We’re happy to share that Jonathan has made it home! 
You can read about his journey to housing by visiting www.kcbellflower.org/blog/welcome-home-jonathan
Kingdom Causes Bellflower
Village for Vets
Village for Vets received a grant for their Food First program to support food box distribution. This will include paying a truck driver to deliver food boxes to formerly homeless and at-risk veterans who experience food insecurity and who live in permanent support housing in Los Angeles County. About 300 veterans and their families will receive food box distribution two times per month over the next year. Village for Vets fills critical gaps in key services for homeless and at-risk veterans in greater Los Angeles to support them on their journey to stability and independence. They fulfill this mission through four core programs that safeguard the health of vulnerable veterans; promote food, housing and employment security; and provide links to life-changing benefits and services. Village for Vets engages volunteer, donors and other community members in supporting a local holiday toy drive to connect toys to the children of low income and homeless veterans. Also, at their annual Thanksgiving mean give away to donate turkeys and other holiday food items to more than 300 at risk veterans and their families.
UCLA Watts Leadership Institute
Learn more about what UCLA Watts Leadership Institute is all about and what they are accomplishing.
“Jorja Leap and Karrah Lompa, co-founders of the Watts Leadership Institute (WLI), spoke with us about WLI and its unique collaborative, leader-led training model. They launched WLI in 2016 to support small nonprofits and real community leaders in Watts, a historically under-resourced community in South Los Angeles. Most of the participating nonprofits are small—the kind that work out of the back of their car or the public library—but the difference they’re making every day in their community is tremendous.
Even though Leap and Lompa are honorary residents in Watts, with Leap working for more than 40 years in Watts, they insist on being invisible outside of the community. They want attention to be placed on the true community leaders and their efforts, and not on them as WLI co-founders. “We want to be invisible support, to help from behind. We want this to grow and to always be in Watts, owned by Watts,” Lompa said.
Our conversation with Jorja Leap and Karrah Lompa has been edited and condensed for clarity. “
Journey Out
Watch this video to learn more about what Journey Out is all about!
Street Poets
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Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundation for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.” -Audre Lorde
In 1995, Street Poets founder Chris Henrikson began teaching a poetry workshop in an L.A. County Juvenile Probation Camp as a volunteer through the Writers Guild of America. In 1997, he and the alumni of that workshop, known collectively as Street Poets, joined forces with the NYC-based DreamYard Project to form DreamYard/LA. Street Poets worked under that fiscal umbrella from 1997 to 2005 when they made the decision to reclaim their original name and become Street Poets Inc., an independent CA non-profit corporation 501(c)3.
Friends Of Mark Twain Middle School – Seeds To Plate Program
Each week, teachers at Mark Twain Middle School bring their students to our on-campus garden to apply their classroom lessons to interactive garden and food activities. For many students, their experience in our half-acre garden at this LAUSD Title I school is their primary connection to nature and healthy food.
Students aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty and understand how their classroom material relates to growing and eating nutritious food. We are proud of the community we have created around our small yet beautiful natural space. It’s not rare to see our students wanting to continue working and maintaining the garden during their lunchtime.
If you are interested in starting your own school garden program, please see our toolkit and lesson plans here.
Lessons include making spring rolls in celebration of the Chinese New Year, constructing canals and dams in the context of ancient civilizations, measuring plant growth for math lessons, making cheese in chemistry class, and more. We love working with our teachers to continually update our lessons to match what they are doing inside the classroom, and create a holistic learning experience.
Parentis Foundation
“Kinoshita Elementary Principal Jackie Campbell gets chills when she sees how much her fourth and fifth graders enjoy reading after school with their volunteer tutors — especially when one considers their age differences.
Selected Kinoshita Elementary School students are reading virtually with senior citizen volunteers twice weekly, Campbell says, in a program sponsored by the Parentis Foundation.”
Friendship Foundation
The Friendship Foundation supports parents and families who have children and young adults with special needs by providing a safe, accepting and inclusive environment where they can enjoy sports, art, music and many other social programs with their peers. Our friendly staff and helpful volunteers create a fun experience for all. It is our belief that every person is precious and capable of love, connection and friendship.
Programs are targeted to specific age groups while some encompass a broad gathering of all ages including parents.At each program, children with special needs are paired with student volunteers for an event full of fun peer interaction. The Friendship Foundation serves to augment our local educational systems and professional therapies by creating a natural setting for individuals with special needs to practice their learned skills amongst their peers.
Jubilee Consortium
MEETING THE NEED.
Jubilee is a new kind of non-profit. We’re an impact organization. We’re creative, flexible, and our focus is always on effectively meeting the needs of the many communities we serve. Jubilee prioritizes relationships, servant leadership, health, and wholeness in our pursuit of a more just and equitable Los Angeles. In our work, we develop relationships and leaders, encourage social entrepreneurship and social activism, build communities and opportunities for growth. From healthier kids to more engaged young adults our programming is transforming L.A.
Access Books
Our wonderful volunteers creating engaging spaces for children to learn, read, and grow 
Access Books could not do it without you!
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