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Join us in meeting the basic physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the unhoused and food insecure…and see lives transformed!

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YOU CAN HELP

Over 120,000 people experience homelessness
every night in LA County and the SF Valley

New Friends Homeless Centers are independently operated and funded by local volunteers and sponsors; therefore, we need your help to successfully provide hot meals, clothing and hygiene kits to those in need. Please join us!

Join us in spreading hope, unconditional love and encouragement to our guests who are experiencing homelessness. Volunteer or make a donation.

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TESTIMONIALS

“New Friends Homeless Center means hope. When I come here, I’m encouraged. They let you know that you’re not alone. They care about you and they care about your needs too.”

— Guest, Dan at Encino location

“I feel good coming to this special place because it feels like a home I haven’t had in a long time. It makes me want to be a better person.”

— Guest at Woodland Hills location, Friday

“Volunteering at New Friends has changed my life. It’s a great way to give back to the community and to deposit hope to those in need through serving, being compassionate, showing respect.”

— Volunteer, Ann at Encino location

“We’re living on food stamps. These meals are the best meals we get all week. It gets me away from the stress of everything that I am going through and I love all the people here...I’m getting all emotional talking about it. I can’t thank New Friends enough for all they do.”

— Guest, Kelly Ozane shares how New Friends has changed her life

“I’ve been living in my car for years and was losing hope. New Friends has helped me stay encouraged and to keep pressing on. I am now off the streets and have a place to live. I now have work. I couldn’t have done it without New Friends. Pastor April is a blessing.”

— Guest at Encino location, Sunday

No one should ever go hungry or feel alone,
and all deserve to be treated with
love, dignity, and respect.

About New Friends Homeless Center

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Healing Hearts Physically And Spiritually Worldwide.

New Friends Homeless Center was first conceived in 2010 when Pastor April Belt witnessed first hand the need for resources for the growing homeless population in her neighborhood of Woodland Hills, CA.

On Thanksgiving day she stopped to give food and to talk with a homeless man. He shared that he used to live in downtown LA on Skid Row. Since it was so dangerous, he felt the need to move to a safer area in the San Fernando Valley. Unlike Skid Row where shelters, medical and treatment clinics are found centrally located within several square miles of the city, he was finding that resources in the San Fernando Valley for the homeless community were scarcely available. It was increasingly hard to find a free meal. The encounter profoundly impacted Pastor April and sent her on a journey to fulfill a basic need of feeding the many homeless within her community of Woodland Hills.

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