Donations to Spectrum Community Services will provide about 1,670 home-delivered meals to low-income, homebound seniors in the Tri-Valley area, offering them nutrition, human contact, and a way to stretch their budgets farther to pay for things like housing and medications.
Donations to the Mercy Brown Bag Program enable the nonprofit to buy food for low-income older adults, providing a full month of nutritious groceries at its Fruitvale store, which serves an average of 2,200 hungry seniors each month.
Donations will help Easy Does It Emergency Services to provide 150 hours of repair services, plus wheelchair loaners, to seniors and physically disabled adults and expand service into Albany, El Cerrito and Richmond. Goal: $15,000
Donations will help Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa, Inc. to provide approximately 4,375 nutritious meals to approximately 625 homebound seniors currently enrolled in the program countywide. Goal: $35,000
Donations will allow Grateful Gatherings to offer full and mini gatherings for 10 households, giving support with moving and transportation expenses and providing families fighting to stay housed with items like new beds, home essentials and furnishings. Goal: $10,000
