Please consider making a monetary donation to our organization. You can submit a one-time donation, or a recurring pledge. The St Patrick Catholic Community Online Giving tool is used to securely accept donations. By choosing Showers of Blessings the donation is forwarded directly to our organization. You must create an account to ensure a secure transaction for your credit card or debit card. Cash or check can be dropped off at the Parish Office during their business hours.
Here is a excerpt from a presentation given to the City of Carlsbad from one of our volunteers stating how rewarded she feels volunteering in our organization and what a difference we can make together:
For the past 7 years I have coordinated the Showers of Blessings Carlsbad. We provide hot showers, clothing, food, haircuts, laundry, dental and medical care to our neighbors experiencing homelessness. In this time I have gotten to know many of them, listened to their stories and helped them try to move forward in their lives. In doing this I have become very aware of how difficult it is for them to move forward. From replacing ID cards, to applying for EBT cards, and finally the exhaustive efforts to locate organizations to help them find housing and jobs. This they have to figure out without phones, without a vehicle, and without money to pay all the fees. It’s daunting when they also have to figure out where to sleep and what to eat. They are in what we call survival mode – and it’s hard to think of anything else when they are just trying to survive.
This is a people problem, not always a money problem. We as a community need to come together to help our neighbors who are less fortunate than we are. The only way we can solve this problem is to connect with compassion and sincerity, and listen to what these folks really need. The only way we can do that is to have them together in a place where it is easy to connect and where they can then learn to trust the system they feel has let them down.