Friends of Santa Maria

With a monthly donation of $10 or more, you’ll be a member of Friends of Santa Maria and receive our newsletter–here’s our pledge form (.pdf).

Your tax-deductible financial support and prayers for this ministry are very much needed and appreciated!

What would your contribution mean to the clients of Santa Maria?

$5 a month–gasoline for a truck to pick up clothing for 10 needy people.
$15 a month–one week of snacks for the youth in Studio.
$25 a month–3 months of supplies for ABC Playtime.
$50 a month–350 pounds of food from the Food Bank.

$100 a month–rain ponchos for 35 individuals.
$200 a month–one month of electricity for our warehouse freezers.

Individual Donation

Credit-card donations may be made through The Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real. Please designate that the contribution is for “SMUM.”

We welcome your cash donations in the form of a check made out to and mailed to Santa Maria Urban Ministry:

778 South Almaden
San Jose, CA, 95110-2919
Phone: 1-408-292-3314
Email: (Enable Javascript to see the email address)

or a donation made via your faith community or church. Donations to SMUM are tax-deductible.

Donate In-Kind

Please call: 1-408-292-3314
Or email: (Enable Javascript to see the email address)

If you are interested in donating goods. SMUM distributes clothing, food, bicycles, and toys to hundreds of clients a year. Likewise,

Volunteer

Please call: 1-408-292-3314
Or email: (Enable Javascript to see the email address)

If you are interested in volunteering, please go here for more information.

With the support of SMUM’s generous donors and amazing volunteers, in 2010 SMUM was able to serve:

  • 6,701 households
  • 14,159 individuals
  • 5,476 children

Selected SMUM 2010 program measures:

  • VITA helped over 100 families with their income tax returns.  Over $200K was returned to the local economy from the households that e-file with the VITA program at SMUM.
  • ABC Playtime served 12 preschool students and their families.
  • Studio served 29 grade school students and their families.
  • Over 800 backpacks were distributed at the end of the summer to grade school, middle school, and high school students.
  • 347,020 pounds of food was donated to SMUM for community distribution (valued at about $677 thousand).
  • 290 Emergency Food Boxes (for those outside of the SMUM service area)
  • 43 bicycles were given away. 52 bikes were repaired.
  • Community Closet provided clothes, bedding, toys and other used items to to over 200 households per month.
  • 834 Christmas Gifts were distributed.

Thanks to SMUM Treasurer Joanna Shreve and Executive Director Rev. Lawrence Robles for their help in compiling these numbers.