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  • Feed the Homeless & Less Fortunate (3/16/14)

    Feed the Homeless & Less Fortunate (3/16/14)

    Come and volunteer to feed the homeless and the less fortunate at Martin Luther King Jr Park on Sunday, March 16th, @10am in South Los Angeles. This is our Monthly Food & Clothes Giveaway!  We also need help with distribution of donations. LAC9 will be there by 10am and UNTIL EVERYTHING IS GONE (usually about 2-4 hours). Please try and bring a tray of food or drinks so that we can make sure there is enough for everyone.

    We also feed the Homeless Dogs & Cats at Martin Luther King Jr Park. If you would like to donate dog or cat food, please bring some to the event. Thank you!

    Please text Claudia (323) 812-9836 or Kari (310) 408-2095 with YOUR NAME and let us know you will be there on March 16 and PLEASE DON’T FORGET to mention the dish(es) or the items you can bring. THE MORE, THE MERRIER!

    For those that can’t make it, these items/donations are truly needed:

    *Children’s, women’s and men’s clothing.
    *Shoes, Sandals
    *Bras, Socks, Underwear
    *Blankets, Sheets, Towels, Pillows
    *Water, Soda, Juice
    *Toys, Books, Dictionaries, Pens, Pencils etc
    *Food, Canned goods, non perishable items, snacks
    *Pads, Tampons, Toilet Paper, Laundry Soap
    *Toothpaste, Toothbrushes, Razors, Deodorant, Combs etc.
    *Dog & Cat food, blankets and toys

    ANYTHING, new or used!  Broken? Don’t throw it away. Donate it!

    Items needed for L.A. on Cloud9 can be found on our Wal-Mart ‘Wish List’ or you can make a monetary donation.

    **Cant make it this month? Don’t worry, we will be hosting these events every 3rd Sunday of each month. So save your donations! 🙂 “Do good, Receive good**

    MLK JR PARK : 3900 Western Ave., Los Angeles, California 90062

    **Los Angeles donation pick up/drop off Claudia (323) 812-9836

    **Downey/surrounding cities donation pick up/drop off Dessirae (562) 652-9329

    **Baldwin Park/surrounding cities donation pick up/drop off Angie (626) 478-4330

  • Two Dogs in Need

    Two Dogs in Need

    Two dogs were dumped in my South LA yard the other day. Both un-neutered males are dog, cat, people and children friendly and seem to be around a year old.

    These 2 little fur balls need a RESCUE!  Please share them to anyone and everyone in the hopes that we can find a rescue or forever family. Thank you!

  • The Truck is Loaded

    The Truck is Loaded

    The truck is LOADED!  Time to hit the streets of South Central LA & Skid Row, Los Angeles to give out pillows, blankets, sandwiches, fruit, water, dog & cat food, tents and tarps.

    These are your donations at work!  Please consider donating $5 dollars to help us feed the homeless and their animals. Thank you!

     

  • LAC9 Helping Monday Night Mission, Skid Row (3/17/14)

    LAC9 Helping Monday Night Mission, Skid Row (3/17/14)

    This event is specifically done to help Monday Night Mission to collect blankets, sleeping bags, socks and beanies. LA on Cloud9 will start collecting these items now and will deliver them to Monday Night Mission on March 17, 2014. Our group will get together and volunteer with Monday Night Mission to distribute these item at Skid Row for our homeless brothers and sisters.

    ** Please let LA on Cloud9 know if you have any of these items laying around; we will schedule a pick up or drop off. We have volunteers all over the Los Angeles area, as well as Long Beach, IE and the Valley***

    **All Items can also be dropped off to Monday Night Mission**

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    1500 in 20 days!

    Angelinos,

    As some of you may know, the City of LA has an emergency winter shelter program that runs from December 1st through March 15th. The objective of this program is to safeguard our homeless population from being exposed to low temperatures. The program provides shelter for approximately 1500 people.

    As of the March 15, all of the 1500 individuals will have NO access to shelter, food, hygiene items nor clothing and blankets. Many of these folks will temporarily come to Skid Row until they can travel to different areas.

    As light as the winter is in LA, the temperature still drops below 60 degrees at night, well until the middle of April. While this can be tolerable when you’re under a roof, sleeping under the stars on cold pavement is a whole different story.

    Take into account that we also have a significantly high senior homeless population in LA; they often suffer from things like heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, as well as other ailments. With little access to proper healthcare for these folks, sleeping in the cold can become deadly.

