Founded in 1970, Sunnyvale Community Services is an independent, nonprofit emergency assistance agency. Our mission is to prevent homelessness and hunger for low-income families and seniors facing temporary crises. We provide financial aid, food, and other support that prevents larger problems with more expensive solutions.

Emergency Assistance
To prevent homelessness and hunger for low-income families and seniors facing temporary crises:

• Financial help to prevent evictions and utility disconnections, to pay medical and other critical bills
• Financial aid to help working homeless families regain permanent housing when they have sufficient income to pay monthly bills but not enough for all the required deposits
• Monthly food programs for families and seniors
• Kids’ Summer Food program, providing more food to low-income families whose children rely on free school breakfasts and lunches during the school year
• Emergency food bags (sponsored by Sunnyvale FISH)
• Community Christmas Center affording low-income families the dignity of selecting a two-week supply of food, toys and gifts for infants through teens, and a gift for every household (towels, blankets, basic kitchen items)
• Clothes Closet (run by Sunnyvale FISH)
• Information and referral services

Chinese Seniors Club of Santa Clara Valley
Sponsored by SCS, offering a wide variety of social, educational, and cultural activities

Rotary Club of Sunnyvale & Homestead High Interact volunteers pack hundreds of bags for the Thanksgiving distribution


Chinese Seniors Club


Volunteer Bert Mertz, the “Two-fer Lady,” who donates the second item from “buy one/get one free” sales