Thanksgiving Food Needed for Homestyle Dinners

Hi Everyone!

It’s that time of year!! We are so grateful to be experiencing less coronavirus and more freedom here in the Bay Area these days, but there are still many families who are struggling with illness, evictions, homelessness, and struggling to make ends meet. Let’s lighten their burden just a little so, like the rest of us, they can celebrate Thanksgiving with a hearty meal, enjoy their family, and feel the gratitude that accompanies this holiday!

 

This year, we have committed to purchase the main course, and hopefully some side dishes, for 100 family dinners, which will be delivered to families for their Thanksgiving dinner. If you would like to make a donation towards the 100 turkeys and hams, or any other food items we can purchase, please make a donation below.

Holiday boxes from last year…they need food, funds, and volunteers! Please contact CHA at 707-591-9573 if you would like to help!

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DONATE FOR THANKSGIVING

Every donation makes a difference, no matter how large or small. As usual, we promise 100% of your donation will be used for the needs of others. Thank you for your continued support and for your giant hearts.

 

Wishing you all a peaceful and joyful Thanksgiving!

 

In Gratitude,

 

Carly, Jack, Hannah, Max and Kate

and all of us at Dream of a Better World

SUPPORT for those who SERVE our Community

Hi All,

 

While we are hoping the pandemic is slowing down and all of us are beginning to re-adjust and head back out into the world, there are still many people in our community who are struggling to make ends meet. Some are hungry, without shelter, in need of medical and dental care or in need of legal advice or other services to support them in getting back on their feet.

 

About CHA

CALIFORNIA HOMEMAKERS ASSOCIATION (CHA) is a grassroots organizing drive committed to ending the poverty conditions facing our membership of domestic workers, in-home care workers, low-income elderly, blind and disabled recipients of in-home care and other low-paid service, temporary, or seasonal workers in Sonoma County.

CHA members joined together in 2000 with concerned residents, students, professionals, clergy and local businesses to create a free and voluntary, unincorporated private membership association, best suited to achieve a permanent solution to the problems of poverty experienced by these workers.

To lessen the burden of day-to-day survival that has traditionally kept low-income workers from organizing to change the policies and practices at the root of their poverty, CHA members established a free-of-charge, 11-Point Benefit Program that includes emergency food, clothing, non-emergency dental care, preventive medical care, legal advice, information and referral assistance, a monthly membership newspaper and more. The Association is 100% volunteer run; it accepts no government funding or any other money with strings attached – rather it exists through the dedication and generosity of its members as well as those allies in the community who have joined our cause. CHA serves no other aim or aspiration outside its stated goal. 

Our Fundraising Plan

The amazing team at California Homemaker’s Association in Santa Rosa, CA has been tirelessly working to build a better life for all. Due to some supportive donors, they have recently been able to move into a new and permanent location, a house in a business district of converted homes. This will enable them to  provide even more services, but they need to furnish the home to get going.

 

If you feel inspired to support their needs, you can either make a tax deductible donation in any amount HERE or use this CHA's Amazon Wish List LINK to purchase an item for CHA from their Needs List.

Thank you so much for always showing up 

and making a difference!

Be well everyone,

From all of us at Dream of a Better World

Helping Refugees During COVID Times

COVID-19 has certainly created many new and unexpected problems for our under-served communities and families.  Through our partners at Legacy Mission Village (LMV), we began focusing on addressing the food insecurity and financial insecurity that LMV's families were facing.  They are a Tennessee based non-profit that is focused on helping refugee families who have been relocated to Tennessee due to famine, genocide, war and poverty, in primarily African countries.  We have been working with them for over 15 years, even before founding Dream of a Better World.  Our recent partnership has translated into providing food, medical aid and even funeral funds for refugee families affected by COVID.  As another example of LMV's community impact, they normally delivers 20,000 free diapers a month through their no contact drive-thru diaper days. They are an AMAZING group!

Recently, Dream of a Better World received notice of an new, unique additional challenge that LMV refugee families are facing.  Most of their clients are still learning English, and are now struggling with the online learning process for their children who are now at home.  Not only do they need online equipment and access, but they need volunteers to help navigate the virtual schooling system.  

We are very thankful for all of the efforts of LMV and our partnership with them.  Thanks to ALL OF YOU, we will continue to support them through this challenging time! 

If any of you are interested in donating specifically to LMV, please CLICK the GIVE button here or the one designated on the sidebar above. As always, 100% of your donation will flow straight through to them and their needs.

