The Veterans committee is excited to host our 3rd annual donation drive from May 1-31 benefiting Operation Dignity.
What is Operation Dignity?
Operation Dignity is a nonprofit charity that provides shelter, transitional housing, and supportive services to help veterans and their families escape the crisis of homelessness and regain stability. They operate shelter and transitional housing for veterans at three properties in Oakland, Alameda, and Berkeley.
Veterans at all sites work one-on-one with
a case manager to help them create a self-sufficiency plan and secure permanent housing. The Alameda location is called Dignity Commons and is located on the former Naval Air Station.
Dignity Commons provides transitional and permanent housing to approximately 70 people, including single veterans and veteran families.
How can we help?
Operation Dignity is requesting any of the following items, which can be dropped in the bins outside the Mahogany Room during the month of May.
- NEW clothing, socks, underwear, t-shirts
- NEW linens, sleeping bags, twin size bedding, pillows, towels, mattress covers, board games and books, new dish sets/cookware
- Hygiene kits: toothbrushes, toothpaste, first aid supplies, lip balm, shaving cream, razors, hand sanitizer, deodorant, feminine hygiene products, combs/brushes, masks
- Food: They prepare three daily meals at their 54-unit House of Dignity in Oakland, and distribute more than 1,000 snacks or lunches each month to people who are homeless and on the street. Bottled water, MREs or other ready to eat meals, canned goods, packaged nuts and trail mixes, individually wrapped chips and crackers, protein bars/granola bars.
- Gift cards for gas, groceries, and clothing in denominations of $5-25 (please put gift cards in the lodge office drop box, labeled for the Veterans committee donation drive)
If you have any questions or wish to donate email Sam Moriana at smoriana@att.net.
Thank you for considering this opportunity to help!