Want to Help?
Financial donations
$100 can buy:
- Job skills training for a client at Operation Dignity
- 1 asthma self-monitoring kit at OD
- 89 meals for clients at OD
- 15 hours of visits by a Case Manager with a client
$50 can buy:
- 1 day of case management at our Drop In Center
- 5 hours of a tutor’s time for at-risk children in OD
- Relapse Prevention Workshop for 2 clients at OD
- An outing for residents of OD
$25 can buy:
- 10 trips for the OD van to visit the homeless in hard to reach places and provide food, resources and medical attention
- 1 day of child services
- School supplies for kids
- 3 days apartment rent at Dignity Commons (we have over 58 apartments)
Cars
Do you have an old vehicle to donate? If you donate your car to Volunteers of America and mention Operation Dignity, they’ll give us 50% of the proceeds. Give them a call at 510-567-1114.
Donation of Goods
The City of Oakland and Operation Dignity operates a Mobile Outreach Program, providing the hardest to reach homeless with food, blankets, foul weather gear, and referrals to service agencies.
We also help our transitional clients and can make good use of your new or gently used:
- Blankets
- Linens (sheets and towels)
- Sleeping bags
- Nonperishable food items
- Lamps
- Furniture
- Dishes
- Small kitchen appliances
Please call the office at (510) 287-8465 to coordinate your drop-off or pickup.
Food
Last year we served over 146,000 meals. Please consider donating non-perishable food items to help us continue feeding people, enabling them to make decisions on a full stomach rather than an empty one.
- Canned goods
- High protein items such as meal replacement drinks/snack bars
- Holiday meal items (Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, 4th of July, etc)
- Food and persons to grill it allow us to foster bonding and family activity
Time
We have many opportunities for volunteers to help out. Some of our volunteers:
- Organize canned food or blanket drives
- Collect “lost and found” items at schools
- Organize costume drives at Halloween, baskets at Easter, supplies for the first day of school.
- Get a Scout or other youth group involved in helping with supply / fund raising