Current Needs Update

Thanksgiving Food

When we distribute fully cooked/flash frozen meals to our families in need we also give them a hygiene bag with shampoo, conditioner, soap, toothpaste, toothbrush and deodorant. 

CURRENT NEED:  toothpaste, toothbrush and deodorants (400 of each)

Drive items need to be in by: November 14^th

 

When families come to pick up their boxes, we often see as many as 30-40 children who are unrestrained or improperly restrained.  We are also looking for donations of booster seats and convertible car seats.  These donations must be NEW because of liability.  We will have a local agency to instruct parents on installation and have them sign a waiver before receiving the car seats, but that agency can NOT provide us with the car seats.

CURRENT NEED: 30 booster seats 15 convertible car seats

Drive items need to be in by: November 14th

 

Winter Wonderland

This is our holiday gift program for families in need.  We provide Kyrene families in need with two new toys per child in the home (ages 0-17).  We expect to serve more families in need this year than last year.  Last year we served over 800 children.  We rely on the community to host drives and donate new toys and gift cards for this event.

CURRENT NEED:  collection drives for new toys, we ALWAYS need more middle school and older kids gifts.

Drive items need to be in by: December 12^th

 

Please contact kfvolunteer@cox.net  if you are planning to host a drive, have questions or would like to make a donation.

Volunteering at the Kyrene Family Resource Center

We are so fortunate to have dedicated individuals who come to spend a few hours a couple times a month helping us keep our head above water with processing donations, packing food boxes, hanging clothing and keeping our distribution room nice for families.

If you are interested in volunteering we would love to have you!

Currently volunteers are coming every month on the following days (unless it is a school holiday)

• First and third Tuesdays of the month
• Second and fourth Mondays of the month

The hours for volunteering are between 9am and 2pm.  You choose an hour or more within that time frame, whatever works best for you!

If you would like to volunteer with us please email kfvolunteer@cox.net

University of Phoenix Cleans Up Nice!

I should have taken before pictures... our warehouse room was a MESS.

Thankfully University of Phoenix's CE Department came to our rescue.  Denise, Vicki, Joanne, Karina, Kayonni, Jamie, Gabe, Laura and Melissa came to volunteer today and let me tell you... we put them to WORK!

Unpacking food pallets, organizing hygiene and school supplies, processing clothing donations, breaking down boxes for recycling and more!

This group also did a HUGE dress drive for our Wishes Come True event last year, they are truly FRIENDS of the Foundation!

Thank you!

Summer's Over ...KFRC is OPEN!

Well, summer is over but the heat is still here!  One week into the new school year and we have already distributed close to 1000 packed backpacks for Back to School!

Over the summer so many volunteers, like The Standard group below, volunteered time, energy and money to making our Back to School "Stuff the Bus" event so successful!

As always we are so grateful to the community for always stepping up and coming through for Kyrene kids in need.

It's going to be a GREAT year!

Thank you!

It's Raining SHOES!

We often wish for more shoe donations here at the resource center...but donated children's shoes can be tricky because kids tend to wear thier shoes out.  Most of the donated shoes that come in are either not proper school shoes or are just too worn out.

The APA and local pediatricians have advised us that it can be harmful to a child's growing body for children to wear another child's worn shoes so we take this into consideration for every pair of shoes we put out.

But back to our wishes... A gentleman named Craig Hayton who has volunteered here at our center a couple times with his neighbors, wrote us a note asking...what do you need?  His church was looking for a community organization to donate to and Craig thought of us.

So we answered: shoes.  We asked for enough money to provide around 15 pairs of shoes a month for Kyrene kids who need school appropriate shoes.

We asked and they answered to the tune of $3600.00!  Imagine how excited we are to start off the next school year with funds in place for shoes!!

Thank you to Mr. Craig Hayton and the Missio Dei Communities Church!!!

Kyrene de los Cerritos "Good Night Bags"!

Cerritos kindergarten and 1st grade classes put together 170 of these great "Good Night" bags for our students in need.

 The bags contain books, snacks and toys for summer fun.  Each bag is hand decorated by the students themselves!

Hard at work sorting and packing.

Thank you Cerritos Students and Staff!

It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

Thank you Esperanza for 100  jars of peanut butter and 70 jars of jelly!