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How To Help
Most monetary and in-kind aid is donated by individuals in the community, while local organizations and restaurants continue to donate extra food. With careful management, budgets are tightly stretched at St. Francis Catholic Kitchen and Jesus Mary Joseph Home.
Donate
Please add a memo to direct your PayPal or check donation.
Choose either JMJ or Soup Kitchen or General Fund.
Thank you!
Donate Online with PayPal
Prefer to write a check?
Please mail your check to:
St. Francis Catholic Kitchen
205 Mora Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
We are not accepting donations of any kind at this time. This website will be updated once food and clothing donations are once again accepted. Thank you for considering us and for your generosity!!
Questions?
Contact Kitchen Director Richard Crowe
at (831) 459-6712.
Donate
Certain household items are always needed: women and children’s clothing, diapers/baby wipes, art supplies, household items and Trader Joe’s gift certificates.
Your financial support will help homeless JMJ residents like these rebuild their lives.
Prefer to write a check?
Add the memo “For JMJ Home” and mail to:
St. Francis Catholic Kitchen
205 Mora Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
JMJ Wish List:
- Reliable Van
- Chromebooks
- New copy machine
- Safeway & Costco gift cards
- Diapers & wipes
- Twin bed sheets & comforters
Special Needs:
- Organic potting soil
- Plants & starts for vegetable garden
- Gardening gloves (women’s med/large)
Help us Remodel our Bathrooms!
JMJ Home is about to celebrate 30 years of providing safe shelter and new opportunities to women and children in crisis. We are moving on to Phase 2 of our campaign: the remodel of our 2 very worn out bathroom facilities. Thank you for your assistance!
Beneficiary Designation Language
Legal Name: St. Francis Catholic Kitchen
Federal Tax ID: #94-2880883
Mailing Address: 205 Mora Street, Santa Cruz CA 95060
Website Address: www.stfrancissoupkitchen.org
Contact person for Planned Gift Questions: President Wayne Shaffer
Contact person Phone Number: (831) 427-1380 (office)
Volunteer
Would you like to volunteer at the soup kitchen?
One service day for small groups and long term individual commitments can be arranged.
Please complete the Application if you are interested in becoming a volunteer!
Would you like to volunteer at Jesus Mary Joseph Home?
You are invited to arrange a special day, or half-day, of service for your school, church, business or other community group. Many types of service projects are available at the transitional shelter. Individuals wishing to commit to longer term service, please call to find out whether there is an opening on the volunteer roster. For resident safety reasons, longer term volunteers must complete an application, interview, and screening process.
Volunteers are needed to help with household chores, gardening, office assistance, children’s workshops, babysitting, donation drives, hosting a meal and life skills support.
Volunteer Groups Include:
- UCSC Independent Study students volunteer in the garden at JMJ.
- UCSC Kappa Zeta Sorority sponsors an Art & Baking program for children.
For more information on volunteering at JMJ, Director Pat Gorman at (831) 459-8046 during daytime office hours.
Leave A Legacy To Those In Need
Where there’s a will, there is a way. A bequest for any amount will help feed, clothe, and shelter those in need, and provide fresh opportunities.
Because you love them, you provide for family and friends, to leave them protected when you are gone.
Is there even more that love might do?
Have you considered including the Saint Francis Catholic Kitchen and Jesus Mary Joseph Home charitable non-profit in your will?
With a planned bequest, you …
- Make a positive statement about your personal ideals and values.
- Are remembered for making a difference in the lives of others less fortunate.
- Leave a legacy of hope to those in our community who struggle with homelessness, hunger, poverty, and lack of opportunity.
Types of bequests that you may choose:
- Residual bequest. Leave whatever is left in your estate to the non-profit after providing for family and other beneficiaries.
- Percentage bequest. Name a specific percentage of the estate’s total value to go to the non-profit.
- General Bequest. Give and bequeath a specified sum, a specific item of property, or other asset, to be used as the non-profit’s board of directors determines.
Why not think it over? And then decide.
St. Francis Catholic Kitchen Tax ID # is 94-2880883
FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
The wording of your will should be based solely on the legal advice of your attorney. You may specify to the board whether to allow a public acknowledgement of your gift or to keep it completely private and confidential. Your expressed wishes in this matter shall be respected.
One last request — won’t you please notify us if St. Francis is mentioned in your will?
