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EHP’s mission is two-fold: to sustain our neighbors through immediate crises and to help them regain stability and independence. EHP's mission is to assist local families and individuals who are experiencing economic and personal hardship. EHP provides food, clothing, household essentials, support, and advocacy to our neighbors to sustain them through immediate crises and to help them regain stability and independence. EHP serves working families, seniors, people with limited incomes and those who have both emergency and on-going needs in East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and surrounding communities. Learn more about EHP. |
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Read about Ecumenical Hunger Program on Charity Navigator, America's largest and most-utilized independent evaluator of charities, and add us to your charities! EHP is a platinum level GuideStar Exchange participant, demonstrating its commitment to transparency. Write a review about us! Thanks to our fans, we are one of the first winners of a 2015 Top-Rated Award from GreatNonprofits! Read our great reviews and add your story! http://greatnonprofits.org/org/ecumenical-hunger-program |
EHP is happy to accept fresh food, clothing, working appliances (10 years or newer), furniture, household items and automobiles. We ask that these items are all undamaged and in good usable condition as they are given directly to disadvantaged families for use in their home. We provide our programs with the idea that we treat our clients as we would treat ourselves. Drop off your donations, or contact us to arrange for a large pick-up.
Please click here for revised donation guidelines. 
Our families need your help! We are in need of gift cards to Target and Walmart for back-to-school resources and Home Depot gift cards for home repairs. Call EHP for more information on how you can help a family-in-need and donate today!
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Thank you to IKEA East Palo Alto for our new Community Closet!
Loaves & Fishes Partners with EHP - Ecumenical Hunger Program to Provide Summer Meals. Thank you to @2ndharvest for the introduction!
http://www.loavesfishes.org/blog/2016/6/14/loaves-fishes-partners-with-ecumenical-hunger-program-to-provide-summer-meals |
Blockfest 2016A special thank you to our clients, donors, volunteers, board and staff who made Blockfest 2016 a success! It was a day of fun, food, entertainment, community bonding and sharing of valuable resources!
Thank you to Sustainable Silicon Valley for making solar energy a reality for EHP and for coming out to support EHP's 2016 Blockfest! Thanks also goes out to Mitsubishi and Sunwork for making this project a reality. We are truly grateful for your support! |
Join us on Sunday, October 2nd for San Francisco and Peninsula's annual CROP Hunger Walk, sponsored by community and interfaith efforts within Church World Service! With its inception in 1969, CROP Hunger Walks are viewed by many as the granddaddy of charity walks. The walk’s legacy is well entrenched even in our own community; SF and Peninsula has hosted 3 annual CROP Hunger Walks since 2013, with hundreds of people of all ages from all sorts of interest groups, educational and faith institutions raising over $40,000 already!
The San Francisco and Peninsula CROP Hunger Walk is one of 1,000+ across the nation, symbolizing the walk many around the world must make for basic resources such as food, water, shelter and protection. With our combined national efforts, we raise around $10 million annually towards the shared mission of ending hunger. Money raised supports work in emergency response, as well as longer-term solutions like enhancing food security and providing sustainable safe water supplies. In addition, 25 percent of funds raised stay in the San Francisco and Peninsula area to bolster the local hunger-fighting efforts here through EHP, Ecumenical Hunger Program, in East Palo Alto. For more information go to: https://www.crophungerwalk.org/menloparkca/ |
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Thank you to Sustainable Silicon Valley, Mitsubishi and SunWork for the donation and installation of our solar system!
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(Video services generously donated by Luke Seerveld, professional video director/producer/documentarist)
Our friend, longtime volunteer and donor, Mary Bourquin passed away on March 30, 2016. She was an extraordinary individual who made a significant impact on EHP through her compassion, generosity and unwavering commitment to EHP families and the local community. An EHP volunteer luncheon was held in her honor on April 26th, 2016.
Mary's genuine spirit, thoughtfulness, graciousness and positive outlook on life will be greatly missed by everyone who was touched by her presence. To view her obituary in the San Jose Mercury News, please click here. |
Bob Arrington, longtime friend and local GO Team leader for mission partners with Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, passed away on January 18, 2016. He will be greatly missed. We celebrate his ongoing legacy by the work we do at EHP. 
