Good Shepherd Center - serving homeless women and children


	Membership >> Corporate Council Mission Statement and Fact Sheet The Mission of the GSC Corporate Council is to bring Los Angeles Area business leaders together in service and support of Good Shepherd Center and its mission of ending homelessness for women and children in our community. The Council is committed to connecting philanthropic giving, volunteerism and advocacy to assist women and children on their path towards self sufficiency, jobs and new beginnings. We value change, development and growth in serving our community. *What is the Corporate Council?* The Good Shepherd Center (GSC) Corporate Council (Council) is a subcommittee of the GSC Development Committee and GSC Advisory Board. The Council is comprised of Council member company representatives and at least one member representative of the GSC Advisory Board. A Council membership is not a GSC Advisory Board membership, though Council members can be considered for the GSC Advisory Board if they so desire. *How will a Corporate Council help?* The Council members will provide their professional experience and personal knowledge to GSC by addressing employment opportunities, increasing awareness of homelessness, and helping fund the programs and services of GSC. Whenever possible, helping homeless women gain full-time employment at a self-sufficiency wage. *What type of recognition will my company receive?* All Corporate Council member companies will be recognized annually on the GSC website, in printed publications where appropriate, throughout the year at key fund raising events and in other GSC communications. There also will be additional sponsorship opportunities exclusively available to Council Member companies at future events and locations. *What is the level of involvement and time commitment?* Membership in the Council requires financial and personal commitments. The Corporate Council will meet three times a year and will host one volunteer day each year at a GSC facility. *What are the Council membership levels?* Platinum Circle $10,000, Gold Circle $7,500, Silver Circle $5,000 and Bronze Circle $2,500. Membership is annual. The membership levels are designed to allow a broad representation of the Los Angeles area business community. Members are encouraged to participate at the higher levels to help fund the programs and services of the Center. What are the programs and services of the Good Shepherd Center? Since 1984, Good Shepherd Center has had a Mission of providing, with dignity and love, a continuum-of-care from homelessness to self-sufficiency for women and children. Programs and services include: shelter, food, clothing, health care, mental health counseling, social service counseling, advocacy, remedial education, vocational and employment training, employment assistance, permanent housing services, recreational activities, and after-shelter care. Mobile Outreach: Delivers basic necessities to homeless women and children living in the homeless encampments throughout Los Angeles, especially those in Skid Row, MacArthur Park, and Echo Park. Drop-In Center: Provides a break from life on the streets to homeless women who day visit, including meals, showers, clothing, and laundry facilities. Languille Emergency Shelter: Located in the Echo Park neighborhood, the 30-bed shelter is a temporary home where unaccompanied homeless women can live for up to six weeks. Mother-Child Residence (Transitional Housing): Located in Hollywood, the 30-bed facility/ house is a temporary home where homeless women and their minor children reside for up to 24 months. Hawkes Residence (Transitional Housing): Located in Good Shepherd Center’s Women’s Village in Echo Park, just west of Downtown LA, its fully furnished dorm-style rooms are used by unaccompanied homeless women for about 6 to 9 months, but may stay up to 24 months. Angel Guardian Home (Long-Term Supportive Housing): Also located in the Women’s Village in Echo Park area, homeless women with disabilities and their minor children reside in two-bedroom apartments until their youngest child’s 18th birthday. January 2008 Opening – Women’s Village Phase III (Transitional Housing): To be completed as the latest phase of the Women’s Village complex, will provide homeless women a transitional residence with 21 fully furnished one-bedroom apartments, a comprehensive employment and social services center, and a retail bakery for gaining work experience and on-the-job training.