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Rotary Club: Old Mission (San Diego) Project Title: COVID19 Meals-Homeless Youth. 1. Describe the project. What was done, when and where did project activities take place? Doors of Change is a well established non-profit (doorsofchange.org) that provides free meals and other services to homeless youth, ages 18-25, in Ocean Beach, San Diego. It also provides music lessons and art lessons to the youth, which develops trust, and keeps the youth returning to the program. A social worker on site provides additional services. Old Mission Rotary has been cooking and delivering home cooked meals for Doors of Change since December. Due to the coronavirus, Doors of Change is handing out food packages to the youth in lieu of having volunteers cook meals. Old Mission Rotary is providing $500 to Doors of Change on a continuing basis, so they can purchase food for the sack lunches. Our club received a $250 matching grant to enable us to provide funds for additional food. The funds will be provided for food distribution until the club is permitted to cook meals on our own again. More than a dozen club members are involved in cooking and delivering meals, and will resume that role as soon as it is safe to do so. 2. How many people benefited from this project? 100 3. Who were the beneficiaries, how were they impacted by this project, and what humanitarian need was met? Homeless youth, ages 18-25, in Ocean Beach, San Diego. The funds were used to provide food packages and bandanna face coverings for these youth. 4. How many Rotarians participated in the project? 12 5. What did they do? Please give at least two examples, not including financial support provided to the project. Liaison with staff at Doors of Change and determined that preparation and distribution of food packages would fill a desperate need. They also distributed bandanna face coverings. 6. If a cooperating organization was involved, what was its role? Doors of Change is a well established non-profit (doorsofchange.org) that provides free meals and other services to homeless youth, ages 18-25, in Ocean Beach, San Diego. Doors of Change works directly with homeless youth in Ocean Beach California providing food and social services. 7. Income
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