Asian Youth Center in San Gabriel Seeks Thanksgiving Meal Donations: More Than 500 Families Served Monthly, $50 Covers One Household's Holiday Meal
The Asian Youth Center (AYC), a nonprofit based in San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California, issued a Thanksgiving appeal on November 12 seeking donations for holiday meals for the low-income and immigrant families it serves. The center provides free, in-language social services to low-income, immigrant and at-risk community members.
AYC's Emergency Food Program provides culturally relevant food to more than 500 families each month, including fresh groceries, pantry staples and hygiene items, with staff serving in Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese, Spanish and English.
The center listed the uses of donations as follows: $50 gives one household a complete Thanksgiving meal, and $100 gives one household a Thanksgiving meal and keeps groceries coming through the holiday season. AYC said grocery prices are still high, immigrant families and seniors are hit hardest, and many struggle to find services in their own language or to get around without reliable transportation.
AYC also described a senior case: a 73-year-old Filipino senior who lost her home to eviction in 2023 and became homeless received temporary hotel housing, food, clothing and shoes through the center's United Mental Health Promoters program. Over six months, staff helped her find stable housing and provided financial assistance for her security deposit, a bed and a mattress, and she moved into a permanent home of her own.
AYC also offers in-language wildfire preparedness workshops and, in partnership with Southern California Edison, provides free safety resources to help low-income and immigrant community members protect themselves and their families when disaster strikes.
(Source: Asian Youth Center)
Source: Asian Youth Center
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：志愿者协助分发食品（资料图）。美国陆军公共领域照片，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Volunteers helping distribute food (file photo). U.S. Army public domain photo, via Wikimedia Commons.
