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February 2004
Monday,
February 2nd
Sign up’s Begin for the Easter Street Meal on 4/10
In
traditional fashion, the Mission will provide over 2,000 hot
meals for the homeless and hundreds of Easter baskets for the
children. In addition to the normal festivities, the Los Angeles
Mission Community Clinic will set up a station to clean the
feet of our homeless guests! Volunteers must be at least 12
years old and the group limit is 10 including the leaders.
Saturday,
February 7th
Volunteer Orientation
9am-11am
Prior
to volunteering at the Los Angeles Mission you must attend
the orientation. Training includes discussing the various volunteer
opportunities available to you, policies and procedures and
expectations of you. You will also be given the chance to tour
the facility and ask any questions you might have about volunteering.
Thursday,
February 5th
Prayer Assembly
7am
The
first Thursday of each month the Los Angeles Mission joins
several hundreds friends and neighbors from the various service
providers in a prayer march. Each mission is visited. Students
and staff join in the Lord's Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Congregational prayer and worship follow. Some have described
this as a living sacrament that promotes the unity of the broken
Body of Christ in Hope Central. You're invited to attend the
Prayer March beginning at 7:00am, but call 213-629-1227 ext.
387 to find out the starting location.
Thursday,
February 12th
Blessing Breakfast
7am
This
is the start of the celebration for the graduation. In a short
ceremony, the Chaplain pronounces a blessing over the candidates
for graduation followed by a breakfast in their honor.
Friday,
February 13th
Woman’s Day of Beauty
9am-12pm
(Event for ADC students – volunteers needed!)
Every
February near Valentine’s Day, the Anne Douglas Center
holds a day of beauty for the women students. Volunteers and
donors give of their time and talent to provide hairstyling,
make-up, cosmetic gifts, manicures and pedicures, all at no
cost to our students.
The ladies’ inner and outer beauty is expressed and celebrated. They
feel more confident as they continue in the process of rebuilding their lives
and becoming productive members of the community.
Friday,
February 13th
Graduation Banquet
5:30pm
Graduation
is a time of celebration! Each graduate invites their family
and friends to join them in the Case Dining Hall for a great
feast in honor of their accomplishments. The atmosphere is
that of excitement for the achievement of the graduates who
sit at the table of honor.
Friday,
February 13th
Graduation Commencement
7:00pm
The
Los Angeles Mission's Urban Training Institute has a commencement
celebration quarterly. Graduation is not the end of the journey
for UTI students. When graduates cross the stage they step
off the bridge of UTI, leave the pain of their past, and embrace
the promise of their future. Family, friends and donors join
in the celebration. Call and RSVP to attend the UTI commencement.
You are invited.
Monday,
February 16th,
(Presidents Day)
March for Human Dignity
The
March for Human Dignity was created a few years ago to help
spread awareness about what the Los Angeles Mission is doing
to help the homeless of Hope Central (also known as Skid Row).
Instilling dignity can begin with the smallest of gestures,
like providing clean clothing, including men's and women's
underwear. Every year the Los Angeles Mission provides approximately
12,000 pairs of new underwear to those we serve. We need your
help and participation in the March for Human Dignity to help
us meet our goal.
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