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Thank You to our Board of Directors!

12/22/2015

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​We’d like to thank our wonderful Board members for providing lunch for us during the holiday distribution.  The holidays are the busiest time of the year and staff time is limited.

Thank you,
EHP staff
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Local Church leads with donation and volunteers

12/22/2015

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New Beginnings Community Church in Mountain View is committed to transforming communities by engaging in service projects and contributing financially to reputable organizations. On Saturday, December 12, Senior Pastor Hurmon Hamilton, along with his wife, Rhonda, and daughter, Lauren, joined with others from the congregation to make a difference at EHP. The day was filled with enthusiastic volunteers servicing all facets of the campus, including grooming, decorating, stocking the food closet, sorting in the warehouse, and other tasks. The day culminated with NBCC Director of Transforming Communities Evelyn Powery presenting Executive Director Lesia Preston with a check for $10,000.  In total, NBCC has donated $15,000 to EHP.  We are extremely grateful and impressed by the leadership and level of generosity from the congregation of New Beginnings Community Church.
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Pastor Hurmon Hamilton and wife Rhonda volunteering with their congregation at EHP.
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Sometimes it Helps to Have a Global Law Firm in Your Neighborhood

12/15/2015

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​DLA Piper has strong roots in Silicon Valley, where its predecessor firm Ware & Freidenrich was founded in the 1960s.  Today, DLA Piper is one of the three largest law firms in the world with more than 80 offices across the United States and in more than 30 countries.  Still, the firm continues its decades-long relationship with the Ecumenical Hunger Program (EHP), which provides direct services to families and individuals in need in East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and surrounding communities.
 
DLA Piper’s local offices in East Palo Alto are on University Avenue near the intersection of the 101 Freeway.  The firm’s relationship with EHP began in the mid-1980s, when Nevida Butler, then executive director of EHP, recruited the help of Tom French, a former partner at DLA Piper in East Palo Alto.  Tom and a then young real estate lawyer who had just joined the firm, Jim Anderson, are among many at DLA Piper who have helped EHP grow from a food pantry into the substantial nonprofit it is today.  EHP is the largest direct food provider to families in need in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park.
 
Tom French was the first of many DLA Piper attorneys who have served on the EHP Board of Directors.  Tom served two terms as Chair of the EHP Board of Directors and was instrumental in forming the Friends of EHP, an advisory board-like body comprised of former EHP board members, volunteers, donors and representatives of corporate sponsors like DLA Piper.
Jim Anderson, who has also served twice as Chair of the EHP Board of Directors, currently serves as Vice Chair in his fourth term on the board.  He and the other board members help provide financial and operational oversight, ensure adequate resources and raise funds to enable EHP to fulfill its mission.
Jim’s experience in real estate law was also instrumental in helping EHP grow from its first offices in a church to a four-building campus on Pulgas Road in East Palo Alto that it owns (debt free) today.
DLA Piper, through its non-profit affiliate, New Perimeter, is at the forefront in the legal industry and business community in providing assistance to charitable organizations and academic institutions.  Every lawyer across the firm is encouraged to make a serious and sustained effort to provide pro bono work and contribute to the community.  In 2014, the firm devoted more than 200,000 hours to pro bono initiatives, which makes DLA Piper one of the world’s largest providers of pro bono services.
EHP has maintained its “grass roots” by continuing to provide personal and customized services to individuals and families in the region.  Similarly, the lawyers and professionals at DLA Piper don’t just play an advisory role to EHP; they are involved at the grass-roots and the local level.
This year, the firm will have over 25 volunteers assisting with EHP’s holiday distributions and those who work at the firm have personally contributed more than $10,000 to the holiday drive.  Their donations over the years have included hundreds of toys, gift cards, clothing, food items and even cars for families in need.  The firm is also a leading fundraiser for EHP, sponsoring the annual Steppin’ Out Event.
Jim Anderson of DLA Piper summed up the firm’s commitment to the local nonprofit, “EHP provides both myself and our local office with the opportunity to connect with the broader community in East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and surrounding areas.  The firm’s volunteer opportunities at EHP help contribute to the local community – and to team building. We love supporting EHP with our food drives and fundraisers because we know the food, clothes, household goods and funds that we raise go directly to those in our community that need some help.” 
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Coldwell Banker collecting food for EHP

12/8/2015

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 Coldwell Banker in Palo Alto (630 Ramona St) joins our list of partners to be an EHP food collection site this holiday season.  We are grateful to Realtor Jane Theresa Jones (CalBRE#1847801) for leading this project in her office.  We invite you to visit their Coldwell location to donate non-perishable food items, and also speak to Jane about your real estate needs.  For a complete list of food and gift items that EHP is seeking for holiday distribution please visit, www.ehpcares.org/holiday-and-special-programs .
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  • HOME
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    • EHP Staff
    • Community Partners
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