Community Service and Philanthropic Work

Volunteer morning at the youth garden

We joined Veggielution in the youth garden! We wanted to give back to the community and what better way than through helping in the youth garden! The environmental education team and dog crew interns did planting, seeding and other garden activities suitable for the whole family! (kids of all ages were welcome).  Check out more info here

 

LOVED TWICE CLOTHING DONATION DRIVE

A BIG GIANT thank you to all those who contributed to our last LM-Wide Community service drive of the year.  We had our most successful Loved Twice Clothing Drive ever with 122 boxes packed + more bags of clothing even for future drives.  We were able to immediately distribute the boxes to social services at Valley Med and the Community Resource center for a teen moment event this week.

JENNY'S LIGHT RUN FUNDRAISER

We volunteered at the event and fundraised for it.  This was in support of connecting moms, partners and families in Santa Clara County (San Francisco Bay area) with the resources and tools they need to recognize, treat, and overcome struggles with maternal mental health complications, including postpartum depression.  Find out More Here 

DEI FUNDRAISER FOR FEED THE BLOCK SJ

The DEI committee is raising funds for Feed the Block SJ. Feed the Block is A community organization that provides Brunch to individuals in San Jose. You can Donate directly to them via: Venmo- @feed_the_block https://donorbox.org/feed-the-block Volunteer to help out (must be 14years or older)- https://m.signupgenius.com/... It cost $1500 a week to fund the meal program that feeds 700-800 people in San Jose. The DEI committee will be donating a portion of our budget to Feed the Block.

KAFPA DIAPERS AND WIPES DONATION DRIVE

Today, we were lucky to see how WE can help out another local community nonprofit! Such an honor to bring all of the diapers and wipes our community donated. I think we all walked away with tears in our eyes because the staff and volunteers were so appreciative of us. We literally filled up most of their lobby area. They only had a few diapers left in their giveaway area. Be proud to be a Las Madres member TODAY. You (ALL) made an incredible difference for KAFPA (Kinship, Adoptive, Foster Parent Association)

FUNDRAISER AND DONATION DRIVE FOR FOSTER YOUTH TRANSITIONING TO INDEPENDENT LIVING

Thank you to everyone who donated to the 2021 DEI fundraiser benefitting foster youth transitioning to adulthood. With your donations, we were able to put together 12 gift baskets full of necessities for budding adults

 

$2,105 RAISED FOR SAN JOSE'S FAMILY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING!

The Las Madres Rose Garden/Downtown organized a donation and fundraiser for San Jose's Family Supportive Housing that all of Las Madres participated in.

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LAS MADRES SUPPORTS THE BLACK INFANT HEALTH PROGRAM SET UP A LENDING LIBRARY

This summer Las Madres supported Black Infant Health (BIH) of Santa Clara County with an initiative they were working on. BIH wanted to start a lending library for baby and toddler supplies and Las Madres committed to help them get that started!

We vastly exceeded our goal and 141 items ($3,296.03 value) were donated!

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AS MADRES LOVED TWICE CLOTHING DRIVE SUCCESS!

Las Madres collected and donated 50 boxes of baby clothes and accessories - evenly split between boys and girls - to Loved Twice.  

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SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY FOOD DRIVE

Members raised $5760 in a food drive for Second Harvest of Silicon Valley to help vulnerable neighbors during the COVID-19 crisis. Thank you to all the people involved, this is a great example of a members coming together and wanting to help. If you wish to donate, you still can here. 

JENNY'S LIGHT RUN

A team of Las Madres members took part in the virtual Jenny's Light Run organized by Supporting Mamas shed a light on maternal mental health. The LM team had 22 individuals sign up (the most of any other charity group). Thanks to everyone who participated and helped us support such an important cause and organization!

HERITAGE HOME BABY SHOWER

On September 22nd, South Valley Club in collaboration with Mountain View 2019 playgroup hosted a baby shower for expecting moms of Heritage HomeShelter in Downtown San Jose. In 1.5 month, we were able to collect hundreds of items that the new mothers need such as: diapers, wipes, baby clothes, maternity clothes, car seats, strollers, and many more. We are happy to share our love with the moms in need and bring excitement into young families.

SACRED HEARTS HOMELESS SURVIVAL KITS

The Willow Glen Club filled 67 bags with socks, underwear, wash clothes, tooth brush/paste, body wash, shampoo/conditioner, deodorant, hand sanitizer, chapstick, condoms, pads, beef jersey, and granola bars and donated them to Sacred Heart Community Service.

SWEET CASES FOR CHILDREN ENTERING FOSTER CARE

The Sunnyvale/Santa Clara Club - decorate and pack 25 Sweet Cases for children entering the foster care system, they also held a fundraiser for Together We Rise. Thank you so much for being part of helping us improve the way some of these children will experience entering foster care.

LOVED TWICE CLOTHING DRIVE

Together we are donating 44 fully loaded boxes of baby clothes and accessories to Loved Twice!!! That’s 44 newborn babies in need that will have something snuggly and cozy to wear from birth to age 1 thanks to our generous members!! Thank you to everyone who donated and packed.

LUCILLE PACKARD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL TOY DRIVE

The Los Gatos/Saratoga Club in another successful Lucille Packard Children's Hospital. They received so many wonderful toys and were able to make a monetary contribution. Thank you everyone

HELP A MOTHER OUT - DIAPER DRIVE

We held a 10 day long and Las Madres wide, so including all our Clubs and Playgroups, Diaper Drive for Help a Mother Out. They are a organization who work to improve baby and family well being by increasing access to diapers for families in need. Our Grand Totals were 1273 Diapers and 2796 Wipes give or take a few! 

KAPFA - BACK PACK DRIVE

We held a back to school backpack drive for Kinship Adoptive and Foster Parenting Association. We collected for middle school and high school kids. All our Playgroups got involved, parents and kids! Helping by getting supplies, assembling the bags and dropping them off. Together we collected: 72 backpacks, 21 calculators, 121 rulers, 128 packs of colored pencils, 94 packs of crayons, 249 highlighters (mainly in packs of 4), 630 pens (mainly in packs of 10), 961 pencils (variety in type and quantities per pack), 220 erasers (mainly in packs of 2), 158 glue sticks, 152 notebooks, 52 packs of paper, 30 binders, 23 sets of dividers