You drive right up, and guys are waiting to help you unload. You'll have a receipt, if you want one, and be on your way in no time. Unless you cruise around OC with much-needed items, such as hygiene kits or food, and personally hand them over to any homeless persons you encounter, donating to the Orange County Rescue Mission is the most direct way to help people who are living on the street, a third of which are children. Yes, children. So shop in your own cupboards for soups and PB&J, or go shopping for child or adult diapers, undergarments, sunscreen and all kinds of other “urgent needs” items you can read about on the website, then deliver them. If you have no time at all, you can donate money because 81 cents of each dollar goes to helping the homeless, starting with meals served. From that connection, hopefully, the good people at the Mission can go on to provide other crucial assistance with safe shelter or medical attention. So give some hope, why don't you?
