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Clairemont Center Stats March 08 Service Applications- 225 New Clients- 48 Adults-309 Children- 197 Total Served- 506 USDA Households served- 235 Total people- 513 Clairemont Center Stats Service Applications- 222 New Clients- 51 Adults-309 Children-238 USDA Households Served- 263 Total Served- 757 |
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| Clairemont Service Center Report .................By Carole Denton | ||||||||||||
| The Clairemont Service Center continues to be of assistance to many people. Each month about 250 households come for services, approximately 600 people. Currently 25% (40-60 households) are new clients to CCSA. 70% of our food service and other aid is distributed to families with children. Many of these families are just trying to maintain the roof over their family’s heads in the high cost of living in San Diego, and struggling to do so. As we encounter all these newcomers it takes time to assess their needs. We have begun to respond to the increase in client service with a greater ‘hands-on’ approach for our clients. Clients now have the opportunity to sit through an extended needs assessment when they come in for services. This new service is aimed at both our clients with chronic needs, and those that are new to CCSA, to help them understand some of the barriers they face and then receive appropriate counseling and referral for services beyond those that CCSA is able to offer. CCSA, like many small non-profits reliant on a volunteer workforce, sometimes feels an ebb and flow in its workforce. Volunteers have to leave their service for various reasons: change in schedule, change in health, etc. Similar to our reliance on financial and in-kind donations to serve our clients, we equally depend upon a full volunteer staff to deliver services. Recently an outreach was done to stimulate new volunteers for our food and clothing distribution areas. It was successful in recruiting some new volunteers. We would like to welcome Eva Vela, Elaine Hawkins, Wilma Emmons, Karen Carter and Zenaida Powers to the Clairemont Service Center in their respective positions. CCSA welcomes you! |
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$1.20 Was My Largest Hunger Walk Pledge
by Matthew K. Wuest |
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| I had a table set up on the patio at Christ Lutheran Church in PB to gather pledges and donations for the CCSA Hunger Walk. A homeless man wandered over from the Cass St. sidewalk pushing his overflowing shopping cart, and struck up a conversation with me. “Mark” asked me what I was doing. I told him I was collecting money for our event, but I said “don’t worry about that”. We talked abut our church’s free Friday lunch. I asked him if he had ever heard of CCSA or knew of the Joyce Snyder Center. He said “no”. I offered him a CCSA brochure. He refused all of my offers of assistance and information. Again, he asked me what I was doing. I reluctantly told him the funds I was soliciting would help homeless people in PB and needy families in Clairemont. To my astonishment, he put his hands in his pants pocket, took out some change, and gave me $1.20. I was so shocked that I just thanked him over and over again. Then he strolled away. That same day, I received Hunger Walk pledges of $25, $50, $100 and even one for $150. But that $1.20 was the one I will always remember. It made me think of Luke 21:2-3 “And Jesus also saw a very poor widow dropping in two little copper coins. And He said, ȁI tell you that this poor widow put in more than all the others.” I pray that “Mark” is sleeping warmly tonight, that he will have food to eat tomorrow, and God will keep him safe. |
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