Bonnie and Rose are a mother and daughter team who have been volunteering together at Friends In Deed for about four months. They had been looking for a way to give back to the community and had tried a number of places, but felt that the fit wasn’t right and they weren’t really needed. Then […]
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Claudia has been volunteering on and off at the Friends In Deed Food Pantry since 2015! She was living nearby and noticing the buzz of activity around our building, so she googled the address to find out what we do, and the rest is history. Even after moving away to Michigan for a year, she
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Kyle bumped into a member of our Street Outreach team while they were buying a taco, and he recognized our logo on their hoodie. Kyle was helped by our Eviction Prevention and Rental Assistance team a while back – we were able to tide him over a difficult period by helping him with a deposit
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Tammy was living with her daughter until her daughter got a Section 8 voucher to help with housing costs, which meant that she could no longer have a sub-tenant. Tammy relies on her own earnings to make ends meet – she has been denied Social Security – and those earnings are not enough to pay
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Not all Friends In Deed stories have neat and happy endings. Sometimes the best we can hope for is “happier than it might have been.” Our Substance Abuse Specialist, Olivia, had lost track of one of her clients – something that can easily happen with the sector of the population she works with. So when
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It can take many, many attempts to get a client into a stable housing situation. Sonia is a long-term client who has been through our Pathways program and been placed in bridge housing twice. She’s not always the easiest person to have around, and she has been banned from all the nearby shelters and several
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Rev. Amadi’s journey at Friends In Deed began when he met Rev. Donna Byrns (at that time our executive director) and they spoke about his vision for the role of spiritual communities in our changing society. Based on that vision, Rev. Donna felt that Rev. Amadi was a natural fit for Friends In Deed, and
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One of the wonderful things about Friends In Deed is the varied paths that members of our staff have followed before becoming part of the FID community. Stacey McCarroll Cutshaw, Director of Eviction Prevention and Rental Assistance, is no exception! The photo shown here – with the classic Polaroid border of its time – shows
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Before volunteering at Friends In Deed, Lisa worked in public relations at the Huntington Library. After she retired, she felt that her ability with words could find a use at Friends In Deed – and they did! Lisa runs workshops with our guests in The Women’s Room in which she uses the mediums of art,
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Local realtor Jeff Salcido was initially introduced to FID through the Friends In Deed/Pasadena Jaycees Operation Gobbler Thanksgiving events – something he says he found very rewarding, especially when they were able to provide a full Thanksgiving meal to a family who likely would not have been able to have one otherwise. We are grateful
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