Sacred Heart Community Service

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Nonprofit Overview

Causes: Education, Educational Services, Employment Preparation & Procurement, Food, Food Banks & Pantries, Human Service Organizations, Human Services, Job Training

Mission: Our Mission is to build a community free from poverty by creating hope, opportunity and action. We provide essential services, work together to improve our lives, advocate for justice and inspire our community to love, serve and share.

Community Stories

6 Stories from Volunteers, Donors & Supporters

yoshe Client Served

Rating: 5

10/27/2023

On 1-12023 we lost are apartment of 10years do to new ownership... Unfortunately my son n I ended up on the streets.my husband had left us in February 2023...than we landed up in path tiny homes evens lane .than abode pick us up took us to motel 6 for 26 days than put us on the streets for 2weeks saying we had lost funding..than I called amigos de Guadalupe of San Jose CA 55 old fully

rd 95111 .Oct 4 got a exit date unexpectedly we doing all that i can receive another notice of exit November ,2023. We have no clue what the heavens to do

gamerchick General Member of the Public

Rating: 5

10/17/2017

Thanks very much to sacred heart community service for helping me with paying my utility bill. I'm disabled and work part time job cashier in fast food restaurant. This helps me very much. I live alone.

wws1 Volunteer

Rating: 5

10/17/2017

My wife and I have volunteered at Sacred Heart over 30 times in the last 7 years. We believe in the organization because we've seen the many great avenues of assistance to our community in action. Thank you SHCS!

Volunteer6345 Volunteer

Rating: 5

07/10/2012

I volunteered with Sacred Heart for their La Mesa Verde project. La Mesa Verde builds urban vegetable gardens for families that were already receiving Sacred Hearts food donation services. This allows families to have easy access to fresh nutritious food and reduce their dependance and some of the expense of donating foods. After about an hour of training, I went with one other volunteer to a family's house, and the two of us along with the husband and wife of the house together built two gardens on their property including a drip irrigation system. They were pretty impressive gardens and I would've love to have had one myself. The family was very appreciative and it was a wonderful experience.

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Darren Seaton Board Member

Rating: 5

10/18/2008

This is an outstanding organization with deep roots and a long history of serving the most vulnerable of the San Jose community.

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Bill Volunteer

Rating: 5

10/17/2008

Sacred Heart Community Service is a wonderful organization. The breadth of services that they provide to the community is amazing. They really understand that in order for people to improve their own lives, they need to have their basic needs met, so they provide for peoples’ basic needs with food and clothing. But they also help people help themselves by providing job search assistance, housing assistance, computer classes, ESL classes, an after school program and case management. And they don’t charge the customer for anything. But just as important as the assistance that they provide, is the fact that they really make a concerted effort to treat the people that they serve in a dignified manner and without judgment. I work in the pantry handing out groceries. I am always truly touched when the customers say to me, “God bless you.” It is those instances that I reminded just how much the work that we are doing is needed, and how much it is appreciated. I feel really blessed to be able to help people in this way. It is how I personally put my faith into action and it makes me feel really connected to the people of San Jose.

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