Preventing Homelessness
Promoting Self-Sufficiency
Providing Affordable Housing

SHELTER, Inc. serves many homeless and low-income families throughout the year. Please consider donating food or helping start a donation drive to help the families have all the essentials for Thanksgiving dinner. We are collecting the following non-perishable food items:

Canned Food: Green beans, Cream of mushroom soup, Mixed vegetables, Candied yams, Cranberry sauce, Succotash, Corn, Turkey soup

Pantry Food: Beans, Rice, Instant mashed potatoes, Gravy mix, Pasta noodles, Pasta sauce, Stuffing mix, Canned ham nd/or chicken, Salt and pepper, Biscuit mix

Desserts: Pumpkin pie mix, Pudding mix, Jello mix, Cookies(mix), Cake and/or brownie mix

Turkey: We also will gladly accept gift cards to local grocery stores to help our families purchase a Turkey.

We will be collecting food at our Main Office, 1815 Arnold Drive, Martinez, CA 94553, through Saturday, November 22, 2008.

If you would like to set up a food drive, please contact Theresita Ortiz, Resource Coordinator (925)957-7561 or email theresitao@shelterincofccc.org

Pictures From Thanksgiving 2007 Food Drive -- Volunteers help sort and box the donated food to be delivered to low-income and homeless families:

Thank you!