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“Preparing for Rebuilding Day April 24,2021
It’s time to start the 2021 Rebuilding Day preparations. This month we will receive the applications and will verify their information. Soon the home visits will start so we can evaluate the needs of each homeowner and the hard choices will be made to choose the final recipients. To do this we need community support in the form of home sponsors (those who donate $1500 or more) and the business community service groups and private citizens. When things are at their worst, we must put our individual needs in perspective and think of the greater needs of our neighbors and our country to insure a continued healthy mental outlook going forward. We feel no greater joy than helping someone else.
We look forward to gathering next April with community and trade volunteers, neighbors and friends to help our mountain family. Covid 19 will not stop us. If it takes 100 gallons of hand sanitizer and 1000 masks, we will be there. We cannot give up for there is nothing to take our place!”
Program for Torture Victims received a grant to support staffing of program personnel (Clinical Director and Case Managers) with fringe benefits and mileage for staff to meet with clients and host-home volunteers. The mission of PTV is to assist the courageous survivors of state-sponsored torture and persecution who have stood up for freedom, equality and human dignity. With their mission, PTV supports those who have stood up for others. These include journalists reporting on corruption or injustices, teachers who teach against the propaganda of a party or regime, doctors or officials who help others against the dictates of a government, and others who stand up for human dignity. 
Read these two testimonials about how MAPs Charities is helping Seniors with technology in the midst of a pandemic. 
Italian American Museum of Los Angeles received a grant to support the production of free, multidisciplinary arts performances presented at the IAMLA and other locations in Los Angeles County that will acquaint the public, especially youth and under-served communities, with the varied artistry of the Italian diaspora. Funding will support the production of programming, including professional fees as well as staff salaries related to the production of programming. The mission of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles is to foster understanding of Southern California’s diverse heritage through research, historic preservation, exhibitions and educational programs that examine the history and continuing contributions of Italian Americans in multi-ethnic Los Angeles and the United States.
Learn about how and why The Healing Well got its start. 
The Jubilee Jump program provides jump rope classes, nutritional training, mentoring and leadership development to low-income children in and around Los Angeles. The Jubilee Consortium is a collaborative effort by inner city Episcopal churches to serve low-income communities in Los Angeles. Their mission is to create healthy and just neighborhoods through enrichment opportunities and leadership programs that contribute to providing access to healthier lifestyles and knowledge of how to lead a healthier life. In 2015, Jubilee Consortium launched rope jumping programs at three different low-income neighborhoods around Los Angeles: Hollywood, Inglewood and Highland Park. Today, we are expanding to cover 8 locations—all of which will form part of a strong and talented jump rope league. Youth participants in Jubilee Jump learn basic rope jumping skills, increase their understanding of the sport of competitive rope jumping, engage in regular fitness activities, receive mentoring from coaches and adult volunteers, and develop life and leadership skills that they will be able to translate into other aspects of their lives.
UCLA UniCamp received a grant in support of their Volunteer Leadership and Training Program. UCLA UniCamp is the official student charity of UCLA, operating as an independently funded, secular, non-profit organization linking UCLA students with the Los Angeles community. Each year, UniCamp inspires over 1,000 children from low-income families to envision brighter futures by sending them, along with over 400 UCLA student volunteer counselors and staff to its residential outdoor summer camp in the San Bernardino mountains. For over 80 years, UCLA UniCamp student volunteers have harnessed the healing power of the wilderness to improve their community by providing a unique outdoor camping experience for under-served children in the community.