LONG BEACH, Calif. – Employees of LBS Financial Credit Union’s Electronic Services Department led a program this holiday season to collect food and clothing donations for the Long Beach Rescue Mission and the WomenShelter of Long Beach.
Eighteen cases of food items and four 50 gallon bins filled with clothing for men and women and were donated to the Long Beach Rescue Mission as a result of the collection from employees of the credit union. Another four 50 gallon bins of clothing will be delivered to the WomenShelter in early January.
LBS Financial has worked with the Long Beach Rescue Mission for several years, paying employees’ volunteer hours as part of their LBS CARES Program to serve food to their residents and guests and even organizing their stock room. The credit union also selected the Long Beach Rescue Mission in December 2016 and the WomenShelter of Long Beach in 2015 as organizations to receive hundreds of toys donated by employees at their holiday breakfast.
“All of us at LBS Financial have been touched by the great work that both the Long Rescue Mission and the WomenShelter of Long Beach do for our community,” said Jennifer Trejo, vice president of electronic services for LBS Financial Credit Union. “Our team wanted to make a difference in helping people experiencing homelessness and financial need, and the Long Beach Rescue Mission and the WomenShelter came to mind immediately as a way we could partner and make a difference.”