    To aid our homeless brothers and sisters, who will be leaving the winter shelters, we will be delivering blankets to Skid Row on Monday, March 17th. We will also be delivering hygiene kits, as these folks will no longer have proper access to bathrooms.

    We need your help!

    Any blankets, sleeping bags, socks, beanies, either new or lightly used- but clean, would greatly help these folks survive until the conditions get warmer. Hygiene kits or individual items such as soap, small bottles of moisturizer, shampoo, hand sanitizer, razors, female hygiene products, and wet naps would be useful for people to not only stay clean, but to keep up their self-esteem.

    Please email us if you have any of these items to donate. Anything and everything helps!

    Thank you,

    Mel Tillekeratne
    Monday Night Mission

    “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Gandhi

  • Homeless Care Package LA

    Homeless Care Package LA

    The majority of the homeless community don’t have the bare necessities and are financially able to buy hygienic products.

    LAC9 wants to provide these items to those in need. We want to be able to hand out a Hygiene Care Package to our brothers and sisters on the streets of South Los Angeles and Skid Row, Los Angeles.

    Items needed:

    -Toilet Paper Rolls
    -Toothpaste
    -Toothbrushes
    -Body cleansing wipes
    -Lip Balm / Chap Stick / Carmex / Blistex
    -Body Wash, Liquid Soap, Facial Cleanser
    -Combs / Brushes / Bobby Pins (in original packaging, please)
    -Deodorant (travel size)
    -Shaving Cream in Tubes / Shaving Soap (No CANS of Shaving -Cream!)
    -Hand & Body Lotion / Moisturizer (travel size)
    -Sunblock, SPF 45, Zinc, Vitamin E, Aloe Vera Gel
    -Bug Spray / DEET / Skin-So-Soft
    -Mouthwash (travel size)
    -Breath Mints / Breath Strips
    -Wash Cloths
    -Nail Files / Emery Boards / Nail Clippers
    -Feminine Hygiene Products

    You can also DONATE to help with the purchasing of items.  We will make Hygiene Bags and hand them out on the streets of South Los Angeles and Skid Row. You can also drop off donations; please contact Claudia Perez at (323) 812-9836. Thank you!

  • Staying Warm in the Rain

    Staying Warm in the Rain

    A few days of heavy rain might not seem so bad, until you don’t have a roof over your head and are outside, uncovered, and truly in the storm. LAC9 distributed tents & tarps to the homeless people of Skid Row, as well as food & water.

  • Pregnant sweet kitty needs a loving home

    Pregnant sweet kitty needs a loving home

    Read article HERE.

  • The Magic of a Haircut (2/23/14)

    The Magic of a Haircut (2/23/14)

    A group of Hair Stylist would like to donate their skills and compassion by giving haircuts to as many homeless people as possible on Sunday, February 23rd, 2014.

    Please join us while we host our very 1st Hair Cut Event!  Come and see the transformation and the magic a hair cut can give someone who hasn’t had one in so long!

    We are in need of supplies for this event.  If you are able to donate any of the items listed below, it would make this event a total success:

    -Barber combs
    -Disposable drapes
    -Spray bottles
    -Paddle brushes
    -Baby Powder/ dusting brushes
    -Hair accessories for women
    -Gel or Hair Spray
    -Long, rectangular mirrors
    -Clippers

    If you would like to contribute to this event, please contact Claudia at (323) 812-9836.  We definitely need the help.

    Thank you!

  • Walk with Shoes on LA Streets (2/1/14)

    Walk with Shoes on LA Streets (2/1/14)

    Old shoes, new shoes, good shoes, bad shoes… any SHOES!  We all need them, we all want them and we all must have them.  Can you imagine not owning even one pair?

    Unfortunately, so many DON’T have shoes, so they walk around barefoot and in pain.   A Good friend of mine, Blanca Villalpando, sent me a message about her concerns of a few homeless men she sees daily by her office in Downtown LA. She mentioned donating a few pairs of shoes to them so they wouldn’t have to walk barefoot in this freezing weather! Thanks to her, LAC9 will host ” Walk with Shoes on LA Streets.”  We will collect as many shoes as possible and give them all out in Downtown LA (Skid Row, Los Angeles).

    If you have any old shoes laying around that you don’t need any more, please consider donating them by giving them to someone in need! We will be collecting shoes all throughout December and January.  On February 1st, we will go down to Skid-Row and host a shoe drive.  Everyone is welcome to volunteer- your help is much appreciated!

  • Abandoned pit bull needs help

    Abandoned pit bull needs help

    Read article HERE.

    This is Della now!   🙂

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