Christmas Curbside Donation Drive Starts Next Weekend:

Saturday, December 17th – Saturday, December 24th!

St. Anthony’s 24^th Annual Christmas Curbside Donation Drive begins on Saturday, December 17^th. St. Anthony Foundation staff and volunteers, wearing easily identifiable red jackets, will take delivery of food, clothing, and monetary donations at curbside, so donors won’t even have to leave their cars! Donated items are distributed free of charge to San Francisco’s most needy residents.

Your donation of NEW SOCKS, clean and ready-to-wear clothing, canned and dried foods are all much needed and appreciated! And if you’ve been working on hand knit scarves as holiday gifts to our guests, bring them in!

WHEN: December 17th-24th, 2011 – Weekends from 9-3 & Weekdays from 8-6

WHERE: St. Anthony Foundation - 105 Golden Gate @ Jones

NEEDED ITEMS:

Clothing
We need all kinds of clothing for men, women, and children – our most critical needs are for the following items:

Socks, Shoes
Underwear
Winter coats
Jackets
Hats

Monetary Donations

St. Anthony’s is happy to accept cash or checks for donation during Curbside and is prepared to issue receipts onsite for tax purposes.

ITEMS WE CANNOT ACCEPT:

Empty clothes hangers
Knick knacks
Used toys
Children’s car seats
Furniture
Medical equipment
Dirty, stained or torn items
Books and magazines
Exercise/sports equipment
Housewares
Computers, electronics

If you have any questions about donations, please call us at (415) 241-2600.

And in case you’d like to volunteer and join us for the holidays, call the St. Anthony Holiday Line at 415-592-2829. We look forward to seeing you!

In giving, we receive:  help others keep warm this winter by dropping off gently-worn coats or visiting our website to donate today.

St. Anthony’s 24th Curbside Holiday Donation Drive kicks off on Saturday, November 19th. St. Anthony Foundation staff and volunteers, wearing easily identifiable red jackets, will take delivery of food, clothing, and monetary donations at curbside, so donors won’t even have to leave their cars! Donated items are distributed free of charge to San Francisco’s most needy residents.

Your donation of turkeys, clean and gently worn clothing, canned and dried foods are all much needed and appreciated!

WHEN:
November 19th-24th AND December 17th-24th

• Weekdays from 8-6
• Weekends from 9-3

WHERE:
St. Anthony Foundation
105 Golden Gate @ Jones

NEEDED ITEMS:

Clothing
We need all kinds of clothing for men, women, and children – our most critical needs are for the following items:

Socks, Shoes
Underwear
Winter coats
Jackets
Hats

Monetary Donations
St. Anthony’s is happy to accept cash or checks for donation during Curbside and is prepared to issue receipts onsite for tax purposes.

Other
We also need these items:

Shopping bags – with handles
Blankets, comforters, sleeping bags
Luggage, bags, backpacks
Toiletries – new only, please
Towels, washcloths
Stuffed animals – good condition only
Children’s toys – new only, please
Strollers – in good condition
Canes – not crutches, walkers, wheelchairs

Items We Cannot Accept
Empty clothes hangers
Knick knacks
Used toys
Children’s car seats
Furniture
Medical equipment
Dirty, stained or torn items
Books and magazines
Exercise/sports equipment
Housewares
Computers, electronics

If you have any questions about donations, please call us at (415) 241-2600.

And in case you’d like to volunteer and join us for the holidays, call the St. Anthony Holiday Line at 415-592-2829. We look forward to seeing you this holiday season!

Stitchers for St. Anthony are looking for more volunteers to help create practical, durable, and attractive clothing for children. This group of women and men have been working sewing clothing, quilts and tote bags, knitting and crocheting scarves, hats, sweaters and blankets for twenty-six years.

They meet on the first Friday of the month at 1:15 at the Church of the Good Shepherd (St. Rita’s Hall) 901 Oceana Blvd, Pacifica CA to exchange ideas, deliver the clothing they have made, and pick up sewing supplies.

This group is not funded by any church or organization. They use whatever fabric, yarn or notions that have been donated. They do not ask for money however they do accept money when it is offered.

If you are interested or have any questions you may contact Sue Burnfield at 650-359-5570 or Dorothy Molumby at 650-589-7238.

This past week the Franciscan Towers burned. Over 100 residents were displaced, forced to leave everything behind. TNDC has placed some of the residents in vacant units in their other properties. Some are on cots in common rooms turned into evacuation centers.

Working with TNDC social workers, the Free Clothing Program delivered bags of clothes to the evacuees, including shoes for residents forced to flee the fire barefoot.

The evacuees needed towels and we didn’t have any in stock. The San Francisco Hilton along with other hotels often gives us gently used towels to give to our guests, but they didn’t have any, either. But seeing the need, they gave us brand new towels, which we picked up and delivered to the evacuees. Thanks again, San Francisco Hilton and Jo Licata!

Most people associate St. Anthony’s with food. But our programs also help put people to work.

The Tenderloin Technology Lab, conducted with San Francisco Network Ministries, offers computer classes at every level from introductory to computer technician. The Tech Lab helps use technology to find a job.

St. Anthony’s Clothing Program collects, inspects, and prepares used clothing for families sending their children to school and unemployed guests looking for a job.

Our Free Medical Clinic’s pediatrics program helps parents stay at work by helping them keep their children healthy.

Residents of our drug and alcohol rehabilitation program get their first work experience in St. Anthony Dining Room and get job coaching to learn not only how to find a job, but also how to hold one.

And as people who have lost their jobs come to the end of their 99 weeks of unemployment benefits, St. Anthony Dining Room is helping to take pressure off their budgets by providing hot, nutritious meals.

St. Anthony’s is more than a charity. Today’s guests are tomorrow’s work force.

In early November, the basement of the Free Clothing Program was empty, down to the bare cement floors. Our donors heard our cries and brought us donations to help us make it through. Then over the holidays their continued generosity, coat drives, clothing drives, and curbside dropoffs filled us to overflowing. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

We’re clearing space to receive another 500 pairs of new shoes from Chrome later today. Our homeless veteran guests really appreciated the ones they gave us to give away on Veterans Day. It’s great to have even more to give away to the rest of our guests. Thanks!

We just received 68 beautiful new coats from the Alaska Railroad. They couldn’t distribute them locally because of the risk that someone might be mistaken for a railroad employee. They found St. Anthony’s on the One Warm Coat website and paid to ship them to us. Thanks, Alaska Railroad!

Picked up over 100 pairs of beautiful shoes for our guests from Haight Street Shoe Repair. Shoes are some of the hardest things for our guests to find, and the most essential. Thanks so much for thinking of us and our guests at the Free Clothing Program.