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Make a Donation of $50 + OR a Monthly Pledge of $5 or more
Now through December 31, 2020 & Receive a Kindness Kit
Delivered to You or Friends, Family or Colleagues
Each Qtr. through 2021
(Like Wine of the Month Club but Quarterly Kindness Kits!)
12 Days of Kindness
Click the Gift to Read the Story
UPLIFT is a responsive agency, rising to meet community need with kindness. When homeless families were moved into motels as a COVID response, Regional Task Force on the Homeless requested games, & book & toys for the children. UPLIFT provided gift bags for 54 families with 89 children, served as Volunteer Advocates for housing placement and filled over 500 clothing requests for Motel Families & Convention Center Residents. |
Diana and her two grade school aged children became homeless when the relative they lived with passed away. They were homeless for several months, moved into Golden Hall shelter then a COVID response motel. When the motel program ended, the placement offered her was not compatible with the two jobs she’s working. The kindness of UPLIFT Gap Funding covered $350 in room nights until Diana was matched to an apartment through the County. |
UPLIFT Serves as Rock Church Homeless Ministry & Church Without Walls plus supports recently added partner, Blue Wagon Ministry. Hygiene kits, clean clothing and food as a part of a communion message are distributed several times weekly through these partnerships. Connection to services is also offered to unsheltered on the street including CA IDs & Volunteer Advocacy through UPLIFT. |
UPLIFT has been a primary provider of CA IDs for those experiencing homelessness since 1987, averaging over 800 per year. The CA ID is the essential document for all services & housing. During COVID, UPLIFT expanded Triple Cross to serve Residents at the San Diego Convention Center. Through collaborative kindness during COVID-19, we are on track to safely serve more than a normal year.  Success Story: 16 years ago a 7th grade UPLIFT Tutoring Student witnessed a gang shooting as he left for school one morning. UPLIFT helped move the family to safety & navigate the trial, bringing the shooter to justice. Today all three students are thriving, as a pharmacy tech, an Army helicopter tech, and city administrator. We are grateful God used the kindness of UPLIFT to transform these lives. 
Swimming Upstream is a 10 week Leadership and life skills program for young women, soon to be expanded to include sessions for young men. Through the kindness of engaged speakers and mentors as role models, goal setting and peer support, teens receive guidance to navigate the rough waters of teen life. Over the last 12 years Swimming Upstream participants have achieved 100% high school graduation rate! |
Mr. Geoffrey became homeless as a refugee to the US. He was cycled through 12 homeless services agencies, shelters, and bridge housing placements over 3 years. The kindness of County Case Mgr. Sally Dunn led her to connect him with permanent housing and furnishings from UPLIFT. Mr. Geoffrey also received his CA ID, the essential document for all services & housing, from UPLIFT Triple Cross program. 
Success Story: My name is Lucia. Kids at Heart tutoring was life changing and contributed to my love of learning. My tutor, Carol, was like the grandmother I never had. I’m forever grateful for her kindness, encouragement and the great memories. Now I'm pursuing my Master's degree in Forensic Psychology to work in the criminal justice system. I can definitely say Kids at Heart helped get me here. Thank you UPLIFT and Kids at Heart! 
Success Story: My name is Wendy. Some of my best childhood memories come from Kids at Heart Tutoring. This program provided the extra support I needed, through the kindness of the Tutors, to complete my homework and graduate from Madison High. I'm one year away from my Bachelors Degree in Sociology at UCSD. I'm also working as Office Manager for Iglesia Prebyteriana Emmanuel and at IKEA. Thank you UPLIFT and Kids at Heart! |
Keep the Kindness going! Your monthly donation of even $5 sustains UPLIFT in the activation of the Faith Community to serve our homeless populations of need, facilitates our role as Volunteer Advocates to improve access to housing placement, supports stability, funds homeless prevention & transforms lives with God’s love. UPLIFT = Love in Action. 
This year UPLIFT helped Kids At Heart Tutoring Families with expanded services and partnerships as a pandemic response. In the early days of COVID, we delivered comfort, kindness and books to all Student’s homes and assisted Kids At Heart families with access to rental assistance and food as necessary. Most we recently partnered with CRU Ministry to distribute Thanksgiving Boxes of Love including turkey gift cards to all families. 
Help Kids At Heart Free Tutoring reach 100 Student & virtual Volunteer Tutor teams! Kindness is key in providing added homework & literacy support as Students navigate the world of distance learning. UPLIFT was honored to participate in the Equitable Distance Learning Taskforce “Beyond the Hotspot” white paper. Trusted relationships are essential for the success of low income students now more than ever. |
UPLIFT is a Love All, Serve All Ministry
Great 2 minute Video