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NEWS & EVENTS
Keeping You in Touch with Our Community
UPDATE: COMMUNITY DINNER WINTER TIME CHANGE
For our Community Dinners
During the darker winter months
beginning on Thanksgiving Nov. 26th
dinner will be served
from 4:30-5:30pm Every Thursday
At the Los Osos Community Center
All are WELCOME
Youth, Individual, Adults, and Families
Dinners are provided by a number of local community groups and local restaurants including:
St. Benedicts Church, Maharlika Christian Fellowship, 4H, People Helping People, Rotary,.
Jesus Christ Church of the Latter-Day Saints, and
Trinity United Methodist Church, and other friends in Los Osos
LOS OSOS CARES RECEIVED A COMMUNITY GRANT FOR BASIC NEEDS AND RESOURCES FOR VULNERABLE SENIORS
November 1st, 2020
This grant will be in effect from November 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2021. The grant will cover participants in the Estero Bay Community (Los Osos, Morro Bay and Cayucos).
At this time, we have launched a new program to assist the needs of Estero Bay Seniors. The program is called Estero Bay R U OK. We will be accepting calls from seniors to help them find resources or services to help them. We will also establish a wellness line to help those sheltered at home. We have three phones lines one for each community. We are also getting ready to report the findings of the “Senior Post Pandemic Needs Survey”. When this is finished we will be addressing the most pressing needs of each community. Zoom meetings will be conducted every month to address concerns and connect with agencies who can help.
We are moving forward helping those during the COVID 19 Pandemic by assisting with emergency funding and basic needs to get them through this time.
We are creating a culture of care for the Estero Bay, by working with others to help community members find resources and services to meet their needs and help them move forward in their lives.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION WAS AWARDED TO OUR SPECIAL SHELTER IN OFFICE VOLUNTEERS DURING COVID-19
July 15th, 2020
Certificates of Recognition were awarded to volunterrs Alicia, Jo and Junior. They continuously worked diligently during the pandemic to keep Los Osos Cares going. Being able to help those in need during this was vital as many have been affected by COVID-19. A big thank you to them for their ongoing enthusiasm and dedication.
LOS OSOS CARES WAS A RECIPIENT OF A 2020 DIGNITY HEALTH GRANT!
January, 2020
Los Osos Cares was a recipient of a 2020 Dignity Health Community Health Grant for Basic
Needs and Resource Navigation for the Estero Bay Community. The focus of this grant is to
create a caring network of social services for seniors, low income families and homeless individuals in Los Osos, Morro Bay and Cayucos. We plan to prioritize areas of need and work
to meet the needs of the most vulnerable in our community and ensure that individuals are
being connected to available community resources and emergency needs.
We will be working with community partners, Transitions Mental Health Association, Dignity Health Community Outreach, St Benedicts Episcopal Church, and Alliance for Pharmaceutical Access. The grant will help subsidize the Los Osos Cares Free Community Dinners, Resource Center, Warming Shelter and Senior Program. Working with St Benedicts Laundry of Love
we will be able to expand the free laundry program to twice a month. In addition, we have created a questionnaire to ask seniors what they need in their prospective areas. This will
help us focus of getting the need met. We will be hosting a Senior Health Fair in Los Osos on October 17, 2020. Dignity Health will be hosting Health /Wellness workshops throughout the
year.
Due to the COVID virus we are directing our outreach by social media, phone and email. We
have resources to help seniors and those in our community get through this difficult time.