Dear Friend,

I'm dropping you a note today to say thank you for your support of GLIDE – and to share with you some of the highlights from our recently-released 2021-'22 Impact Report (which I hope you’ll check out to see the impact your support created).

For more than sixty years, GLIDE’s mission has been to create a radically inclusive, just, and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization. Here are a few highlights of the work we were able to carry out thanks to your support:

-Hunger and Food Security: Last year we staved off hunger by serving more than half a million free meals to those most in need – while also advancing food security for hundreds of people by providing healthy groceries each week though our new Zero Waste Food Pantry.

-Homelessness: Our new Housing Readiness Workshops are teaching the basic skills needed for our vulnerable community members to stay housed, ranging from the rental application process to life skills needed to settle into a new accommodation and maintain a good tenant-landlord relationship. And our Rental Assistance program provided more than $216,000 in direct aid to help families – most of whom are ineligible for other financial support – find, secure, and keep safe and affordable housing.

-Access to Healthcare and Harm Reduction: In coalition with an amazing network of local partners, we worked to bring vaccine equity and prevent severe illness among the most marginalized by providing over 24,000 COVID tests and 5,500 vaccinations last year – and helped the Tenderloin reach a 90% vaccination rate. And our street outreach teams continued to provide hygiene kits and harm reduction supplies to those in need.

-Systemic Change: On the statewide level, again in coalition with a broad network of other advocacy groups, we helped expand food security benefits for undocumented seniors, and ensured that over $130 million would be allocated in local and state budgets for food banks, meal programs, housing subsidies, shelters, and mental health support.

-Liberation, Celebration, and Faith: As pandemic restrictions eased, Glide Memorial Church re-opened the doors to our Sanctuary once again, providing a beacon of hope, spiritual nourishment, and community for thousands of people.

Again, Friend, I just wanted to say thank you for making it possible for GLIDE to be a place of hope, meaning and purpose for the most vulnerable and marginalized in our community. Whether you’re a donor, a volunteer, an activist, a Church member or simply someone who stays in touch with GLIDE through these newsletters, you’re a part of something bigger – a movement that is changing lives.

So, I hope you will take a few minutes today and read our Impact Report about all the things we have accomplished together.

All my best to you,

Angelo Turner
Chief Development Officer

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