provides healthy meals every day, free of charge to anyone in need. They prepare over 500 meals a day serving families in Livermore, Pleasanton, and Dublin. They also provide a “Box Lunch” for children on the weekends. “In many cases parents have lost their jobs. Sometimes the lunches are the only meal the kids will have on the weekend.,” says Wendy Weather, Operations Manager.
Open Heart Kitchen solely depends on the generous support of the businesses, organizations and individuals of the Tri-Valley communities it serves. The support needed is always financial but we also need volunteers to help us with shopping, cooking, serving, clean-up and various other needs to get our work done. For information, please give us a call. No volunteer effort on your part is too small. 925-580-6793. openheartkitchen.org
is actually 10 houses, including one on Treasure Island that houses 60 clients and their children. We are collecting toys for these kids to provide them with holiday gifts. This program engages, heals, teaches, trains, houses, clothes and feeds people with alcohol and other drug addictions. More information and how to donate may be found at www.waldenhouse.org
How can a penny bring peace? It doesn’t buy much in Pleasanton. But in the villages of Pakistan and Afghanistan, it can buy a pencil, start an education, and transform a life. In a region where terrorist organizations recruit uneducated, illiterate children, that pencil can empower a child to read, write, and learn. The Pennies for Peace program goal is to encourage children, who are ultimately our future leaders, to learn the value of philanthropy by collecting pennies for global peace. More information may be found at penniesforpeace.org.
Activate the code included with each product and direct the donation to the area chosen by your child…school, home, health, or food. Go online to learn more about these charities. Play games to earn points which turn in to actual cash that you can donate as well. What a fun and rewarding way to raise social consciousness in our kids. Learn more at karitokids.com
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