Our 11th-Annual Friends of St. Francis Center celebrates a year of Serving Hope to our homeless and extremely low-income guests in Los Angeles. St. Francis Center supporters from L.A. to Orange County will gather to continue in the community tradition of this fun-filled event for dinner, drinks, live and silent auctions and networking.
 
Last year's Friends of SFC event was a success with over 330 guests in attendance and we raised more (50 percent more than last year!) than we ever have to help provide hunger relief and comprehensive services for our homeless and extremely low-income guests thanks to our generous sponsors and donors.
 
We celebrated a year of Serving Hope to our guests in need. Last year was a record-breaking year for SFC regarding the amount of food we recovered and the number of guests we served. We rescued 1.3 million pounds of food which allowed us to provide 100,000 homeless meals (twice as many meals as we were serving 7 years ago) and over 30,452 grocery visits (40 percent more visits than last year) to low-income families, individuals and now also students at our on-site pantry services and 5 satellite pantry sites for our food-insecure community. We provided more comprehensive services for guests to get on a long-term path to stability, including case management, emergency shelter, permanent and supportive housing, employment opportunities, utilities and rental assistance.