North County\u2019s Interfaith Community Services announced a new fundraising drive Thursday.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re not the only ones.<\/p>\n
Several organizations that work with vulnerable and homeless San Diegans are asking residents to give more at a time when the government shutdown and federal funding cuts threaten to shrink a number of programs.<\/p>\n
\u201cInterfaith was founded on the belief that everyone in our community deserves to live with dignity,\u201d Greg Anglea, the nonprofit\u2019s president and CEO, said in a statement. \u201cOur People for People fund would immediately ensure that recent policy shifts don\u2019t erase decades of progress.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fund is able to match up to $1 million in donations because of a gift from Price Philanthropies, a family foundation that recently partnered with the Prebys and San Diego foundations. Nonprofit staffers said the funds will cover food, housing and other services for Interfaith clients.<\/p>\n
The drive runs through the end of the calendar year.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Father Joe\u2019s Villages is trying to raise $75,000 by the end of October to mark the nonprofit\u2019s 75th anniversary, following an annual golf tournament that brought in more money (about $291,000) than the previous year\u2019s total ($219,000). The Lucky Duck Foundation and U.S. Bank gave $200,000 to the National Conflict Resolution Center to support job training for homeless individuals. And earlier this year, Spectrum awarded $10,000 to Alpha Project\u2019s Shorty\u2019s Home Goods program, which provides furniture and other household items to people leaving homelessness.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were already in a difficult situation and are nearing even more urgent times,\u201d Deacon Jim Vargas, the head of Father Joe\u2019s, said in a statement about the potential loss of food aid during the shutdown. \u201cWho are we as a nation if millions of people in our country are forced to go hungry or homeless?\u201d<\/p>\n
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