Serving - Homeless Living in Downtown San Jose

Join the Muindi Foundation as we bring awareness to National Homeless Month. Come pitch in to give back to our community by sponsoring, preparing and distributing, brown bag lunches, toiletry kits and fresh fruits to the poor in our community.

- One brown bag lunch costs $3.00 (one small latte)
- One toiletry kit costs $6.00 (one large latte)

We are a group of people drawn together by a common desire to serve others, to use our time, talent and resources to advocate for and help those in our community who need it most. We believe in the value of every individual and the compound effects kindness and generosity. In the midst of the wealthy Silicon Valley, we recognize that many have been left behind. Collectively, through the ripple effects of simple acts of service, we believe we can profoundly create a shift in this reality.

Our mission is to bring people and resources together to meet the needs of the underserved in our community, specifically the homeless, houseless and those in risk of becoming so in the Silicon Valley.

Here is the link to in-kind donation form etc.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Vcjw1mNaya6hNtrWpZJdgMpGtHCw9dzB?usp=sharing

What we do day of:
1. Just bring yourselves at 8:30 am Saturday morning
2. Meet in West San Jose (near Campbell) at 9:00 am to assemble the lunches. (Address given to those attending the event)
3. Bring a donation for bag lunches (chips, snack size, granola bars, bottled waters, apple sauce or fruit in a cup (optional)
4. Bring donation for toiletry kits, toothbrushes, soaps, underwear, socks, lotion, Bath wipes (optional)

We will need your help to:
1. Make sandwiches together
2. Pack 100 - 200 lunches and toiletry kits
3. Hand out lunches, toiletry kits and hot coffee in downtown SJ homeless camps near Guadalupe river.

Schedule:
8:15 am - 8:30 am Register and receive instructions on assignments
8:30 am – 9:30 am - Prepare healthy brown bag lunches and toiletry kits
9:30 am – 10:00 Travel to homeless camps near Guadalupe river in downtown San Jose
10:00 am – 12: pm - Distribute lunches and toiletry kits

What goes in the lunches?
1. A good ham or turkey sandwich (one you’d eat yourself/lots of meat)
2. A bag of chips
3. Fruit
4. Cookies
5. Bottle water

What they need and are starting to do.
1. Socks
2. Underwear
3. Toothbrush/toothpaste
4. Small packs of body wipes

So, if you can also donate and bring some of these items with you on event day, it will be much appreciated!