Friends of Sparsh Monthly Update – June 2024

We are grateful for your continuous support, which has enabled us to provide the following services to our homeless community with the help of over 1,300 volunteer families:

The uniqueness of Friends of Sparsh is that all these donations are facilitated by volunteers, and not one of them gets paid, including me. It’s a zero-cost organization 🙏🙏. Every single day, with the help of our volunteers, we provide a home-cooked meal to our shelter residents once a day, and sometimes to two shelters.

– Distributed approximately 412,000 pounds of food through our food pantry and other donations. We have contributed about $13,000 to the food bank in the last 6 months.

• Had a chance to travel Nepal and have collaborated with two organizations. Details coming soon.
• Served approximately 784,000 meals, including those distributed through our food pantry.
• Assisted more than 170 families moving out of shelters with basic needs like mattresses, TVs, furniture, and other household essentials.
• Provided monthly supplies to shelters for the past five years.

We couldn’t have achieved these accomplishments without our volunteers’ engagement and the generous support from our community. If you’d like to celebrate a special occasion or honor a loved one, consider donating food, drinks, perishable items, or non-perishable items to the shelter.

For donations, please use the following links:

* GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/7bc4519b
* PayPal: Paypal.me/friendsofsparsh
* Venmo: @Friendsofsparsh
* Zelle: Friendsofsparsh@gmail.com
* Mail checks to: Friends of Sparsh, 3108 Nestling Pine Court, Ellicott City, MD 21042

FOS EIN 83-244693

Join our WhatsApp Volunteer group if you are in the DMV area and want to serve food: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BEWLm3NnoHTCFyxkTbty1G

Friends of Sparsh is a tax-deductible non-profit charity organization, Section 501(c)(3), serving the homeless in your community.
www.friendsofSparsh.org