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The EHP community wishes to thank you for your support of our Steppin’ Out at the Park fundraiser on March 5, 2016. Together we raised over $95,000 for EHP programs! We couldn't have done it without everyone who attended, donated, sponsored, volunteered, and worked to make it happen!
We are extremely grateful for the vital support of the Sponsors, Individual Supporters, In-Kind Donors, and Table Hosts listed below who made the event such a success, helping EHP to continue to serve so many local families and individuals in need:
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DLA Piper LLP
Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough LLC Greenberg Traurig PA University Rotary Club Wilson, Marshal & Taylor The William Reller Family The Sinton Family Fund Friederike & Roland Buelow Luanne Rotticci Tom Shannon Sandra Gale Natasha & Tom French Hudi Podolsky The Sauln Family Susan & Glen Schofield |
Gary & Jeff Dunker
Donna Dunwoody Peter von Clemm Menlo Park Presbyterian Church Schwab Family Absolute Barbeque Douce France Grafik Dezine Kirgin Cellars Palo Alto Fine Wines New World Brewery Tass Vineyard and Winery Trenza Winery The Winery Exchange Whole Foods Market |
Weekend hours 1st and 3rd Saturdays
Excluding holiday weekends Food Service 11 am-1 pm *We will be accepting donations during this time. Attention In-kind Donors!Drop off donation hours have changed.
For non-food items Monday – Friday 1 pm - 4 pm, except on holidays For food donations Monday - Friday 10 am - 12 pm / 2 pm - 4 pm These are the preferred drop off times due to limited parking during client service hours. We appreciate your help in scheduling drop-offs during the above scheduled times. |
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New Changes at EHP
We have moved our Community Closet to the warehouse and expanded our Food Closet. Staff and Volunteers have had to make countless trips back and forth from the warehouse to the program building in order to serve our families in need. The overflow food, clothing and household items were all stored in the warehouse so when we ran out of an item, someone had to make a trip across the parking lot to bring more items to the program building where the services were being performed.
With the changes, the food is now in the program building (and soon our new freezer will be on the program side as well!!) and all of the clothing and houseware will be in the warehouse where they are received as donations. This enables the volunteers and staff to unload and sort donations and then filter them to the correct departments in the warehouse instead of across the parking lot.
The time we are saving from having to make trips back and forth is going directly to our families so that we can better tend to their needs.
With the changes, the food is now in the program building (and soon our new freezer will be on the program side as well!!) and all of the clothing and houseware will be in the warehouse where they are received as donations. This enables the volunteers and staff to unload and sort donations and then filter them to the correct departments in the warehouse instead of across the parking lot.
The time we are saving from having to make trips back and forth is going directly to our families so that we can better tend to their needs.
Do you know youth whose lives have been affected by someone else's drinking? EHP is now hosting Alateen meetings onsite.
Click on the links below for the latest information on poverty in the Bay Area. The statistics are disheartening. These are our neighbors and the reality of EHP families. There is much work to be done and we thank you for joining us in the fight against poverty!
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Local Philanthropists Join Forces to Support EHP Cares
Upper left: Joy Scott (L) & Molly Agras (R); Upper right: Katie Kaufman; Bottom: Joy Scott. All photos by Sunny Scott
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Sometimes it Helps to Have a Global Law Firm in Your Neighborhood
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View new photos added to EHP's event gallery!
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Thank you to the donors, vendors, volunteers and especially community participants for making the 2015 EHP Blockfest a success! Special thanks goes out to David C. Hill for providing photography for the event.
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Steppin' Out Fiesta! EHP supporters came together for a fun night of bidding on auction items, dancing to a great Salsa band, and dining on delicious food, all to help EHP continue its great work in the community.
Thanks to all who participated and donated to make the evening a success. |
TA Associates Paint EHPEHP would like thank TA Associates for their efforts in painting EHP’s Administrative Building and Program Building. From planning to execution, Ashu and Sharon worked alongside EHP staff to ensure that the project would be a success. It was amazing to watch the dedication and efforts the group put in to the project. It was hard work, but they completed the project with smiles.
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Culinary CollectiveMalaina Kapoor, a student at Khan Academy Lab School in Mountain View, started the Culinary Collective cooking class in March of 2015. In her efforts to eradicate hunger, she is teaching youth how to prepare nutritionally balanced meals. While EHP has allowed the group to use the kitchen and the pots, Malaina has fundraised to supply the meals for the program.
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The People's Architect
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A Helping Hand
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