Come join the Muindi Foundation and 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)
All volunteers must complete the online volunteer registration at least 2-days before the event.
Click Link to register: http://Muindifoundation.org/events
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 50 lunches 50 snack packs and distribute 50 toiletry kits
3. Hand out toiletry care kits, brown bag lunches, hot soup, hot coffee and winter coats and sweaters in downtown SJ homeless camps near Guadalupe river.
Because of the rain we will need to do a lot of walking because many of our homeless friends have relocated to be shielded from the rain.
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 snacks. We will also count and pack and distribute sleeping bags and toiletry care kits
9:30 am – 10:00 Travel to Saint James Park 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 you to donate
1. Backpacks
2. Warm coats
2. Healthy snacks
3. Bananas or cuties
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
