GIVE

Buy items that help keep our patients healthy and thriving

• Shop our Amazon Wishlist to buy supplies for our programs, like yoga blocks for their health and wellness, lens cleaning cloths for their vision visits, and clothing for our patients experiencing homelessness.
• Buy books for us to give to our pediatric patients. We especially need teen and preteen books, particularly featuring characters representative of our patient community. Check out our recommended book list.
• Buy holiday toys or host a new toy drive with your friends and family.

Don’t forget to shop using Amazon Smile and Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase price to us when you choose Venice Family Clinic as your charity. You can ship directly to the Clinic (c/o Stephanie Barreiro) at 2509 Pico Blvd from the Wishlist.

CREATE

Create care packages for our homeless patients or school supply kits for our pediatric patients

• In a gallon Ziploc bag, add hotel sized soap, shampoo, conditioner, razors, toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, lotion, band-aids, and feminine hygiene products
• In a backpack, add a pencil box, crayons, eraser, student scissors, glue sticks, pens, markers, notebooks, folders, and lined paper
• Design homemade bookmarks to give to our pediatric patients
• Make cheery handwritten holiday cards and notes that we will give to families

Item drop off:
Thursday, October 15 from 10am to 3pm
Simms/Mann Health & Wellness Clinic – 2509 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405

SERVE

Serve our neighbors through volunteerism

• Sign up to help distribute nutritious food to patients and the community at Venice Family Clinic’s weekly food distribution events
• Organize meals from local restaurants for our front line staff
• Sew masks that we will distribute to our patients
• Have other talents that you think you could offer to help our patients? Let us know what you suggest!

ENGAGE

Raise your voice about issues that are important to our patients

• Vote! Check your voter registration status here and your mail-in ballot here (for California residents)
• Complete the Census here. Encourage your family and friends to participate and make sure they are being counted too!
• Sign up to volunteer onsite at our clinic sites to help our patients register to vote and complete the Census.
• Volunteer to work as a poll worker at this election and future elections
• Follow Venice Family Clinic on social media to learn more about advocacy issues important to our patients

DONATE

Donate to fund our vital services

• Make a gift to help us provide comprehensive and innovative health care to more than 28,000 people each year. Support in any amount makes a difference.
• Host your own fundraiser and ask people in your networks to join you in supporting the Clinic’s mission. Create your personalized fundraising page here.

SHARE

We need as many people as possible to help and support our community. We encourage you to share your participation and the Action Pack with family and friends across Los Angeles and the country.

We created this handy social media toolkit with sample posts and graphics. Please feel free to use them. Post using the hashtag #Act4VFC, and don’t forget to tag us:

Facebook – @venicefamilyclinic
Instagram – @venicefamilyclinic
Twitter – @venicefamclinic