Local homeless service providers ask community for help with food, clothing donations
Kendall Flynn
INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – The need for resources for homeless individuals continues to grow in the Coachella Valley, and local organization are consistently working to provide supplies to those in need within their shelters and programs.
Martha’s Village and Kitchen and the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission are both working toward donation drives for their homeless communities. Each are looking for clothing donations, especially as the weather shifts in the Valley.
CVRM is hosting a “Bare Necessities Drive,” where they are asking the community for any undergarments for their unsheltered neighbors and residents at the mission. They have donation boxes placed around the Valley at businesses where locals can drop off undergarments of all sizes for women, men and children throughout October.
Martha’s Village and Kitchen is reaching out to businesses, schools, churches and more for donation drives. They say they are in “urgent need” of food, toys for the holidays, school supplies and warm winter clothing.
Stay with News Channel 3 to hear how donations shape the lives of residents in these programs and the growing need officials are seeing.