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Opportunities to Help Families in Crisis in our Community:

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"For
I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you
gave me something to drink...I needed clothes and you clothed me...Jesus
said, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine,
you did for me..." - Matthew 25:34-40
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Southwest Community Center
(SWCC) (Santa Ana Kitchen)
1601 West 2nd Street
Santa Ana, CA
714-547-4073
southwestcommunitycenter.org
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South County Outreach
(SCO) (Saddleback Community Outreach)
26776 Vista Terrace
Lake Forest, CA
949-380-8144
sco.oc.org
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Mission:
- Provides hot meals to 10,000 hungry men, women & children each month in Orange County
- Distributes food bags, clothing, and household goods
- Job referrals and documentation, transportation, and emergency housing assistance
- Children's holiday parties and summer field trips
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Mission:
- SCO provides assistance to families in crisis living in cities from Irvine south to San Clemente
- Food pantry provides food to over 800 families per month
- Transitional Housing program to help homeless families achieve self-sufficiency
- Computer Learning Lab provides free computer training for those seeking to improve their job skills
- Financial and life skills classes
- Upscale Resale Thrift Store
- Utility and rental assistance
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Ways that Mount of Olives Can Support This Mission:
- Support SHARE food drives on the 1st Sunday of each month at MOO
- Provide hot meals for lunch every 4th Thursday for 100 people at the Santa Ana Kitchen
- Drivers to deliver food on designated Thursdays
- Deposit non-perishable food items in the Samaritan Box in Worship Center if SHARE drive date is missed
- Adopt An Angel program at Christmas whereby approximately 250 individuals can be 'adopted' by MOO members by providing gifts and gift certificates at local grocery stores
- Help sort and package Adopt An Angel gifts and deliver to Southwest Community Center
- Monetary support
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Ways that Mount of Olives Can Support This Mission:
- Support SHARE food drives on the 1st Sunday of each month at MOO
- Get a group together (Small Groups & Large Groups, friends & family) to sponsor food drives at local grocery stores (handing out bags with MOO/SCO partnership info attached - a wonderful outreach opportunity)
- Save plastic grocery bags (used to distribute food from pantry to clients)
- Tour/volunteer at food pantry, computer lab, or thrift store
- Participate in Garden Ministry to benefit SCO
- Monetary support
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Contact:
Arlene Forrest - 949-581-3062
or
Sally Jo Clark - 949-215-1364
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Contact:
Jeanne Hulse - 949-586-6573
or
Beverly Hall - 949-770-2870
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