EHHF and California Outreach Organization Feed Hungry Single Parent Families

 EHHF and California Outreach Organization Feed Hungry Single Parent Families  EHHF Events
Sep 302013
 
EHHF In Partnership With California Outreach Helps Disadvanatged Single Parent Families

 

In the last week of September 2013, Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation entered into a partnership with California Outreach Organization, one of SoCal leading food banks!

California Outreach Organization's Food Delivery To EHHF

California Outreach Organization’s Massive Food Delivery To EHHF

EHHF In Partnership With California Outreach Helps Disadvanatged Single Parent Families

 

 

 

EHHF, its board of directors and staff were overjoyed by the first generous delivery from California Outreach Organization. The amount of bread alone was impressive! There was also an abundance of other food items and snacks….

 

 

Children Benefit From California Outreach Organization's Support

Children Benefit From California Outreach Organization’s Support

 

 

 

Since the day of the welcome delivery coincided with Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation’s individual beneficiaries’ case management appointments, all struggling single parents and underprivileged children that came to work on their individual cases left with bags full of groceries.

 

 

 

California Outreach Organization was founded by Mr. Harald Niehenke to “Fight to eliminate hunger in Orange County and Greater Los Angeles. Provide basic food and proper nutrition to low income families with children and to senior citizens. No child should go hungry – even for a single day – on our watch in our community.”

To quote from California Outreach Organization’s Website:
“We solicit and coordinate donations and purchased food in our warehouse in Paramount, which is conveniently located between Los Angeles and Orange County and close to major freeways. The sorted food is delivered daily to hungry citizens by our volunteers who are using their own vehicles. Food insecure families are often not mobile and able to pick up food from our warehouse.”

There is more, California Outreach Organization holds weekly food distribution
in Paramount every Monday
and
in Anaheim every Saturday

Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation and the community of unemployed and underemployed single parents and their children we serve are elated about the new influx of food! Our heartfelt thanks go to California Outreach Organization and its Founder, Mr. Harald Niehenke: EHHF is all fired up by the prospect of helping even more disadvantaged single parent families!

Members of EHHF's Board of Directors Are All Smiles About Working With California Outreach

Members of EHHF’s Board of Directors Are All Smiles About Working With California Outreach

The economy didn’t recover, yet. The rich continue getting richer while the poor are going hungry. Knowing that there are individuals and organizations that care about the most vulnerable in our community (including struggling single mothers and innocent children) is HOPE!

California Outreach Organization
15929 Garfield Avenue
Paramount, CA 90723
Website: http://www.CaliforniaOutreach.org

Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation Partners With L.A. Diaper Drive

 Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation Partners With L.A. Diaper Drive  EHHF Events
Sep 252013
 
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On the 24th of September 2013 Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation entered into a partnership with L.A. Diaper Drive!

In spite of EHHF’s best efforts, the one item we were unable to provide to our members / beneficiaries until now were diapers. With the population we serve – exceeding 250 poor single mother families – the need for diapers for babies and toddlers is absolutely dire.

 

EHHF at the L.A. Diaper Drive's Warehouse

Thanks to our new partnership with L.A. Diaper Drive, Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation will now be able to provide diapers as an incentive for attending EHHF’s workshops.

The new workshop schedule (this time designed to accommodate both English AND Spanish-speaking disadvantaged single parents) will be announced on Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation’s Website within the next few days.
The workshops (which will be held weekly) will be divided into three categories:

  • life skills (will continue to include such topics as: money management, resource utilization, and other)
  • job search skills (will continue to include: resume writing, cover letter writing, thank you letter writing, job interview training, and more)
  • English as a second language (these workshops are the latest addition to EHHF’s workshops and will help struggling, Spanish-speaking single mothers improve their communication skills and eventually, increase their earning power.)

Participants of each type of workshop will be eligible to receive free diapers. The diapers will be distributed at the conclusion of each workshop, weekly.

EHHF leaves L.A. Diaper Drive's warehouse with a truckful of diapers

On behalf of the many single mothers we serve, Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation expresses deeply felt gratitude to L.A. Diaper Drive: we look forward to working in alliance with you at relieving human suffering and empowering single mothers so they in turn can ensure safe and successful future for their children.

EHHF And L.A. Diaper Drive

 

 

 

 

Learn more about:
Los Angeles Diaper Drive
Capshaw-Spielberg Center for Arts and Educational Justice
3131 Olympic Blvd., Suite 201
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Website: http://www.diaperdrive.org

EHHF’s First Food Distribution As A Partner Of World Harvest Food Bank

 EHHF’s First Food Distribution As A Partner Of World Harvest Food Bank  EHHF Events
Sep 152013
 
EHHF's Founder and Her Son During EHHF'S September 2013 Food Distribution

Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation is helping unemployed and underemployed single parent families with its monthly food distribution for quite a while now. The first food distribution that followed EHHF’s partnering with World Harvest Food Bank was undeniably different!
On September 12th 2013 there was PLENTY of food. Everybody received more food than usual. Struggling single parents who needed a little more than others, got more. September’s food distribution was BETTER!

