EMERGENCY COVID RELIEF FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN
SAFE PASSAGE YOUTH KEEPING CHILDREN COVID SAFE. OVER 380 CHILDREN DAILY.
1000’s of meals weekly to over 380 underserved children
Emergency Relief to Conejo Children Every Day. 39,320 Meals
Safe Passage responded immediately to COVID & operates with volunteers 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Free of charge, we provide all children with daily food, face masks, gloves, infant diapers, baby formula and weekly fresh produce & fruits for their families. Over 6,100 take home STEM projects. We keep kids healthy
3 PILLARS TO KEEP KIDS SAFE
Infants and Mother Care
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Infants and Mother Care
Safe Passage is partnered with Conejo Community Outreach and has delivered over 11,000 diapers to Conejo Mothers at the two Safe Passage COVID Relief Centers. Each day Safe Passage distributes masks and disposable gloves, baby formula, baby wipes, diapers and special diet needs to hundreds of infants. Intervention specialists check in with each mom daily. CONEJO COMMUNITY OUTREACH is saving the lives of families in the Conejo. We owe the gratitude them as a community.
Feeding Children
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Infants and Mother Care
We provide daily nutrition to over 380 children impacted by lack of access. Monday to Friday we assist the School District running satellite nutrition centers for them. Dispersing lunch and breakfast that the CVUSD has prepared for the children. On each weekend, Safe Passage continues on with the aid and purchases / distributes over 900 meals for the 380 children at the two Covid Relief centers to ensure they each receive food 7-days a week. Every Saturday we provide every family with 25 pounds of fresh produce. 39,320 COVID Relief meals have been distributed at our two COVID Help Centers in this partnership to the most underserved children in 60 square miles.
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Partnered with CONEJO REC & PARK, CVUSD and ART TREK. Safe Passage has provided over 65 chrome books free of charge to micro community isolated children without family financial means and will be delivering more. We have provided and continue to provide daily free WiFi hot spots in underserved low income children’s homes and have opened up WiFi networks all free of charge to families most impacted. We provide cell phones to ensure safety and weekly take home STEM art, science and family engagement projects provided by Art Trek and the Discovery Science Center
COVID RELIEF
Red Cross Safe Passage COVID Emergency Partners
The American Red Cross is partnered with us providing emergency workers 7 days a week at our Safe Passage COVID Food Relief Center. They are a crucial component to providing healthy relief to micro community residents who lack access. The community feels even safer knowing the Red Cross is in their neighborhoods partnered with Safe Passage and Conejo Recreation and Park District and CVUSD.
SAFE PASSAGE FOOD RELIEF
The Red Cross, helping protect Conejo underserved mothers and children from COVID. To date the Red Cross has been at our side every day and have help us deliver over 39,320 meals partnered with the CVUSD and CRPD at our two Safe Passage COVID Relief Centers
ART TREK SAVES THE DAY
ART TREK HAS LONG BEEN SERVING MICRO COMMUNITIES WITH STEAM EDUCATION. THEY STAFF SAFE PASSAGE COVID CENTERS AND PROVIDE SUPPLIES OF DAILY FACE MASKS FOR EVERY MOTHER AND CHILD ( OVER 1200 DELIVERED) . IN ADDITION, ART TREK EACH WEEK, PROVIDES OVER 3000 POUNDS OF FRESH FRUIT, PRODUCE, VEGETABLES TO SAFE PASSAGE FAMILIES. ART TREK COVID RELIEF INCLUDES WEEKLY ART TAKE HOME PROJECTS FOR OVER 200 UNDER SERVED MICRO COMMUNITY FAMILIES. ART TREK IS A PRECIOUS RESOURCE. WE COULD NOT HELP 380 KIDS WITHOUT THEM.
HOW TO HELP COVID RELIEF FOR KIDS
TIME - FOOD - MONEY
DONATE YOUR TIME AS A VOLUNTEER OR PROVIDE DIRECT FOOD AID OR DONATE MONEY FOR COVID RELIEF
VOLUNTEER
SAFE PASSAGE UTILIZES VOLUNTEERS FOR PROVIDING COVID RELIEF SERVICES 7 DAYS A WEEK TO THE CHILDREN WHO NEED IT MOST.
DONATE FOOD DIRECTLY TO THE CHILDREN. EACH WEEK SAFE PASSAGE SPENDS OVER $2,000 ON MEALS AND FAMILY AID. CLICK THE PHOTO ABOVE & ENTER THE "GIVING FOOD MARKET" WHERE YOU CAN DONATE FOOD YOU SELECT. WE WILL DELIVER THE FOOD TO THE KIDS.
SUPPORT SAFE PASSAGE. WE TAKE PRIDE THAT EVERY DOLLAR DONATED IS USED DIRECTLY FOR AID TO THE KIDS. DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, NOT A CENT IS USED FOR OVERHEAD. THAT IS PAID FOR BY EACH OF THE NON PROFIT BOARD MEMBERS. CLICK ON THE PHOTO ABOVE TO DONATE.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
COVID MICRO GRANTS
WE ISSUE CASH $50 MICRO GRANTS TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES THAT HAVE A CHILD OR CHILDREN AT OUR COVID RELIE CENTERS AND WHERE ONE OR MORE PARENTS ARE NOW UNEMPLOYED. THESE GRANTS CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND ECONOMIC SURVIVAL. OUR VETTING FOR EACH APPLICANT INCLUDES A PANEL OF COMMUNITY LEADERS. OVER 125 GRANTS
Quick Success Facts
Gang Size Reduced
300 Children shifted from At Risk to At Promise
300 Children shifted from At Risk to At Promise
Since 2014, the local gang population has been decreased 34.8% because of Safe Passage. A 25 year record low.
300 Children shifted from At Risk to At Promise
300 Children shifted from At Risk to At Promise
300 Children shifted from At Risk to At Promise
These children are up for grabs. Our community can protect them, or gangs can. They spend 6 days a week with positive role models that include retired teachers, street cops, youth counselors. In total 29,016 hours for 2018.
The Arts Save Society
300 Children shifted from At Risk to At Promise
The Arts Save Society
Ask any cop. Have they ever arrested a 15-35 year old gang member that spent any day of the week at a Theatrical Performance, Play, Art Show, Museum or Music Class? The Answer, "NO." We can't simply keep arresting our way out of society's youth social problems. Safe Passage sends all children free of charge each week to plays, art classes, musicals, museums and colleges.
About Us
The Nuts and Bolts
Who makes Safe Passage a success?
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We are a community of organizations; Conejo Recreation and Park District, Schools, Nonprofits, Volunteers, Health Care providers, Businesses and the Police Department focused on helping make pathways for K-6 grade children in order to avoid being enticed into gangs. Come inside here and see why Safe Passage stops gangs rather than jail or prison.
Detailed Program Information
Who makes Safe Passage a success?
Detailed Program Information
Are you passionate about safe communities and tomorrow's leaders? We are looking for you to help us with these vulnerable youth. We need partners for our literacy, education, science and mentoring programs. Help us make our vision a reality. We will need these determined children for our collective future.
Who makes Safe Passage a success?
Who makes Safe Passage a success?
Who makes Safe Passage a success?
Safe Passage is unique. We bring the power of community to the children, daily, and year-round right where they live in vulnerable micro-communities. We are parents, recreation leaders, police officers, librarians, teachers and high school volunteers.