The Volunteers of America (VOA) team in Rampart 2 brought families together during the overwhelming and fearful situation the community is facing, so they had Pollo Loco delivered to their community, taught healthy eating habits, and hosted a Taco Tuesday Fiesta and Pizza Night. Excellent work, VOA!

Thank you to Alma Family Services (AFS), St. Francis Center, Southern California Crossroads, Chapter Two Inc. and GRYD staff for working side by side in distributing meals and other resources to our communities. Excellent work, team!

The teams at Alma Family Services (AFS) and Soledad Enrichment Action (SEA) partnered with the Office of Councilmember Gil Cedillo (CD 1) to host a community grab-n-go event. The agencies received meal donations from Dino's Famous Red, which went to neighboring families and community members alongside other food items. Excellent work!

The Bresee team in Olympic is working day in and day out to support families by linking them to supportive services during these difficult and uncertain times. They were able to connect a family to a caring individual who provided financial support and a bag of food during this crisis. Excellent work, Bresee!

Community Intervention Workers from Chapter TWO have been supporting our city Family Source Centers in the 77th GRYD Zone in the distribution of the Angeleno cards. Excellent work, Chapter TWO!

The Alma Family Services teams at Hollenbeck 1, 2 and 3 have implemented weekly zoom/Instagram Live workshops that cover topics such as mindfulness, cooking, art, parent chat nights, and book club in addition to distributing meals to families every Friday . Through these online workshops, Alma Family Services wants to motivate families to spend time together and share memories. Excellent work, Alma Family Services!

The Bresee team in Olympic has been hard at work, supporting families and delivering over 50 grocery bags to the most vulnerable this past week. As one GRYD staff member witnessed from a grateful parent: "There is a great need out there. There's no money, no jobs. We're going without food." Bresee also partnered with State Assemblymember Miguel Santiago to continue supporting their families in this time of need. Excellent work, Bresee!

The Volunteers of America (VOA) team in Rampart 2 have been supporting their community during the pandemic by getting together and preparing hygiene kits and goodie bags. They have also partnered with the Office of Councilmember Gil Cedillo (CD 1) to deliver hot meals across the district. Excellent work, Volunteers of America!

El Centro Del Pueblo's Northeast Team has been staying safer at home by hosting online workshops and mindfulness activities with their community. This is just one of the many ways our partners continue to remain engaged with families across the city. Excellent work, El Centro Del Pueblo!

El Centro Del Pueblo's Rampart 1 and Rampart 2 teams have been hard at work, dropping off donations and participant support services (groceries) to GRYD families, which include board games and other supplies for family engagement. Here's a family enjoying a great game of Twister. Excellent work, El Centro Del Pueblo!