Donations Needed! DCMH continuing services to the community during COVID-19 emergency

 

Davis Community Meals is continuing to provide food, housing and services to many of the most vulnerable in our community as has been our mission since 1991. 

 

We are continuing our meals program at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:45 pm and our lunch on Saturday at 11:30 am. In compliance with state and local guidelines, we have suspended our sit down eating service and are now preparing and handing out bagged sandwiches and other food items for take away. 

All of our housing programs are continuing. Our weekday resource center is still operating from 8 am to 12 noon Monday to Friday. Staff availability during the afternoon is limited at this time. 

 

We have had no reported cases of Covid-19 by any of our volunteers, guests and staff. We are being extremely vigilant in following all CDC guidelines and guidance from multiple sources on best practices to combat the spread of this disease. We request that all volunteers who are deemed to be in a vulnerable class of individuals or for any other reason to stop volunteering at this time. Your health and safety is very important to us!!

 

We want to thank all for your continued support and donations. With your help we can continue to provide to individuals and families in our community. 

 

As many of you have witnessed, shortages of certain products and food items have created empty shelves and shortages of many of life’s basic necessities. Below is a list of our highest needs: 

 

 Toilet Paper

 Paper towels

 Hand Sanitizer

 Disinfectant

 Bleach

 Sanitizing Wipes (Clorox Wipes)

 Fresh fruit (bananas, oranges, apples)

 Chips

 Sandwich meat and cheese (packaged)

 Cookies

 Eggs

 Non-perishable food items

 

For your safety, we will be accepting these donations on Tuesdays and Thursdays between the hours of 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm at St. Martins Church, 640 Hawthorn Lane, Davis, CA in the back of the church hall. For our guests and our safety, we will not be accepting home prepared sandwiches, food or any opened food items. For any other donations, please contact Bill at billpride@dcmah.org or Harmony at volunteers@dcmah.org. Monetary donations can be mailed to DCMH at PO Box 72463, Davis, CA 95617 or on-line at www.daviscommunitymeals.org. Please contact Bill for any other questions. 

 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!!