SUPPORTING SAN DIEGO'S MILITARY FAMILIES

San Diego Military Outreach Ministries (SDMOM) has a long tradition of serving military families beginning in World War Two. In 1968 this outreach service was managed by the Presbytery of San Diego. Beginning in January 2006, San Diego Military Outreach Ministries was incorporated as a separate  ecumenical public charity. Supported by churches, businesses, service organizations, military and their families, and private donors, we provide helping services to enlisted military families (rates E-5 and below) and families of deployed and injured service members in San Diego County in the thirteen military installations south of Camp Pendleton. We serve families of all faiths. Endorsed by the Ecumenical Council.

With several hundred thousand service members and with more than 20,000 military families in San Diego, SDMOM is busy helping with urgent needs, personal caring and household and food assistance as we provide :

Seven  food distributions each month in military housing and other locations; Hundreds of food bags were distributed with gift certificate for a turkey for Thanksgiving to military families (rates E-5 and below).

Eight, day-old, bread and pastry distributions per week;

A warehouse open three days a week giving household goods, furniture, children's and infants supplies and equipment (rates E-5 and below);

Special events on holidays and other dates - Referrals for special needs; assist families of wounded warriors

Networking and personal caring for families - Baby showers and new mom visits.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

We are fully dependent on your donations to fund our operating budget.

SDMOM is a member of Local Independent Charities of America.

To contribute by credit card, click on:  www.givedirect.org/give/givefrm.asp?CID=8660 ,fill in the information  for Make a Donation and send. You will receive a receipt and acknowledgment. Courtesy of Local Independent Charities of America (by GiveDirect).

Financial contributions to fund our operations costs and food purchases can be mailed directly to SDMOM at :

San Diego Military Outreach Ministries, P.O. Box 4259, La Mesa, CA 91944-4259.

Please be sure to make all checks out to San Diego Military Outreach Ministries or just to SDMOM. All contributions are tax deductible and will be acknowledged with a letter and a receipt.  

SDMOM is rated one of the BEST in AMERICA by Independent Charities of America

On May 14th, Dr. Jill Biden (wife of the vice president) met at North Island Naval Air Station with military families and helping agencies including SDMOM Director, Babara Chavez (photo below):

This outreach provides San Diegans a practical way to lift some of the burdens on our military families and a meaningful way to say thank you for their sacrifices in service to our country. Your Donations and participation as volunteers enable this ministry to provide more than sixty activities a month in service to these families (rates E-5 and below).

Serving families of wounded service members and supporting our wounded at Naval Hospital San Diego:

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