As a long-time volunteer in the Food Pantry, Elaine has seen a lot of changes. She remembers when money was desperately tight, when we relied on volunteers’ own cars for picking up bulk food donations, and when Tim had to rush out to buy the cheapest possible hotdogs just so we would have some kind […]

Vicki has a long history of volunteering. She has served on the boards of local nonprofits, and she and her girl scout troop have made hygiene kits for Friends In Deed’s Street Outreach Team. But it was helping with FID’s Back to School event that really gave Vicki the Friends In Deed bug! She says

The Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center Sisterhood exists to support not only the synagogue and the local Jewish Community but also the wider community. At Friends In Deed we have been privileged to have a partnership with the Sisterhood for several years now, through which they express that care and support for the Pasadena community

Nathan is the grandson of Janet Wood, a volunteer in The Women’s Room who passed last fall. Janet was a dearly loved member of the Friends In Deed community. During her volunteer shifts she oversaw the laundry area and was always accompanied by her dog, Toby. When choosing a project for his Eagle Scout award,

Matt is a swim instructor and, when his job was put on hold due to the pandemic, he needed something to put his time and energy into. He was seeing people volunteering on TV and knew he wanted to make his own contribution. Having often driven past Friends In Deed House, Matt contacted us and