LA sewing group supports nonprofit
When members of the South Los Altos Sewing group were limited by COVID protocols amid the pandemic, they and other volunteers at Sunnyvale Community Services continued to support the organization.
At the onset of the lockdown in March 2020, the nonprofit social services agency made significant changes in the way it delivered services to local low-income families.Â
The agency had to furlough volunteers who sorted and packed food and holiday gifts for distribution, offered free supply-stuffed backpacks to young students and performed numerous other tasks.
SCS volunteers found ways to support the agency from the safety of their homes:Â The South Los Altos Sewing Group handcrafted face masks for SCS clients; the Cherry Chase Neighborhood Association made and sold branded face masks and donated 100% of the proceeds to SCS; and NVIDIA Corp. directed its onsite food-service vendor, Bon Appetit, to pack 500 bags of groceries per week for distri