Thanks to generous support from local philanthropist Gwendolyn Sontheim and the Aqualia International Foundation, LTD, along with several other donors, we purchase non-perishable meals and water to provide life-saving sustenance to San Diego’s unsheltered homeless population. The program reaches approximately 250-1,000 people daily and to date more than 1.8 million meals have been delivered.
The meals are assembled by volunteers and Lucky Duck Foundation staff coordinates with local outreach teams to provide them with packed meals to distribute throughout the County.
These efforts provide our unsheltered neighbors with life-saving sustenance while also better equipping the outreach workers to connect with unsheltered people and help them into supportive services.
A survey of the outreach workers demonstrates the importance of the meals:
85% believe they have more positive interactions with people living unsheltered because of the food & water
88% believe the food & water make them more effective outreach workers
97% believe the food & water is lifesaving
With your help we can continue this program to help more people move off the streets and into shelter, housing, and a healthier and brighter path. Additionally, LDF co-founders match all donations up to $1.5 million per year. For organizations interested in participating in this initiative, or if you would like to volunteer, please click below.
Personal or corporate checks can be made out to:
The Lucky Duck Foundation
5675 Ruffin Road, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92123
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There are many ways your organization can get involved and support community giving and volunteering.
We offer turnkey peer-to-peer fundraising so you can create your own fundraising page and invite your friends and family to support the Lucky Duck Foundation and its programs.
We’ve partnered with LNDRY, a premier laundry service in San Diego, to pick up your gently used clothes donation (for free!) to help homeless employment and education-seekers look and feel their best!
Enjoy premium craft coffee with a purpose. Our coffee partner, Tower Roasting Co., provides 100% organic fair trade coffee while helping to prevent and reduce homelessness in San Diego by donating 30% of every sale.
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