I often volunteer at VidaLife Ministries Food Bank, and I can truly say they are amazing people!!!…read more It's a drive-thru distribution, which makes it very convenient, and the amount of food families receive is incredibly generous. They are open on Saturdays from 8-10 AM, but I definitely recommend arriving early since people start lining up well in advance. Such a blessing to the community

Vida Life has been a great food source to the community! It has helped me and many families consume…read moremuch more healthier foods and has maintained us from buying so much at a usual grocery market. I can always rely on them!

Great quality food, total sweethparts. You do have to make an appointment and everything…read more But play all around total sweet. Great customer service very friendly, very polite people. Definitely going back after making an appointment.

We loved receiving our first box of donated goods. It helped us for quite some time. The only thing…read moreis when I tried to book again, she asked my location and told me to try somewhere else. I get it, she told me donations were dwindling for them as she had mentioned before. But being denied for something that could help was ... I do recommend them to donate to. I'm sure the recipients would be grateful.

People here are really genuinely nice. Bible study on Wednesday nights at 7pm is amazing too!read more

Went to drop off bags of clothes since it showed up on Yelp for clothes drop off. No where to drop…read moreoff.

helps a lot. was able to get in touch with Mary's table and secured ham and sides for our table…read more Feeling blessed.

Talk about a sad negative environment. Let me just say that maybe not everyone at this location is…read moreas a bitter and cynical as the older lady names Susan. Not only was she speaking so negative to me, she was just so rude to me and ended up saying that it was a waste of Her time to process my paperwork? I mean aren't you there to get paid to process paperwork in the first place? If you had had enough of people trying to government assistance than maybe its time for you to Retired Susan. Not only was she huffing and puffin and rolling her eyes, she just made the whole process impossible than even my landlord's company does not want to bother with this place. Its such a shame since the government gives this place funding for people like myself who unfortunately hit a financial hardship & there's employees are terrible as Susan (or Suzy) that doesn't want to be bother with customers paperwork, than funding just sits on there??? Makes me wonder if they less the help families in need, if that makes them get bonus or something? The People in higher places should take a look at all of the application thar Susan gets / and has received Im sure she has denied so many families just because she doesn't feel like doing her job.

Getting there: it's nestled in between 2 homes. There is a sign that says "The Peggy Christian…read moreMemorial Garden." One of the volunteers will meet with you to unlock the gate and show you around. Volunteered w/ my coworker to help Helping Hands Pantry, specifically the gardening area. Their broccoli was ready to be harvested! One of the volunteer POCs, Paul, was kind enough to meet with me to explain the whole process. I've never harvested broccoli so this was a cool experience. All tools (knives, gloves, crates) are provided. My coworker, her daughter and I harvested 12 full crates of organic broccoli. To anyone reading this...please go to their website and sign up for a volunteer spot. This would be perfect for a school or work team building event. I challenge you to help out your local community! :) I will leave you with this... self-love is like gardening. Take time to plant yourself in sunlight and speak kind words to yourself. When you take better care of yourself, you can spread your self-love gift to the world.

There are real angels in Southern California. (note: the…read moreaddress listed is NOT accurate to protect the location of the animals often removed from horrific situations. This group is nationwide.) I'm not sure how many actually review charitable non profit rescue groups, but I have to review this one to tell you what kind of work they do and how truly selfless they are (they even helped me with dog that wasn't from Harlee's Angels.) I was down to my last frenchie, outliving my once 5 pack of dogs... She was lonely, wondering where everyone was, why it was so quite and why she was so alone. It was time to consider her crossing that rainbow bridge. My dogs saved me. And here I am again needing to be saved. Enter Harlee's Angels Southern California Division. I was on a site called RescueMe.org and looking into rescuing an english bulldog mix that just really captured my attention. Not much was said about him that I couldn't already see in the pictures. He looked so sweet and innocent and YOUNG. But the scars on his face said otherwise. The story said "bait dog." Harlee's Angels are about rescuing, rehabilitating and adopting out dogs that no one else thinks worthy of help. And trust me they do MORE.. Please see their site. Harlee's Angels provides: "Rescues dogs in county animal shelters that would otherwise be euthanized. Each dog is placed in foster care, receives veterinary care, and sterilization. Foster care for dog surrendered by their owners who either can no longer provide for the pets or no longer wish to have them in their homes. Adoption of rescued dogs to qualified homes that have been properly screened and counseled by our adoption coordinators and foster parents to maintain the pet in the home for a lifetime. Training of leadership team members and volunteers in the areas of humane education, animal welfare, animal behavior and care, and disaster response. Education to the public in the form of counseling, pet behavior consultation and training, Temporary assistance in whatever manner needed, when possible to help families keep their pets." Harlee's Angels Vision "Harlee's Angels is recognized as a major resource for the welfare of homeless, abandoned and abused companion animals in the United States. Our goal is to lower euthanasia rates at county animal controls by: Bringing unwanted dogs into our program for medical, social rehabilitation and re-homing. Providing resources to pet owners to encourage their responsibility and commitment to their pets and prevent them from contributing to the homeless pet population (i.e. spay/neuter awareness, microchipping, etc.). We want to be a valuable resource to our community. We believe that one person can make the difference in the life of an animal in need, so as an organization, we have more strength to help more animals." I applied for Ricky a month after I saw him. But someone had already adopted him. I guess it wasn't meant to be. I was bummed. 2months later, I continued to check out the rescueme.org site and lo and behold Ricky was back for adoption. I'm told the previous owner had personal issues that brought him back. It was fate and he was mine. Today, and 15lbs heavier Ricky is ALL that I want in a dog. Handsome, Sweet, Happy, and Gentle too... he's fit very well into the family dynamics and with training has become a truly obedient and perfect family member. To think someone used him as a bait dog, or others thought he was not rehabilitatable! Wow. I got a true GEM!!!! Please rescue.. if your interested in a dog, please check out Harlee's Angels. There are great animals here and a perfect canine for your family. They will try and match your personality with the right dog. And this group is just the best. They can also board and help you train and assimilate your current dog with the new adoptee. They work so very hard to gives second chances to homeless, abused, neglected dogs. Contacts: shawna@harleesangels.com or DONATE via paypal: shawna@harleesangels.com

An awesome food rescue non profit that rescues and collects food from restaurants, supermarkets…read more They then get the rescued food to local food banks and food giveaway programs to people and families that are in need of food. They need volunteers and donations with all the government programs that have gone away.

It was so easy to donate to Food Finders. They accepted food (make sure it's not past its "use by"…read moredate), cleaning products (new/unused), and new personal care items such as soap and toothpaste. They helped me unload, which I appreciated.

Everything. with rising food costs you cannot beat this food bank!Only $35 for 100lbs of food, milk…read moreEggs Cheese meat They accept Food stamps or cash.

3/4 of the food was expired and not edible. Not best by date, but use by date was 3-5 days past the…read moredate. Most of the meat was not edible despite being frozen. Packaged Veggies needed to be used within a day or two. Food is not free, so $35 for inedible food is not a deal when most of what it is edible is baked goods. We went here after not being able to find a food bank open on Mondays and my daughter was out of SNAP.