At the Heart of Helping...

"At the Heart of Helping..."

January 2017

Dear,

Hello! We hope you are all having a wonderful new year. We are very excited to announce our next big event coming up quickly on February 25.

We are debuting our brand new family fun faire. There will be carnival games, face-painting, an interactive kid-driven story time, food, prizes and much more. Admission is free and ten game tickets are just $5.00.

We hope you can join us and bring the children in your life. You won't want to miss this- it will be fun for the whole family while supporting a truly wonderful cause!

Heart of Helping Family Fun Faire

Saturday, February 25

9:00 a.m. - 12 noon

The Volunteer Center

Parking Lot and Street

1230 Cravens Avenue

Torrance, CA 90501

CLICK TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT NOW!

First 200 registrations will get a FREE chance to win 4 Disneyland Park Hopper Tickets! (One per family, must pick-up upon arrival at the faire.)

Business sponsorship is still available for an affordable donation, please contact (310) 212-5009 x216 for more details!

We Need New Socks!

...At the Heart of Helping the Homeless

Please help us keep our homeless neighbor's feet warm, especially during these cold rainy storms! Socks are the most needed, but often least donated article of clothing to homeless shelters.

In partnership with the Community Action Team (CAT) we have set a goal to personally collect 400 pairs of brand new socks (youth, women and children) to help then reach their goal 14,000 pairs by January 31st. We have a collection box in the lobby of both our Torrance office (1230 Cravens Avenue) and our Long Beach office (1407 E. 4th Street). Swing by anytime between 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. or drop individual pairs through the mail slot of our Torrance office on weekends.

2016 MLK Day of Service: "A Day On, Not a Day Off"

...At the Heart of Serving Others

More than 200 volunteers of all ages dedicated their MLK holiday to serving the community through a variety of volunteer activities including beach clean-ups, mural painting, gardening, and more.

Partners for this project included the Port of Long Beach, Long Beach Office of Vice Mayor Rex Richardson, Long Beach Firefighters Association, Rebuilding Together Long Beach, Arts Council for Long Beach, Farmers & Merchants Bank, City of Long Beach, Our Foods, Clean LB, Grant Neighborhood Association, Red Eye Media and Leadership Long Beach.

To find out about more opportunities like this and to make a difference in your community, please be sure to register online. We've shortened our registration form, and you can now register using your Facebook account to make it even easier! REGISTER NOW.

Volunteers Needed:

...At the Heart of Cleaning Up Old Torrance

This Saturday, January 21st, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. the Old Torrance Neighborhood Association, under the direction of Project Manager Elaine Thompson, will host a neighborhood cleaning-up near the tracks beneath the 1913 Pacific Electric Railway El Prado Bridge on Torrance Blvd. - from Western Avenue to Cabrillo, and the surrounding area.

Since the bridge is the gateway to the City, and highly visible to visitors, the community wants to see it stay clean and nice. F or those with students who need service hours, this is an easy way to complete them!

All who live work and play in Torrance are invited to volunteer an hour, or two, to "Pay it Forward" and make a difference in our community. Wear old clothes, sneakers, gloves, and sunblock and meet in the Volunteer Center parking lot (1234 Cravens Avenue) at 8:30 a.m. for a pre-clean up "Tailgate Party" of breakfast treats and coffee.

Thank You to Our Holiday Elves!

...At the Heart of Giving on Christmas Day

In response to dozens of phone calls from community members interested in volunteering on Christmas Day, we opened our doors and asked for volunteers to help us check, sort and shelve more than 3,000 pounds of donated food in our Food for Kids pantry. We were overwhelmed by the kind, generous "elves" who showed up and donated several hours to help out!