First meeting will be on Feb. 8

SENIOR PEACE CLUB

The Senior Peace Club’s first in-person meeting of the new year will be held on Feb. 8 in Clubhouse 3, Room 8, at 2 p.m. Steve Miller, who runs a volunteer outreach program to help Skid Row’s homeless, will be the featured speaker. Miller has been doing mutual aid work at Skid Row for two years. What started out as a giveback effort one week has evolved into a twice-a-week event. He visits Skid Row to provide essentials to those in need. The community has come together to help with these efforts by providing food, drinks, clothing and more. Miller and his partner in the program, Heather Roberts, go every Thursday to Skid Row, bringing needed items; on Sundays, his wife and daughter, plus about 10 other volunteers, join in for a bigger event. Miller says that listening to people’s stories, while providing them with essentials in life, is a reward that cannot be matched.

The club would like to make a substantial donation of the times most needed and encourages people to bring their donations to the meeting where there will be a station set up to receive them or call (562) 357-9231 or (562) 896-4433 for more information on how to donate. The most needed items for the Skid Row community are new or gently used blankets, pillows, jackets, belts and shoes (athletic, durable shoes), as well as non-perishable food such as crackers, canned goods, tuna, chips and other snack items. All LW residents and their guests are welcome to attend the meeting. Masks will be required.

Steve Miller