of opening at least 15 overnight shelters and daytime warming centers before the coming El Nino storms. Find out more: Winter Faith Collaborative […]
We are a loosely connected group that shares one goal - helping to shelter our friends from exposure to the elements for the winter. We have engaged over 40 faith communities with the collective aim of opening at least 15 overnight shelters and daytime warming centers before the coming El Nino storms. Find out more: Winter Faith Collaborative […]
The next gathering of the Palo Alto Faith Leaders will be at Project WeHOPE in East Palo Alto. This is an excellent opportunity for all of us to learn more about the amazing and life-giving work that happens at Project WeHOPE. The mission of Project WeHOPE is to help the unhoused, homeless and those at-risk […]
Come to a FREE HEALTH FAIR and COMMUNITY DISCUSSION on how to fight for health care for everyone, regardless of age, income, employment, immigration status, or pre-existing condition. Uninsured, low-income, and homeless residents are invited to receive services such as: FREE Flu Shots* FREE Haircuts FREE Screenings (glucose, cholesterol, HIV, dental and more)* FREE Screenings […]
An interfaith memorial service, featuring leaders from the diverse religious traditions of the South Bay, honoring the lives of people who died homeless in our community in 2016. Prayers will include Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Wiccan and more. Then immediately after the memorial service... ...join us directly across the street at San Jose First United Methodist […]
An interfaith memorial service, featuring leaders from the diverse religious traditions of the South Bay, honoring the lives of people who died without homes in our community in 2017. Sponsored by Silicon Valley Interreligious Council (SiVIC). Afterwards there will be a lunch, and distribution of sleeping bags, blankets, and tarps.
