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By making a gift to Good Shepherd Center, you help those who come to us achieve stable, productive and self-sufficient lives. At the same time, you will make our community a better place in which to live and work. Every contribution, no matter the size, is meaningful.

Help Rennovate Hawkes Transitional Residence!
It is with great pleasure that we announce Hawkes Residence will be getting a charitable makeover in May and June of this year. Interior designer Vanessa De Vargas and interior design writer and editor Vanessa Kogevinas came to us with the idea to have a select group of some of Los Angeles's top interior designers donate their time to fully redecorating a room each to an extraordinary level of functionality with an outstanding aesthetic quality.

It was a wonderful surprise and a project that we are excited and grateful to be embarking on. The designers as a group have offered to donate their time, materials, securing vendors to do the work and garnering donations for all the product necessary to redo a room; everything from beds to sheets to lighting to drapes to accessories.

This is where you can participate and give to the cause. The more people know about the project and are contributing, the better the rooms will turn out for the special women that we house. We call upon you to get in touch with us with anything that you may have to offer. Below is a list of the items we are seeking:

Desks
Dressers/Chest of Drawers
Headboards or bed frames
Desk chairs
Bed side table or tables lamps
Sheet sets to include a blanket or duvet (twin size)
Duvet insert (new or gently used)
Sleeping pillows (new)
Decorative pillows and inserts
Drapes and hardware
Hooks like coat racks
Shelving
Wall Decals
Frames (artwork or extra molding)
Artwork or wall art
Large coffee table books or vintage books
Wallpaper rolls (or even small remnants that can be framed)
Paint and paint supplies tarps brushes pans etc.

We will also be making a push to have local and national media outlets cover the project. If you have any leads in this area--a website, a blog, a contact at a newspaper, a contact at a news station--please feel free to let us know.

If you would like to contribute to this project, please contact Cathy Seward at CSeward@gschomeless.org or 213-482-1834 For more information about this exciting project and the talented designers who will be participating, please visit GSC Charity Design Project

Mothers Day!
All women residing at our shelters receive a "Pamper"gift bag on Mothers Day. If you would like to make a contribution of scented lotions, health or beauty aids please contact Annemarie at (213) 482-1834 X 117.

Adopt A Family/Resident this Christmas!
This Holiday Season you are invited to participate in our Adopt-A-Family/Resident Program! If you would like to assist us in providing Christmas gifts to the residents of Good Shepherd Center, please call Ana or Annemarie at 213-482-1834 beginning November 17th. You will be provided with a residents' wish list. You may adopt a single woman or a mother and her children. The wrapped gifts need to be delivered to the Development offices by December 15th to ensure delivery by Christmas.

Adopt A Homeless Mother or Woman Going Back to School >>
Currently some of our women are enrolled in our Culinary Arts program, in nursing school, taking computer classes or pursuing other vocational training. The cost of books and supplies can accumulate over time. They need your help purchasing uniforms, books, and other essential items. To see how you can help, please contact:
Annemarie Howse, Development Coordinator
(213) 235-1962

Shop For A Cause!
Any Day of the Week shop at your favorite online stores and up to 35% of your purchase will benefit our women and children. Buy everything from airline and movie tickets to Barnes&Noble books, iTunes music, E-Bay products, Circuit City electronics and the latest fashions in apparel from several department stores. (More Details)

Online-Credit Card
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By Phone - Credit Card
To charge your gift by telephone, please call (213) 482-1834.

Corporate Council (Become a Member)
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. (learn more)

Double Your Donation
Did you know that many employers offer matching gifts programs? Make sure to check with your place of business about matching gifts.

Donate by Check
Simple and convenient. Please make checks payable to Good Shepherd Center and mail to:

Good Shepherd Center for Homeless Women and Children
1671Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Automatic Philanthropist
The most convenient way to have monetary donations automatically withdrawn from your checking account or paycheck

Planned Giving
You can provide for the future security of Good Shepherd Center's programs through Planned Giving, including gifts of real estate, securities, bequests, memorials, designate a part of your estate, 401K plan, IRA or stock and more. To charge your gift by telephone or to learn about tax benefits available through Planned Giving programs, call (213) 482-1834.

Gifts-in-Kind
Donations of clothing, toiletries and other personal items are also greatly appreciated. We will gladly provide a receipt for tax purposes for all in-kind donations. Donations are accepted Tuesday-Friday, 10:00-3:00 PM. Please call ahead to let us know what you will be bringing and when you will be dropping them off. (213) 482-1834. Speak to Annemarie.

Gently Used doantions are accepted. Please call ahead to be sure they are items we can use.

Clothing must be freshly laundered, sorted according to size, and placed into seperate bags or boxes

In kind donations will not be accepted from November 15-January 15 except through our Adopt-a-Family, Adopt-a-Resident Program. Contact Annemarie for questions regarding this 213-482-1834 X 117.

Please see our Wish List for needed Gifts-In-Kind donations >>


United Way Designation
Designate your United Way gift to Good Shepherd Center #011487.

Community Rewards Program
Each time you shop at Ralph's or Food-4-Less grocers a percentage of your purchase will be donated to us. Imagine shopping for a good cause! To receive the benefits of our Food-4-Less partnership, please call our Center at (213) 482-1834 to ask for your rewards card to me mailed to you or please stop by to receive it in person. Please print this page and present the barcode at your Ralph's to be scanned the first time with your club card. (see details)



Tributes
For a memorial, birthday, anniversary, wedding or other special event make a donation in honor of a friend or relative. A special tribute card will be mailed to them.