I dropped freshly laundered clothes off, several of the homeless women thanked me for thinking of…read morethem. There was quite a bit of laughter as they'd assumed I was homeless myself when they saw me enter with a big bag of clothes.

Gathering for Women is an amazing place. I would have lost all hope if I hadn't found them. I've…read moreexperienced such kindness and compassion here. I've felt human again. Iy means d everything to be treated so well as a homeless person. GFW understands exactly what homeless women need. From feminine hygiene products to clothes, laundry vouchers to gas/trans vouchers -- their resources keep you alive and WELL. The social workers are amazing and tapped into every resource in Monterey County. You won't find a better group of people anywhere. The weekly luncheon on Tuesdays, offsite in Carmel, is a wonderful networking opportunity and a beautiful event I look forward to. Here is some information from their website: Gathering for Women is a caring community... Where homeless women can get a hot meal, free clothing and some limited emergency assistance. Where health, mental health, and other service providers can connect with homeless women to offer them help. Where homeless women can learn how to keep themselves safe and health. Where the community can learn from homeless women about what they need. Where housing providers can connect with, screen, and place women into permanent housing. Mission: Supporting the Homeless and Hungry Vision: Our vision is that the homeless and hungry have a place on the Monterey Peninsula where they can access food, clothing, a caring community, and connections to resources and services. Values: Hope Empowerment Advocacy Respect Transparency Gathering for Women also operates a Food Pantry for All that is open three days a week and provides basic food staples to all hungry people on the Monterey Peninsula. Our Locations Service Center 187 El Dorado, Suite D Monterey, CA 93940 831-241-6154 Monday-Wednesday-Friday 10 AM- 2 PM Resources, Clothing, Personal Care Items, Limited emergency assistance Serving homeless women UUCMP 490 Aguajito Road Carmel, CA 92923 Tuesdays 11:30 AM- 1:30 PM Luncheon for homeless women Pantry for All 580 Fremont Monterey, CA 93940 Sunday-Tuesday- Friday 1:30 PM- 3:00 PM Nonperishable food for anyone in need Donation Drop Off 490 Aguajito Road (UUCMP) Carmel, CA 93923 Tuesdays 9:30 AM- 12:30 PM Gently used and clean ladies clothing Personal care/sanitary items Who We Are Gathering for Women is a refuge for homeless women on the Monterey Peninsula. We operate three locations offering a variety of services. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays we provide services designed to reduce immediate harm and help homeless women transition out of homelessness, such as clothing, personal care items, case management, comprehensive resource support, limited emergency assistance, education to promote their health and safety, and connections to community service providers. Every Tuesday we provide homeless women with a caring community and a hot nutritious meal. On Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays we provide nonperishable food for anyone in need. Everyday we are working towards a permanent facility to consolidate our program into a drop-in Day Center with one-stop for resources serving homeless women on the Monterey Peninsula. Our Goal To provide the resources that will promote health, safety, and housing readiness among our women guests. Our hope is that every homeless woman will eventually be housed with appropriate supportive services.

There is plenty of help for women and families. I was 21, fresh out of jail, homeless, and no one…read morehelps single men. Then I found Victory Mission. They gave me compassion and a place to sleep until I could crawl, then walk, then run on my own. Though it has been many years since they helped me, I would not be where I am today without their help.

This place helped me get my life back in order I could afford to move into my own house. I lived on…read morethe 2nd floor in sober living housing It was ok but it's run down. All the paint in the world can't change the fact that the building needs to go like so many others on Soledad st already have. Bottom line, don't live here unless it's the option you got left. Not a safe block of town. Hasn't been for years.

Greatest new place to give your time and share your spare time to a very worthy cause and make new…read morelike minded friends.

muchas gracias hacen muy buen trabajo buena ayuda especielmente para las personas mayores de edadread more

This organization shone through from all the legal and volunteer routes in Monterey County. they…read morecalled back to help on my Medicare issue, and i spent 75 minutes with a lady called Moncerat at their office in Salinas. Moncerat was a class act - competent, calming, knowledgable and very effective. Both issues were quickly understood by her, and she set me up to be able to complete the solution. i cannot speak highly enough of her, or of any organization employing someone like her, as well as having 14 volunteers ready to stand by and help seniors. i would definitely advise any senior with an issue to jump in and seek help here.

Please, check out the services available: if you are a senior or a senior caregiver. I took care…read moreof my mother and learned a lot, about what is available. Help is out there. Senior centers and city social centers have very helpful resources, too. Reach out to, seek assistance, seek information: take care of yourself and families. Best wishes for a wonderful new year!

Super cute and organized love all the furniture there bought a coffee table for 40 bucksread more

Lots of inventory, reasonably priced, and the manager, Jonathan is very kind and helpful! It was my…read morefirst time and he helped me through the whole process and loaded my car for me. Thank you Jonathan and team!

