The Giving Spirit
The Giving Spirit’s mission is to provide essential aid and a human connection to homeless men, women, children and families living in Greater Los Angeles by assembling and personally distributing survival kits and to educate our volunteers and the public about the human face of homelessness.
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CONNECT ·2024 Grants ChallengeBuilding Youth Engagement, Compassion, and Community
This fall, The Giving Spirit will launch BeSocialChange.Us, a digital learning platform designed to empower youth in Los Angeles to become more civically minded and develop greater compassion for those experiencing poverty and homelessness. BeSocialChange.Us offers an engaging tool that will provide young people with new opportunities for connection, foster a deeper understanding of the issues LA faces, mobilize this generation to make a positive difference in the lives of thousands of vulnerable people, and accelerate broader systemic change.
- CONNECT ·2020 Grants Challenge
LA Homeless Outreach
Funding/support for the costs of our essential aid kits (50%). Our kits contain food, hygiene items, weather protection, toiletries, socks, and more. Funding/support for increased capacity costs for additional event space and storage (25%). We need a second location to increase capacity for aid and volunteer participation. Funding/support for our educational program for production of videos, including moderated panel discussions on pertinent homeless topics/concerns and about formerly homeless telling their stories (25%).