January was full of giving, learning, and connecting with our community.
We’re thankful to live without snow, ice, or power outages this winter.
Here’s a quick look at what we accomplished together.
⭐ January Highlights ⭐
Books for Kids
Over 400 books delivered to our partners! 📚
Food Recovery in Action
Teams were busy rescuing food, flowers, and plants throughout our community. 🥕🌸
Urbane Café Fundraiser
Members shared our mission. Thanks to attendees and Urbane Café’s generous support! 🥗
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“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
“Love is not just looking at each other; it’s looking outward together in the same direction.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Book Deliveries
New Life U-Pick Pantry Corner
As families gather at the pantry, the kids enjoy selecting a book to take home with them. Club members delivered
over 300 gently used children’s books
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CHC Clinic in Oceano
The clinic’s pediatric area now has a new bookcase where children can choose a book after their appointment. Club members delivered
nearly 100 new children’s books
🥫 Food and Flower Recovery 🌺
Our SLO and Five Cities Food Recovery teams are hard at work five days a week.
Rescuing food from our generous grocery partners:
Costco SLO
Whole Foods SLO
Trader Joe’s SLO
Cal Fresh Pismo Beach
Grocery Outlet Arroyo Grande
Delivering food to our community:
Prado Day Center and seven other local pantries
Recovery homes
Churches
Senior centers
(Made possible by Trader Joe’s)
Delivering flowers, plants, and joy to:
Care facilities
Recovery homes
Altrusa donors
A huge thank-you to our dedicated volunteers and partners!
💲 Club Fundraiser 💲
Our Club hosted a fundraiser at Urbane Café in Arroyo Grande. Members were on hand to share about our organization with the community.
Thank you to everyone who came out!
Special thanks to Urbane Café for generously sharing their proceeds with our club.
We’re up to 2,200 books donated!
Our goal is to donate 5,000 books by June 2026!
Support our ongoing book drive by purchasing from our Amazon wish list.
We also accept previously enjoyed used children’s books.
Bilingual books are especially needed.
Your generosity in getting books to children is greatly appreciated.