EHHF September 2013 Open Pantry

September 2013: Single parent families waiting for EHHF’s Open Pantry food distribution

Well-Stocked EHHF Pantry

EHHF’ Well-Stocked Pantry: full up to the ceiling!

September 2013 EHHF Pantry Food Distribution for Disadvantaged Single Mothers

September 2013 EHHF Pantry Food Distribution for Disadvantaged Single Mothers: the wait made ONE beneficiary cry….

 

 

 

 

True, there were two instances of participants bursting into tears. (One during the food distribution and one, after.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But there was also a lot of productive one-on-one case working done. (New members looking for help finding a job, information about GED help, and free legal help were provided with solutions.)

EHHF Case Working

EHHF provides individual solutions for each struggling single mother family

Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation’s members were chatting; sharing helpful resources and yes, quite a few laughs. The children were loud and energetic and, no matter how hard their life gets, our single mothers – beneficiaries couldn’t hide their motherly pride. (Many were overjoyed by the anticipated availability of baby diapers. Thanks to L.A. Diaper Drive, baby and toddler diapers will be available as an incentive to EHHF members for attending Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation’s self-sufficiency workshops, starting in October 2013.)

EHHF Distributes Food To Struggling Single Parents

Once the actual Shop EHHF Pantry food distribution’s begun, our beneficiaries were blown away: there was plenty of breakfast foods, pasta, soups, chips, beverages, you name it! Some had trouble carrying all the goods out!

EHHF Distributes Food To Struggling Single Parents

EHHF’s staff worked cheerfully and diligently. Even Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation’s CEO and Founder pitched in with a smile.

EHHF's CEO and Staff Work To Help Single Parents In Need

EHHF’s CEO and Staff Work To Help Single Parents In Need

EHHF's Founder and Her Son During EHHF'S September 2013 Food Distribution

EHHF’s Founder and Her Son During EHHF’S September 2013 Food Distribution

In a room filled with struggling single parents (some unemployed, some single caregivers to autistic children) the relief of having even a temporary relief from the immediate worry that there’s nothing left to feed the children was palpable.

Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation’s partnership with World Harvest Food Bank in L.A. commenced only one week ago. The partnership is already making a HUGE difference!

(Incidentally, the second participant of September 2013 EHHF’s Food Distribution for Struggling Single Parents who cried was the brave, young man who lifted hundreds of pounds of food during the distribution. His back was killing him but his heart continued smiling through the pain… After all, due in part to his hard work many poor single moms and their kids will have food on their tables for quite a while!)

World Harvest Food Bank The New Ally of Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation

 World Harvest Food Bank The New Ally of Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation  Uncategorized EHHF's Posts
Sep 092013
 

World Harvest Food Bank

 

On 09/06/2013 representatives of Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation met with the Founder, President and CEO of World Harvest Food Bank in Los Angeles, Mr. Glen Curado. This was EHHF’s first visit and quite frankly, we were overwhelmed: the large facility and warehouse of World Harvest Food Bank is located in one of the poorer neighborhoods in L.A., exactly where the need for food is the greatest.

World Harvest Food Bank food selection

 

The colorful storefront invites passersby; there’s an abundant stock of non-perishable and fresh foods; staffers and volunteers lovingly take care of the place and inventory. The working principle of the food bank is both generous and fair: pay $30.00 for up to 200 pounds(!) of food OR if you can’t afford to pay, you have the option of contributing four hours of volunteer work for the same benefits!

For the EHHF’s delegation, the visit to World Harvest Food Bank has been eye-opening: a great learning experience as well as an inspiration. WHFB is older than Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation and its successful development gave us further motivation to persist in our own efforts.

EHHF's And World Harvest Food Bank's First Meeting

 

Mr. Glen Curado – the Founder, President and CEO of World Harvest Food Bank – is a dynamic presence, a generous mentor and an altogether, first class act. He was full of ideas and helpful suggestions most of which we’ll definitely use in our own work. His passion for the cause of helping the poor is nothing short of contagious!

The first meeting led to the creation of an alliance and EHHF partnering with World Harvest Food Bank. Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation received a large amount of food and beverages that we cannot wait to distribute to the single mother families who count on us to supplement their grocery budgets every month.

Two EHHF's Trucks Full of Food

 

What a momentous event in the history of our organization!
Better yet, it wasn’t a one time event. As a partner of WHFB, EHHF will be receiving food from World Harvest Food Bank monthly which will enable us to help even more single parent families in San Fernando Valley than we’re helping already. What a welcome development!

Enlightened Helping Hand Foundation is honored to be the newest partner of World Harvest Food Bank and looks forward to building a powerful alliance with WHFB.

World Harvest Food Bank
1014 Venice Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Phone: 213-746-2227
Website: http://WorldHarvestFoodBank.org/