The City of Palmdale and SAVES gratefully acknowledge the following supporters and contributors:

Antelope Valley Transit Authority South Antelope Valley Emergency Services Assistance League of Antelope Valley Boeing Employees’ Community Fund City of Palmdale Employees Curves for Women Kiwanis Club National Association of Letter Carriers Northrop Grumman Corporation Cinemark Movies Antelope Valley Mall Palmdale Lions Club Palmdale Moose Lodge #507 Plaza Donuts Ralphs/Food 4 Less Southern California Edison-Antelope Valley Spudnuts Donuts - Avenue K Trader Joe’s How to Get Assistance United States Marine Corps/Toys for Tots United Way of Greater Los Angeles-Antelope Valley SAVES is open Monday through Thursday, Vallarta Supermarkets 8 am-5 pm. Call 661/267-5191 during business hours. Walmart - East & West A 24-hour emergency phone service is Waste Management of Antelope Valley Helping People in Need available after business hours. Clients may with Care and Compassion leave a message with their name, telephone number and brief explanation of the emergency situation. South Antelope Valley Emergency Services Walk-in Service is Available 1002 East Ave. Q-12 • Palmdale, CA 93550 Food: 8 am-5 pm, Monday-Thursday 661/267-5191 Extra Helpings: 3:30-5 pm, Monday-Thursday www.cityofpalmdale.org/residents/SAVES REVISED 02/15/17 A Practical & Caring Approach to Serving People in Need

South Antelope Valley Emergency Services SAVES provides seasonal assistance How does the SAVES program operate? (SAVES) provides a practical and caring • Back to School Supplies (July) SAVES is a City of Palmdale program. The City’s approach to serving people in need. The SAVES • Birthday Cake and Gift program was started in 1983 to offer assistance Community Development Block Grant funds the • Holiday Food Baskets (November and overhead, salaries of a coordinator and an assistant, to individuals and families who are experiencing December) and day-to-day operating costs. a temporary emergency situation. Documents required Food is provided by federal programs and the Who receives assistance? contributions of local markets and stores. SAVES 1. Current proof of income (within the past 30 donates extra food to local senior centers, sober To qualify a person must be experiencing days) for each household member: living homes and other food assistance programs. circumstances that fall within federal program • Work check stubs guidelines. These circumstances might include: • Last two unemployment payment stubs or Corporate donations welcome • Recent job loss or substantial cut in salary current readout of benefits • Late-arriving aid check 2. Proof of address, with one of the following: Additional support for SAVES is provided by • Awaiting approval of benefits • Current gas or electric bill in the name of an private and corporate donations, and funding • Benefits exhausted or cut off adult living in the household from other government agencies. SAVES • Awaiting unemployment, state • Rental/lease agreement appreciates its faithful corps of disability payments, or other form of volunteers who assist paid staff 3. Valid identification forall adults in the financial assistance such as Workers’ in a variety of ways. Donations household: Compensation or Social Security benefits. may be made through the • Social Security card and valid photo Palmdale Community Clients must present proof of their circumstances or or valid passport Foundation, a 501(c)(3) show proof of income status to qualify. CalWorks or • ONE of the following needed for all minor organization. general relief clients also qualify. children in the household : To make a donation, SAVES helps low-income • Birth certificate to volunteer, or to learn people in need by providing: • Medi-Cal card more about the City of • Valid passport • Food Palmdale SAVES program, • Motel Vouchers please call 661/267-5191. • Senior Food Program