How You Can Help
Donating to SPIN ensures more children will sleep tonight in the warmth of their own home and not on the floor of a temporary shelter, and parents will learn to manage their lives so their children will have a secure future.
And the poorest of the poor, those literally living on the streets of Orange County, will be offered a meal, a blanket, referrals and a warm smile.
In addition to your gift of cash, there are several ways in which you can contribute to the success of SPIN and the people you want to help:
Make an Annual Pledge
Adopt-a-Family
Attend our Fundraising Events
Underwrite Programs
Provide items on our “Wish List”
Volunteer Time or Services
Donate Goods & Services
Gifts in Kind are those donations other than financial which benefit SPIN’s clients through our Housing Program or homeless individuals and families that we serve through the Street Services Program. We're looking for everything from travel size hygiene items and men's boxers, to canned food, calculators, and gift cards. For a complete list of needs, please take a look at the PDF below:
Michael Barnes generously gives his talents to help SPIN's clients get the dental care they need, at no cost to them.
Individual Opportunities
In 2023, 1,599 volunteers contributed 5,540 volunteer hours to SPIN. Here are a few ways you can be a part of that:
Assemble Sack meals for the homeless on Thursdays
Serve on the Golf Tournament or Annual Gala Committees
Help with the assembly of hygiene kits, organizing food drives, or organizing the food pantry
Group Opportunities
We encourage churches, youth organizations, student organizations and businesses to help with our projects or to organize your own event to help raise awareness for SPIN.
SPIN Projects
Housewarming Basket for our GAPP (Guided Assistance to Permanent Placement) families
Hygiene kits for our Street Services Program
Birthday kits for our GAPP families (everything to throw a birthday party for a child)
Canned food drive for our homeless individuals and families
Easter baskets for our families with small children
Mother’s Day gifts for our low-income moms
Adopt-A-Family for Thanksgiving and Christmas