 

With much LOVE,  

Dream of a Better World

Bay Area ELDA offers support at the End-of-Life

Thank you everyone who recently donated to the Bay Area End of Life Doula Alliance’s fundraiser to support the dying and their loved ones. We were so grateful to be able to offer funeral services for a beloved woman from the Philippines who died of Covid-19 after being sick with the virus for just one short week. Her loved ones were so appreciative that your support gave them the opportunity to honor her life with a proper funeral. Everyone deserves that, but sadly these days, many are dying alone and loved ones are left to grieve without closure. We plan to continue to offer financial support for others facing death as the years go by.

Bay Area ELDA is a group of end-of-life doulas and many of you have asked what we do. Simply, we offer emotional, practical and spiritual care to the dying. We are non-medical, so we spend time with our clients getting to know them and working with them to help them discover what matters most in their life, what brings them joy, what their worries might be, and we work through all of this to bring peace and comfort in their final days. If you want to know more about our work, reach out to us, or check out our website at Bay Area ELDA.

This fund is to offer support to those who have specific needs or wishes at the end of their life that they cannot afford. It will be an ongoing fundraiser so please donate any time you want to! If any of you know of someone who is dying who might have a final wish, needs medical supplies, or something to bring them comfort or entertainment, please reach out to us!

Be well, Everyone!

With Gratitude

Wow. 2020 was certainly unforgettable, and unfortunately, it’s not over yet! We still have a long way to go before we can look back and reflect on all that has changed in our lives due to Covid-19. We are grieving the lives lost, of friends and strangers around the world. Through this tragedy, you all have been there to offer us encouragement, ideas, and financial support. For all of this, we are forever grateful. None of this works without all of you.

Because of your generosity during the pandemic, we have been able to stock local food pantries, support educational programs, and provide food, clothing, rent payments, diapers, sporting equipment, laptops, child care, gift cards, toys, holiday celebrations, Thanksgiving dinners, shoes for health care workers and more! 

We could never do all of this without YOU! Thank you for being part of our lives and for always believing in us.

 

With love and appreciation,

Carly, Jack, Hannah and everyone at Dream of a Better World!

 

As always, we want to remind you that 100% of your donation goes to the causes we support. Administrative and accounting responsibilities are provided pro bono. We would like to especially thank the amazing team at Friedlander, Cherwon, and Capper for generously donating your time and skills to provide us with our annual tax reporting needs! Thank you!

Giving Care and Support in Novato

One More Sweet Family…very close to home… let’s make their Christmas special!

 

Hi Everyone,

Thank you ALL for your financial contributions and all the gifts you have donated to help us provide food, clothing and warmth for those who are struggling in Northern California. This year, every time we felt like we were done with a project, we heard of another family in need, another hungry child, another family about to be evicted. Thanks to everyone’s contributions, we were able to provide holiday relief for dozens of families this year. We will be sending pictures and telling stories soon!

BUT TODAY…we have one more family who are really having a hard time. We are asking if you could pitch in anything, even a very small amount or a gift for the family, it would make a huge difference.

 

Their names are Betty and Elder. They have 5 kids, ages 4, 10, 12, 14, and 16, all boys. They both worked full time before Covid-19 and have always been able to provide for the family, but now they have been let go from their primary jobs and are struggling to make ends meet. They have no money to pay the rent in January, worry about eviction and their future, and they have very little food left. They are cold at night. Their kids need shoes and a warm winter coat. They are scared.

 

These are our goals to help them get through January and maybe even February:

Buy a warm winter coat for each of their children and maybe the parents, too.

 

 2 adult Large, 

 1 adult small, 

 1 Youth XL, and a 

 1 child’s size 5.

 

Get each family member a new pair of shoes.

mom size 8, 

dad size 9, and the 

kids are size 

6, 7, 10 and 11, and 

4 year-old kid size 12

 

Give the family a Safeway Gift Card for buying much needed groceries.

 

Raise the money to pay some or all of their rent for January.

 

We also hope to bring them dinner on Christmas Eve.

 

And maybe some warm socks and pajamas, too!

 

Thank you all again! If you have anything left to give, we promise that every single cent we raise will go this family. You are making a difference and we appreciate all of you!

 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

 

May we all find peace and love in the chaos of 2020 and step into 2021 with hope for whatever awaits us there…

 

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