What We Do
Work with social services in the county who provide food, shelter and clothing to the needy.
Network our volunteers to secure and deliver furniture, household good, infant items and food boxes to families
referred to us by agencies in the county.
Cook and serve meals at local shelters and participate in the Winter Nights Family Emergency Shelter Program
Take a Look at Our Projects..... we are always looking for volunteers too!
Furniture and Household Belonging Deliveries
Shelter Meal Programs
We served over 17,400 meals in 2011 and saved Contra Costa County over $662,446 since our inception.
4th Week Food.
We are currently helping several families with food who are unable to make ends meet at the end of each month. Since this program started we have helped 157 become self sufficient.
CCIC Meal Program Organization
Community grups ( 8 were CCIC Member Churches) made dinner for a week or more at the Mt View Family Shelter in Martinez. Theycovered all 52 weeks of donated dinners in 2011.
257 food boxes were send to Bay Point, Antioch Richmond & San Pablo in 2011
We estimate that our program of receiving and distributing donations
furniture, appliances, food, infant & children's clothing, etc.) with all volunteer labor has a dollar value of:
Emergency Food Boxes:
257 boxes @ $68 a box $17,476
Furniture & Appliances valued at $1,300 for 412 families $535,600
Infant & Children's clothing - 238 boxes @ $54 a box average $12,852
Food Donations for the No. Concord Shelter $47,850
Estimated Volunteer Labor 31,000 hrs. @ $10/hr. $310,000
Donated Miles Driven
(1,878 trips @ est.40 miles ea x .14/mile) $10,517
Donated Miles Driven by shopper
(est.400 miles/mo.x12x.14/mile) $672
Total Dollar Value: $934,967
Other 17 Years................1994 – 2011
Cleaning Kits Provided, since March 1998 1,204
Kitchen Starter Sets Provided, since 1994 1,948
Boxes of Infant clothing for 15 agencies, since 2006 1,097
