Today for Saint Patrick’s Day we are excited to launch “Share Your Luck Week” to highlight several ways you can give your time, talent or treasure to support our mission to prevent and alleviate the suffering of homelessness throughout San Diego County.
And because our Irish co-founders match all donations up to $1.5 million per year, we are being extra aspirational in encouraging you to share your luck and follow their lead to aid the less fortunate.
As such, if you are not yet a Lucky Duck Foundation donor, we are proposing a friendly challenge to “share your luck” by committing to support our efforts at one of the levels listed below.
Become a member of the Lucky Duck Coffee Club, a program where individuals and companies can purchase premium grade coffee where at least 30% of the purchase price will directly support LDF’s many programs. Individuals and companies are encouraged to purchase coffee that will prevent and reduce homelessness.
Submit your feedback on local efforts to address homelessness. Our Shamrocks & Shipwrecks scoring system holds San Diego County’s cities and elected leaders accountable by showcasing what is working so it can be replicated, and what is not working so it can be corrected or avoided. Strong actions that drive progress earn “Shamrocks,” while ineffectiveness and inaction earn “Shipwrecks.”
Be A Friend-Impact A Life is a step by step program designed to train and activate volunteers through service organizations to positively impact the lives of individuals experiencing homelessness through the power of friendship.
Through the Be A Friend program, you will be paired with a friend who is at risk of or experiencing homelessness so that they can feel heard, valued and understood, and through the power of friendship, live a life they desire.
The Lucky Duck Foundation’s Legacy Society honors everyone who has included the Lucky Duck Foundation in their estate plan.
You are entitled to be a member if you have included the Lucky Duck Foundation as a beneficiary in any of the following:
This includes the 325-bed bridge shelter in downtown San Diego for single adults and the Rosecrans bridge shelter which provides 150 emergency shelter beds. Volunteers can help the Alpha Project by organizing donation drives for items in need at the shelters, such as hygiene items, linens, clothes, shoes, blankets and bottled water.
“Our youth are extremely grateful for the employment opportunity provided to them at Timmy’s Place. Public support of the pizzeria, and especially the catering and print businesses, are instrumental in employing them while also ‘teaching them to fish.’”
– Eric Lovett, Founder & CEO, Urban Street Angels
Since May 2020, our Food & Water initiative has delivered more than 2 million meals to unsheltered neighbors in San Diego County. Volunteers help by putting together meal kits in an assembly line, sorting and loading boxes of food & water.
We host two annual fundraising events: the Spring Swing golf tournament (May 19) and the Showcase Soirée, an entertaining variety show meant to be unlike any other fundraising event (fall date TBD).
Sponsorship opportunities are detailed here. To discuss further, please email Events@LuckyDuckFoundation.org.
Personal or corporate checks can be made out to:
The Lucky Duck Foundation
5675 Ruffin Road, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92123
Strategies to save big on taxes, such as Charitable Remainder Trusts, bundled donations, and donations of appreciated stock, IRA, real estate, and estates.
Leave a lasting legacy by including the Lucky Duck Foundation in your estate planning.
There are many ways your organization can get involved and support community giving and volunteering.
We offer turnkey peer-to-peer fundraising so you can create your own fundraising page and invite your friends and family to support the Lucky Duck Foundation and its programs.
We’ve partnered with LNDRY, a premier laundry service in San Diego, to pick up your gently used clothes donation (for free!) to help homeless employment and education-seekers look and feel their best!
Enjoy premium craft coffee with a purpose. Our coffee partner, Tower Roasting Co., provides 100% organic fair trade coffee while helping to prevent and reduce homelessness in San Diego by donating 30% of every sale.
Our “Shamrocks & Shipwrecks” scoring system publicly highlights tangible, positive action and calls out shortcomings of elected leaders for addressing homelessness throughout San Diego County.
Join our newsletter to stay informed about the Lucky Duck Foundation’s programs and to see how your donations are making a difference.
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