SUPPORTING SAN DIEGO'S MILITARY FAMILIES

San Diego Military Outreach Ministries (SDMOM) is a community supported, faith-based charity that reaches out to young enlisted families in San Diego with a broad range of helping services. Supported by churches, businesses, service organizations, military and their families, and private donors, we provide helping services to enlisted military families (rates E-5 and below) and families of deployed and injured service members in San Diego County in the thirteen military installations south of Camp Pendleton. We serve families of all faiths. Endorsed by the Ecumenical Council.

With several hundred thousand service members and with more than 20,000 military families in San Diego, SDMOM is busy helping with urgent needs, personal caring and household and food assistance as we provide :

Seven  food distributions each month in military housing and other locations; Hundreds of food bags were distributed with gift certificate for a turkey for Thanksgiving to military families in 2008 (rates E-5 and below).

Eight, day-old, bread and pastry distributions per week;

A warehouse open three days a week giving household goods, furniture, children's and infants supplies and equipment (rates E-5 and below);

Wanted: We need about 300-500 square feet of  extra storage for received donations of household goods. Can you help us? Call our office at (619) 461-4164 and help us help our military  families. Thank you.

Special events on holidays and other dates - Referrals for special needs; assist families of wounded warriors

Networking and personal caring for families - Baby showers and new mom visits.

SDMOM hosts new moms to be shower at Navy Base San Diego on July 12th. Over 100 show up. More photos on Newsletter page.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

We are fully dependent on your donations to fund our operating budget to serve a thousand enlisted families each month. Every donations counts.

SDMOM is a member of Local Independent Charities of America.

To contribute by credit card, click on:  www.givedirect.org/give/givefrm.asp?CID=8660 ,fill in the information  for Make a Donation and send. You will receive a receipt and acknowledgment. Courtesy of Local Independent Charities of America (by GiveDirect).

Financial contributions to fund our operations costs and food purchases can be mailed directly to SDMOM at :

San Diego Military Outreach Ministries, P.O. Box 3030, La Mesa, CA 91944-3030.

Please be sure to make all checks out to San Diego Military Outreach Ministries or just to SDMOM. All contributions are tax deductible and will be acknowledged with a letter and a receipt.  

Military Family Service participant in San Diego CityFest through Sept. 12th. (Go to SDMOM in Cityfest page in column to left.)

SDMOM is rated one of the BEST in AMERICA by Independent Charities of America

This outreach provides San Diegans a practical way to lift some of the burdens on our military families and a meaningful way to say thank you for their sacrifices in service to our country. Your Donations and participation as volunteers enable this ministry to provide more than sixty activities a month in service to these families (rates E-5 and below).

News Item: In May, 2010, SDMOM received a Certificate of Appreciation from:

The Commanding General, Third Marine Aircraft Wing, Thomas L. Conant, Major General, U.S. Marine Corps and The Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Frank A. Richie, Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps

Reading in part:   For your constant, faithful and devoted service to the Marines, Sailors and Family Members of the Third Marine Aircraft Wing and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. Your devotion, dedication and endless support to service members and their families have left a lasting, positive impact on our ability to accomplish our missions. On behalf of the Marines and Sailors ...please accept our sincerest appreciation for your contribution and your compassionate understanding in the role of a Marine Corps volunteer. You have become a vital member of our Marine Corps Family ....Your volunteer service is in keepng with the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. Semper Fi!

SDMOM participated in "July 4th" Parade in Coronado held on July3rd. Parade Unit was presented by staff and volunteers.

Van and banners are prepared before parade.

Proceeding along Orange Avenue.

Serving families of wounded service members and supporting our wounded at Naval Hospital San Diego:

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In December 2009, SDMOM provided over 4,000 toys, quilts, children's clothing and many other items to 750 military families including families of Severely Injured military. Following is one thank you note from Severely Injured Counselor, Naval Hospital, San Diego:

"I wanted to thank you for allowing Sonja and I to come over to the warehouse and pick out Christmas gifts for the children of our wounded service members here at the Naval Hospital and surrounding area. Sonja and I were overwhelmed at the toys there and it made a lot of children very happy.

We had several injured service members who literally had nothing to give their children. In fact, I had one combat injured Marine mother whose two little girls had put several small gifts under the tree for mommy, and then asked where their gifts were. Thanks to you (SDMOM) there were gifts for these little girls! Thank you very much again.

Steve Vargos, MS, Counselor Advocate, Military Severely Injured Center

(Please consider a donation to San Diego Military Outreach Ministries so we can continue to assist these families with food, children's supplies and household goods through 2010.)

Chargers help out with Tyson's Foods and Lift up America. (See newsletter tab.)

SDMOM is rated "Best in America" by Independent Charities of America. Less than 4 % of donated resources go for administration. Run by Veterans and other volunteers with 4 military wives as employed staff.

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