Last Year we Collected more than 5,103 blankets!

In 2010, we had a goal of collecting 2,500 blankets. This would have enabled us to give each of the participants of the December 8th, Project Homeless Connect event a blanket. Instead, we collected more than 5,103. Additional blankets were distributed to non-profit organizations that work with the homeless throughout the city.

Thanks to everyone who helped make last years years winter blanket drive a success!

• 46 pallets or 4,416 blankets donated by St. Vincent de Paul Society and transported by Catholic Charities


• 500 eco friendly blankets donated by Tzu Chi Buddhist Foundation65 blankets donated by Project Homeless Connect volunteers


• 25 blankets donated by the members of herchurch (Ebenezer Lutheran Church)


• 20 blankets from the Sierra Pacific Synod Hunger Event in Davis, CA (18 blankets from Truckee Lutheran and 2 from St. Mark's Lutheran)


• 20 blankets donated by the members of Trinity Lutheran Church in Oakland


• 15 blankets from Grace Lutheran Church in Palo Alto


• 13 blankets donated by the members of Old First Presbyterian Church


• 8 blankets donated by the members of St. Mark's Lutheran Church (not including the 2 list above)


• 7 blankets donated by the members of First Congregational Church in San Francisco


• 6 blankets donated by the members of St. John's United Church of Christ


• 4 blankets donated by the members of First United Lutheran Church


• 4 blankets from the San Francisco Swedenborgian Church
  Marc Bruno, from the St. Vincent de Paul Society teaches local students about the different types of blankets given out to the homeless and made it possible for nearly 4,500 blankets to be delivered to non-profits around San Francisco, including 2,000 at the Project Homeless Connect event.
  The amazing folk at Catholic Charities delivered nearly 4,500 blankets to non-profits around town, including carrying 59 boxes up to the 3rd floor of St. Mark's Lutheran for the Night Ministry and unloading 2,000 blankets at Project Homeless Connect in the rain.
  The Tzu Chi Buddhist Foundation donated 500 eco friendly blankets made out of water bottles. Each one was given to a participant of Project Homeless Connect with a bow and a compassionate heart.