The Mar Vista Community Council has formed a Volunteer Committee. It’s called Mar Vista Volunteers and they are putting out a call! Volunteers are needed on Saturday, May 12, 2012 to help serve dinner for OPCC, at Turning Point Transitional Housing. Please see below for more information.

Here’s their call to action:

Mar Vista Volunteers is going to conduct our first volunteer activity at OPCC (Ocean Park Community Center).  They have several sites, and the one we will volunteer at is called Turning Point Transitional Housing.  This is a 55-bed shelter for homeless adults, providing housing and supportive services for residents for up to nine months, with the goal of preparing them to live independently.  The shelter is located at 1447 16th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404, between Santa Monica Blvd. and Broadway.

We will be cooking and serving dinner for the residents on Saturday, May 12th and also packing sack lunches for the residents for the following day.  We will prepare pasta and a bolognese sauce, a crisp salad and premade cookies or cake for dessert.  The food for the event is being donated by our local Whole Foods on National and Barrington.  Some of their team members are also interested in joining us in this volunteer activity.

Dinner is served at 6:00 p.m. at Turning Point, so we will be there for three to four hours, starting at 3:00 p.m.

To sign up as a volunteer and receive emails about upcoming Mar Vista volunteer events, you can go to http://www.marvista.org/volunteer to sign up.

Please help spread the word about this important program!

Shop Whole Foods Market West LA on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, to support our own Mar Vista Historic Fire Station 62. Whole Foods will donate 5% of all the proceeds from Wednesday, April 25th to the newly-formed non-profit designed to bring Historic Fire Station 62 back to life as a resource for this community.

Please help support this great effort – and get some great food for your family as well!

Whole Foods West LA Market, 11666 National Blvd. (at Barrington)

Stop by the newly remodeled HUB on Venice and see all they have to offer Mar Vista!

Mar Vista Library Book Sale, April 14, 2012 10am – 4pm.

Our Mar Vista friends, the folks behind LA Streets Blog, are holding a fund-raiser March 27th at the Library AleHouse in Santa Monica. They’ve just announced new raffle prizes and it should be a great event – check it out!

Tuesday, March 27th, 11am – 11pm – with new kegs being tapped starting at 6pm!

Library Alehouse, 129 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA

The Well Baby Center is holding a Community Yard Sale Saturday, March 31st, from 11am – 2pm. Donations of gently-used items are now being accepted. And shopping will be encouraged on the 31st as well. Please contact the Well Baby Center for more information.

3300 Block of Cabrillo Blvd, Mar Vista 90066

This time of year, there’s so much to do and so little time to do it. Chrysalis to the rescue! Chrysalis can provide workers on a temporary basis to help out around your business or home.

Chrysalis is a nonprofit organization “dedicated to creating a pathway to self-sufficiency for homeless and low-income individuals by providing the resources and support needed to find and retain employment.”

Please contact Chrysalis for more information. They’re such a great organization!