Common Ground: Thanksgiving Dinners Delivered

What a bountiful Thanksgiving for 100 families in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District! Foothills United Methodist Church provided stuffing, beans, gravy, and cranberry sauce, as well as $20.00 certificates for a turkey and dessert. Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church provided potatoes and onions for each family. Generous money donations were provided by San Diego Rotary Club, as well as congregation members from Foothills and Santa Sophia church. All three churches met in the James Room at Foothills November 14th to bag all the dinners and delivery was made to each of the schools during the week. Families names were generated through the school personnel at Kempton, Bancroft, Highlands, Casa de Oro, and Avondale schools. Common Ground extends much gratitude to our 3 participating churches for their generosity. It is very humbling to receive such generosity and love and be able to share that good fortune with other deserving families. Thank you all for your donations in meeting this important goal.
Marilyn Honea, Common Ground Thanksgiving Chair

Welcome

Common Ground works with the principals and their staffs at six elementary schools in Spring Valley, California to identify emergency food, clothing, or housing needs. We provide boxes of food at Thanksgiving Break and Spring Break and an adopt-a-family program at Christmas. Our mission also includes offering enrichment programs for students. We distribute books for kids to take home and host teas and luncheons at several of the schools. We help arrange for music, dance and drama assemblies when possible, and assemble bicycles for the Bikes 4 Kids program at an elementary school each year.

Our Common Ground

Common Ground is an alliance of churches - Foothills United Methodist, Santa Sophia Catholic and Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran - who share the desire to improve the well-being of the community that surrounds us.

We believe that by combining our talents and resources, we can make a greater impact and meet the needs of students and families at Avondale Elementary, Bancroft Elementary, Casa de Oro Elementary, Highlands Elementary, Kempton Elementary, and La Presa Elementary.

We believe that the education of children is of prime importance. We therefore pledge our time, skills and resources in support of a healthy learning environment at school and at home.

How You Can Help

Give a Gift of Time -- Volunteer to help with our Books 4 Kids program, Bikes 4 Kids program, our end-of-year tea party, or our fall/spring food distribution program.

Give a Gift of Talents -- Are an artist, a musician? Are you good at connecting people and resources? Can you bake?

Give a Gift of Treasures -- Help us fulfill the requests of the schools and meet a broad spectrum of needs, including...
* food packages for emergency distribution
* hygiene kits including toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo and deodorant
* school supplies
* children's pants, underwear and socks
* books, games, arts and crafts supplies
* snacks and drinks during testing periods
* emergency needs of families including adult clothing, food supplies, and household furnishings
* cash contributions

Contact us at svcommonground@gmail.com or 619.670.4009

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Thanksgiving Dinners Delivered

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