Food - Shelter - Clothing
AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST, 1.800.FEED.KIDS, website: www.secondharvest.org. Has locations around the country to help feed kids.
BEYOND SHELTER, Main office, 520 S. Virgil Ave., Suite #200, Los Angeles, CA 90020, 213.252.0772, Fax: 213.480.0846, Email: info@beyondshelter.org, website: www.beyondshelter.org. Helps homeless families move directly into affordable rental housing in safe residential neighborhoods. Provides up to one year of individualized, home-based supportive services "after the move" to help each family transition to stability and independence. Gets homeless into homes. Over the years it has expanded its services to include comprehensive social services, child development and welfare-to-work programs.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES. Contact your local group. (You do not have to be Catholic to receive help). May provide food, clothes and small amounts of cash especially for gas to get to medical, dental, etc. Appointments and will make referrals for other needed services. May help with utilities.
CITYTEAM MINISTRIES FAMILY SERVICES CENTER, Contact Administration, 1297 North 13th, San Jose, CA95112, 408.293.4657, website: www.cityteam.org. A Christian relief center in the heart of Silicon Valley, gives shelter to those recovering from substance abuse and also provides food and clothing to the poor and helps pregnant women.
FEED THE CHILDREN, Dr. Larry Jones, Executive, Trudy Sookne, Director of Public Relations, Box 36, Oklahoma City, OK 73101, 1.800.742.8833, 405.942.0228, Fax: 405.954.4177, website: www.feedthechildren.org. A Christian, international hunger and relief organization that delivers food, medicine and other necessities to children and their families suffering as a result of poverty or disaster (whether natural or man-made).
THE DREAM CENTER, 2301 Bellevue Av, Los Angeles, CA 90026, 1.800.870.9860, 213.273.7000, website: www.dreamcenter.org. Provides food, shelter, clothing and financial aid to the needy.
FREE FOOD AND INCOME FOR LIFE. Send four stamps to: Free Food, Box 07106-FF, Ft. Myers, FL 33919.
KNOX AREA RESCUE MINISTRIES, 511 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917, 865.546-6363, Serenity Shelter - 24-hour crisis line, 865-971-4673. Will house homeless and battered women and children.
KNOX COUNTY SCHOOLS PTA CLOTHING CENTER, 1000 North Central, Box 7, Knoxville, TN 37917, 865.594.3791. Provides clothing assistance for students who are unable to receive help from other sources.
LOVE KITCHEN, INC., 2418 Martin Luther King Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37914-6839, 865.546.3248, Fax: 865.546.3288, Email: luvktchn@korrnet.org. On Wednesdays, in-house breakfast is served and emergency food bags are prepared for those in need. On Thursdays, in-house lunch is served and hundreds of meals delivered to the home bound.
SALVATION ARMY. Consult your local chapter. Provides, food, shelter, clothing, furniture and helps with utilities.
