• Shelter and Services

Habitat for Humanity

Creates home ownership opportunities for families with limited incomes and assists with home repairs. Homeowners, with help from volunteers, are involved in building their homes to create a sense of ownership.            Liaison:  Dave Kutrosky

Hope Solutions (formerly CCIH)

Provides supportive housing programs and services at Garden Parks Apartments and at 56 scattered housing sites for formerly homeless and mentally disabled adults. Offers Homework Club at four low-income sites to help bring youth up to school level in order to succeed and to break the cycle of poverty.

Liaison:  Leslie Firth                                                                                             

Shelter, Inc.

Prevents homelessness in Contra Costa County with over 225 affordable units, transitional housing, services and counseling. Case workers, family and job counseling and multiple services are provided for clients.                Liaison:  Leslie Firth

• Hunger Prevention and Services

Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa

Loaves and Fishes nourishes lives and feeds the hungry from five kitchens, the newest being at Trinity Center. During Covid-19 they are serving in “to-go” containers and bags of food weekdays, and weekends at two locations. They prepare 650+ meals five days a week and have served 4.5 million meals since 1983.                                                                                          Liaison:  Leslie Firth    

Monument Crisis Center (MCC)

Food pantry with many services and programs to help individuals and families in the Bay Area.  During Covid-19, they are giving food to anyone 3 days a week. St. Timothy’s is holding food drives for them twice a month during the summer.                                                                                        Liaison:  Sally Shea Potts

Rise Against Hunger

International hunger relief non-profit organization that coordinates the packaging and distribution of food and other aid to people in 76 countries with a mission to end hunger. Our meal packing day is a great experience. Liaison:  Joann Oliver 

•  Addiction Recovery Services

Options Recovery Services

Model drug treatment services with housing for the underserved in Berkeley and Oakland. Working with courts and in prisons with rehabilitation counseling throughout the Bay Area.

Liaisons:  Peg Miller & Patti Farris

• Global Health and Nursing

Global Aids Interfaith Alliance (GAIA)

GAIA develops innovative and caring healthcare programs in resource-deprived regions, especially those most affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in Malawi, Liberia, and South Africa. They provide mobile clinics, nursing scholarships, and targeted community programs.

Liaison:  Diane Carpenter

The Gretta Foundation

The Gretta Foundation’s mission is to provide in-country nursing education to impoverished persons living in disease-burdened nations while bolstering depleted healthcare workforces and improving patient care and outcomes. It provides scholarships in nursing and midwifery in Uganda.   Liaison:  Tania Hansen De Young

• Mental Health Counseling

Discovery Counseling Center

Offers comprehensive, affordable and accessible mental wellness services in times of difficulty and life transitions in Danville.                              Liaison:  Barbara Budach

The Comfort Cub

Designed to be a therapeutic Teddy Bear for those experiencing a broken heart because of trauma, such as losing a child, experiencing the loss of a loved one, or divorce. The Comfort cub is weighted therapy proven to aid in the production of hormones that help heal.                                              Liaison:  Nancy Lucas

• Support Ministries                         

PFLAG (Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays)

Working to ensure that people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer are valued by society, and take pride in and value themselves. We do this through providing peer-to-peer support, educating people on the issues, and advocating for inclusive policies and laws.                        Liaison:  Steve Mason 

The Respite Inn

A bed and breakfast style home for overnight stays, care and activities for persons with developmental disabilities ages 18 to 59 enabling families to have a periodic break from care-giving.                                                        Liaison:  Carleen Carns