Harbor Interfaith Services [PHOTOS]
Opening celebration for new Family Resource Center
On Sunday, June 10, Harbor Interfaith Services’ opened its new three-story, 15,000-square-foot Family Resource Center, which will give the agency room to serve approximately 17,000 homeless and working poor clients each year. The event featured a ribbon-cutting ceremony, hosted wine, music and dinner on a terrace overlooking the harbor. Guests were invited to tour each room and consider sponsoring services such as food for the pantry, hygiene products, childcare services and other items. The new center will include a food pantry, client counseling and workshop space, a closet for donated clothing and for personal care items. The second floor will be dedicated to childcare for homeless children. Of the 450 homeless people who live in HIS’ emergency family shelter and transitional housing programs each year, approximately 300 are children. Supervisor Don Knabe secured a bulk of the funding for the project and the Eisner, Parsons, S. Mark Taper, Ahmanson and Weingart and the W.M. Keck foundations contributed significant amounts. To become a donor, call Caroline Brady-Sinco at 310- 831-0603 or email dir.dev@harborinterfaith.org.
Photos by Mary Jane Schoenehider
The new Harbor Interfaith Services building on 7th Street in San Pedro that has been providing shelter for the homeless and working poor in the South Bah and harbor area since 1975.
