50th Anniversary Events

50th Anniversary Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Inter Valley Health Plan

Pacific Western Bank

Richard and Julie Owen

Bronze Sponsor

Bank of America LA Market

Table Sponsors

Amy's Farm

Alfreda Smith and Sharonda Bishop

Bank of the West

Ed and Dawn Walsh

First Christian Church Pomona

Life Bible Fellowship Church

Richard and Julie Owen

Safelite

Sempra Utilities, SoCal Gas

Ted and Wytske Visser

Tim and Peggy Constantine

The Ramsey Family

The Clinebell Institute

Thompson and Thompson

Wine Sponsor

Les and Zora Charles

Program Sponsor

Sempra Utilities, SoCal Gas

Table Décor Sponsor

Byron and Diantha Thompson

Paper Sponsor

Cloud Nine

Individual Sponsors

Adnan Sheikh

Alma Ford

Arnaldo Rodriguez

Art and Sandy Parker

Barbara Nicoll

Beth Stephens

Bob and Jeanie Stowell

Bob and Linda Liebing

Bob and Peggy Perry

Craig and Linda Haines

David Dewitt and Deborah Popovich

Dennis and Sandra Spiker

Henry Pacheco

Jack Mills and Susan Lominska

Jess and Marion Swick

John Balles and Terry Azkoul

John Townswick and Donna Bernard

Karen Sapio

Katherine Hage

Kathy Gysin

Kirby Palmer

La Verne Church of the Brethren

Laurel Patric Lori Campos

Ray Adams and Blanca Arellano-Adams

Rev. Betty Hanna-Witherspoon

Rosalio and Angie Ulloa

Rudi Volti and Ann Stromberg

Sandy Gabel

Steve and Amy Duncan

Ted and Carol Powl

Tia Rajasingham

Tom and Barbara Shelley

Vickie Budinko

Donations

Arnaldo Rodriguez

Barbara S. Filip Forney

Casey Cecala III

Dail and June Hilliard

Ellen Feyk

Farley and Ann Olander

Jane Douglass

Michele Ritchie

Phyllis Eller

Rachel Roy

Rochelle Ronketty

Shirley J. Jones

Tia Rajasingham

Tom Helliwell and Bonnie Busenberg

William and Grace Moremen

History
In 1968, 18 faith organizations came together to create Pomona Council of Churches to provide emergency food in the PomonaValley. In the late 70’s the agency sheltered refugees from Vietnam and Cambodia which transformed the shelter into a haven for homeless families and single women. A year-round Certified Farmers’ Market in Pomona began in 1981, bringing together local farmers and residents. In 2015 the agency began offering rapid re-housing services for families and Claremont Homeless Advocacy Program joined our organization, expanding our services to those experiencing homelessness to include single men. With assistance of Kaiser funding, we began our gleaning program in 2009, and began collaborating with Amy’s Farm in Ontario in 2015, after the Constantine garden was sold, to offer more fresh produce to our clients. We have offered the services through utilization of dedicated volunteers. Our Food Security Program has offered basic staple foods since the late 60’s. We now operate five food pantries (Ontario, Pomona, South Pomona, San Dimas, Claremont), and two once/month distributions (Upland, Chino), offering staple foods and fresh produce to some 4,000 no and low income individuals and families monthly.
Inland Valley Hope Partners • Administrative Office • 1753 N. Park Avenue • Pomona, CA 91768 • phone: 909-622-3806 • fax: 909-622-0484
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