Very cool that there is this support organization to assist, Veterans in need. A food pantry is on…read moresite. They are now operating Last Chance Mercantile re-cycling center, at the Marina waste management center (dump). The funds raised are used to run this non profit. Donations are no longer accepted at the offices, across from Montage: only at waste management further north. I donate anything that can be re-cycled.So many good nonprofits. Please re-cycle, but not the end of driveway "free" way: extremely trashy, offensive, ugly! Thank you kindly!

VNA provided care for my brother and tried to communicate with his wife who is experiencing…read moremoderate to severe cognitive difficulties. She felt that they should have been providing care to her, which was not their job and was extremely resentful of them most of the time. My brother and sister-in-law are difficult to deal with and I do genuinely appreciate the patience and consideration of the Hospice staff. Apparently, after asking me to contact his health care providers regarding his care, he would turn around and remove me from the approved guest list. I am revising my earlier reward and updating my rating for VNA Hospice to a 5/5 stars for their patience and understanding.

I had two of my clients husband and wife on Hospice and the care was AMAZING if we had any issue…read moretheir care team so amazing. Ruben the patient Coordinator in the office was working a night shift and my patients oxygen machine part broke I called and the answering service connected me to him after 8pm and he delivered the part to my clients home. That is service! I will always refer my clients family to pick VNA for their home care and hospice needs. Thank you for all you people do. Ohhh Michael the supply person is so awesome as well in getting orders sent out.

Absolutely horrible experience. I spent over an hour and a half being sent to multiple vacant,…read moreabandoned, sketchy, and incorrect locations all over Santa Cruz and Capitola for a scheduled tattoo removal consultation appointment -- while nobody from this organization ever once called me, checked on me, helped me, or seemed to care that I was completely lost despite having a confirmed appointment. For anyone else trying to figure out where this company is actually located or giving them the benefit of the doubt, these are the exact addresses I was sent to during this ordeal that were NOT the correct location: * 2130 Mission Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95065 * 2130 Mission St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 * 2045 40th Ave, Capitola, CA 95010 * 610 Frederick St, Santa Cruz, CA 95062 Even after going to all of these locations, I still have no idea where their actual operating location is. The organization is listed as Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Monterey, which makes this entire experience even more disappointing considering the complete lack of communication, professionalism, accountability, and compassion I experienced throughout this ordeal. I drove up from Monterey and arrived at my original appointment location exactly on time only to find a completely empty, dilapidated building still covered in this organization's signage and logos. A security guard informed me they had apparently packed up and left some time ago. No notice. No updated instructions. No email. No phone call. I then found another address associated with them and drove there, only to end up at what appeared to be a run-down motel and abandoned medical building. When I called, they gave me yet another address: 2130 Mission Street in Santa Cruz. After fighting traffic and driving another half hour, I arrived there only to discover it was the wrong location AGAIN -- next to a Burger King and smoke shop. When I called back, they casually informed me it was actually Mission DRIVE, not Mission STREET. So I drove all the way back toward Capitola, only for the address to lead me to what looked like a junkyard. Every single time I called, staff transferred me to "Victoria," supposedly the person in charge of the program, but it ALWAYS immediately went to voicemail. Nobody else would help me. Nobody would verify the address themselves. Nobody apologized. Nobody took accountability. They simply kept passing me off onto voicemail instead of helping a client who was actively driving around trying to locate her scheduled appointment. The most unbelievable part is that during this entire ordeal -- over an hour and a half of driving around lost -- not a single person from this organization ever called me. Not once. Nobody checked to see where I was. Nobody followed up after repeated calls. Nobody cared that a client with an appointment was being bounced around multiple abandoned locations. After wasting nearly half a tank of gas and sitting through heavy traffic all afternoon, I finally called requesting the name of a supervisor or someone above Victoria so I could file a formal complaint. Suddenly, for the first time all day, they stopped answering the phone altogether. At that point it became very obvious they were avoiding me. I left multiple voicemails and still have not received a single apology or follow-up. Based on my experience, I absolutely do NOT recommend this organization. At best, it is severely disorganized and negligent. At worst, the entire situation felt incredibly sketchy and misleading. I wasted an entire day, money on gas, and dealt with unnecessary stress and frustration because this organization apparently cannot manage something as basic as giving clients the correct address for scheduled appointments. Completely unacceptable.

Catholic Charities are able to help a ratio of 1 out of 10 asking for support (4,000 called)…read morethrough the donations of foundations and organizations. Migrant farm workers tried to repay us with vegetables after receiving canned goods and shelf-stable food. Volunteering through the diocese took me to the parishes of Cristo Rey, Holy Trinity, John the Baptist, and Our Lady of Assumption. We distributed cotton face masks as well as grocery gift cards. Workers laid off from local agriculture and hospitality industries may apply for aid by filling out a form to determine need.