El Nido Family Centers - Please Donate

For 80 years, EL NIDO FAMILY CENTERS, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, has been helping those in Southern California who have the least. The mission of El Nido (Spanish for "THE NEST") is to empower disadvantaged or at-risk children, youth and families through educational and social services offered from neighborhood centers throughout L.A. County. Programs provide tools for young people to overcome trauma, recognize their inherent value and achieve their goals; and for parents to create a loving, healthy family environment.

Last year, EL NIDO assisted 15,475 children, youth and their family members who represent the ethnic/cultural diversity of Los Angeles, but come from households at or near the poverty level. El Nido is based in 11 neighborhood centers in South Los Angeles, Inglewood, Compton, Carson, Pacoima, Mission Hills and the Pico Corridor of Santa Monica. Our staff also reach out to and go where families who need us are - at schools, housing projects, health and community centers and in their homes.

DONATIONS: WHAT WE DO
WITH THE MONEY YOU GIVE

	$100: Support two school-based health classes for 9th-grade boys in Compton, to promote male responsibility in preventing teen pregnancy. Provide formula for undernourished infants, whose destitute mothers were watering their feedings to stretch their supply.
	$250: Create "welcome baskets" with a book, toy, diapers and other items for teen and lowincome parents, to make them more receptive to help.
	$500: Send a trained nurse to the homes of five teen parents to show them how to properly care for their newborns.
	$750: Sponsor three mothers or fathers, whose children are at risk for drug abuse and school-drop out, to attend a parent education series so that they can master loving and effective discipline strategies.
	$1000: Provide a college scholarship to a low-income teenage mother who, despite numerous challenges, has made the grades, completed high school, and earned the chance to be the first in her family to graduate from college.
	$2000: Sponsor an Art Therapy group for 6 children, so they may express their pain and begin to recover from child abuse.
	$3000: Underwrite an Access Wall Street group and introduce 15 at-risk youth to the world of finance, investing and entrepreneurship, opening up whole new career paths.
	$4000: Sponsor family literacy classes for 12 poorly educated single mothers, to give them the tools to help their children achieve in school.
	$5000: Provide a job preparation program for 20 teen parents to develop the skills and work habits to find and succeed in their first job.

If you would like to make a difference in the lives of children and families in Los Angeles County please Send a check payable to El Nido Family Centers to:

El Nido Family Centers
Attn: Diane Dighiera, Development
10200 Sepulveda Blvd., Ste 350
Mission Hills, CA 91345
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Or complete the credit card donation form and send to the address above.
If you would like to make a donation by phone please contact Diane Dighiera at 818-830-3646 x233.

On behalf of the children and families we serve, thank you for investing in El Nido's work to make Los Angeles a healthier community!

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