Passion to the Streets 3rd Annual Cookies4Clothing Winter Clothes Drive

Passion to the Streets

3rd Annual Cookies4Clothing Winter Clothes Drive

Serving our homeless TK-12 students and their families

In Central Contra Costa County

Where: TBD in Martinez, CA

When: Saturday December 1, 2018

Drop off clothes: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Help sort: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

In exchange for your new​ or "very gently​" used clothing & shoes, a host of volunteers, Garron (my 11 year old), & I will be offering freshly baked cookies, coffee, hot cocoa, hot apple cider, and eggnog! We will be accepting jeans, work boots, new socks, new underwear, long underwear, sweats, coats, jackets & rain gear, for ALL ages. ***SPECIFIC and IMMEDIATE NEEDS​ FOR MEN: 34”-44” jeans, zip up hoodies, sweats, & thermals​. Children and infant clothing will be accepted; however, I will accept them only if they are new​ or “like new​”.. These children deserve no less than our own children and I don’t mean to sound picky...but I am being very selective, with children’s donations. I hope you understand. Any items with excessive wear, stained, tattered, or unwashed will need to be disposed of. It's common to think that homeless or needy people will gladly accept anything and you're probably right; but, this is Christmas time. I wonder how many of us might part ways with a few items we actually LOVE rather than items we’ve been wanting to get rid of all year long? In my opinion, what we offer to others in need, we are offering to God. Matthew 25:40 

Please feel free to message me with questions. Eve: 925-335-6035 or PassionToTheStreets@gmail.com 

*** If you don't have clothing or shoes to donate but would like to donate cookies, or volunteer to receive and sort donations, that would be awesome and greatly appreciated!!!

SO EXCITED to announce that Passion to the Streets Inc will be hosting our 1st Annual Car Show, at Alhambra High School, on June 23rd, 2018!!!


This car show will be held annually and 100% of the donations received will benefit homeless TK-12 students, who attend Martinez Unified School District, and their families.


If you would like to make a gift card donation, the following suggestions are:

• Shoe store gift cards
• Safeway or Lucky grocery store gift cards
• Transportation gift cards

Please check back for more details!!!

1st Annual "Like This Child" Summer Family Picnic

1st Annual “Like This Child” Summer Family Picnic

Date: Saturday July 15, 2017

Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location: The Olive Grove at Rankin Park in Martinez

Hosted by: Passion to the Streets
and through continuously needed community donations

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Bring your own picnic lunch & blanket or chair, if you can!!! Free hot dogs, chips, & water will be provided for the first 500 people, plus free games, photo booth, face painting, and live music by “the Hipwaders”, and many homeless outreach resource booths and a chance to mingle!!!

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Passion to the Streets is hosting this community picnic in order to unite individuals, who share a heart for helping the thousands of students in our neighborhoods who are without homes.

Many of us have a desire to get involved or help, but don't know how or where to start. We will provide resources/information, that you might not be aware of, while encouraging community unity, as we work together to restore dignity and value, one student at a time. This will also be a chance for you to brainstorm with your neighbors for solutions to the student homelessness crisis.

Please join us to promote awareness and to explore opportunities to provide a positive impact to end student homelessness!!! Everyone is welcome!!! Spread the word!!!

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By sowing seeds of kindness and love into the fabric of our community, we will create a healthy legacy in which future generations can and will continue to grow & thrive ~"Eve"

“The greatest person in God’s kingdom is the one who makes himself humble like this child ...” ~Matthew 18:4

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Picnic coordinator: Eve (Yvonne Cameron) 925-335-6035 or email
passiontothestreets@gmail.com

Humble...like this child

Easter 2015, our church celebrated an outdoor service in the amphitheater at the marina. The Saturday prior, my Son Garron (then 7 years old) and I were scheduled to volunteer to set up for Sunday.

On our way to the Marina, we pulled into the Lucky's parking lot to grab some snacks for breakfast. As we drove up the driveway we spotted a homeless man standing on the sidewalk. All I said was that I didn't like seeing something like that on Easter weekend. Garron didn't reply but just took a long look. As we headed to the checkout, he asked if we could buy the homeless man some food. Caught off guard, I hesitated, but quickly agreed. I told him to pick some things out for the man. He chose his food and then asked if we could buy him water, too. As we drove back down the driveway, I locked my doors and put the passenger's side window down for Garron to hand the man his bag of food and water. Garron wished him a Happy Easter. The tired elderly man looked surprised, then smiled and said, "God bless you", to Garron. As we drove away I looked into my rearview mirror and Garron, sitting his booster seat, had his head resting back on the seat, eyes closed, and hands clasped. I said nothing. After a little more than a minute, I hear, "OK Mommy, I'm done". I asked, "done what?" He said, "Praying". I asked, "Praying for what?" He answered, "I prayed that that homeless man would have nourishing food and water every day". Needless to say, I cried all the way to the Marina. When Garron asked why I was crying, all I could say was, "it makes mommy so happy to see you want to help people".

I was proud yet ashamed at the same time. Proud that I raised a kindhearted little boy but ashamed that it took his innocent and humble generosity to bring such an enormously growing epidemic to my attention. From that day on, I have been aware...more than aware of my neighbors without homes.

I had no idea what God was preparing me for, that day but now, as I diligently pray for my own 27 year old homeless and addicted son, the puzzle pieces are coming together. I know and FULLY trust, that one day soon my oldest son will be free from the chains of addiction and no longer wandering these streets, tired, alone, and hopeless. Just as I make an effort to help those in need, as I see them, I know that someone out there is doing the same for my son. This, coupled with my fierce Faith in my good good Father provides me with the most amazing peace I find difficult to describe with words so let me explain it with Jesus' words:

"I leave you peace. It is my own peace I give you. I give you peace in a different way than the world does. So don’t be troubled. Don’t be afraid." - John 14:27

~Eve

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