| write to announce the conclusion of Supply Skid Row and inform you that we had great success in making a positive impact! This began as a short-term effort to provide supplies to unhoused communi- ties in LA while businesses were closed due to COVID-19. Housing instability is an issue close to my heart. Personally, homelessness and addiction have impacted my family. Professionally, | helped support and evaluate a Housing First program in Camden, NJ, which used housing as medicine, prior to law school. With my background in community health, prevention of COVID-19 in Skid Row was one of my first concerns when the shelter-in-place orders started rolling out. | wondered among other things, how do you shelter-in-place with no shelter? Where do you wash your hands with no public restrooms? How do you get updates about recommended é NN safety precautions that change almost daily with no internet or radio? The answers to these questions were obvious: you don’t. So, | set out with limited resources to see how | could help ensure that our unhoused neighbors were not overlooked victims in the pandemic. Fortunate- ly, LA has many savvy service providers and activists who were already mo- izing to respond. | took my cues from them in designing supply kits and identifying distribution locations. When | first started fundraising, | hoped to raise a few hundred dollars to cover 100 supply kits and send a couple of -® boxes of supplies to a soup kitchen. | was stunned by the generosity of my friends, family, and USC community.TOGETHER, WE RAISED $2,621.05! The success of this project was entirely due to our collective efforts, and | cannot thank you enough! We funded the distribution of the following supplies and more over 10 weeks to 5 locations: CUR Ma EDN Mem oe eR Ua NHTSA Pea eee Raa nl OOO is SOAP DEODORANT TOOTHBRUSH TISSUES TYLENOL BABY WIPES LOTION RAZOR NAIL CLIPPERS GLOVES oe 7 2 (| fo) CT) LTA) v0 PVA SUS EET = TS ary y ee Tae iA) lim RAMEN, RAISINS, MINI CANDY BAR, APPLE SAUCE, EL TT SSms at) ANTS a) BOTTLES OF 10% y Nh ra A> etaRAMPA HIS LLA PINOTOWN: CHINATOWN A Plaza de Cultura vSASL sa ON OS LA'S HOUSING UNSTABLE COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING: ee eR CSU aa SD OH GLADYS AVE ~ FRED JORDAN MISSIONS AT STH ST AND TOWNE AVE meena aL tesa tl Set) CEE ete PAR UCU RS CU TPR UL SOT AE See @ eC URIS Bla Seer aaa Ug Laie UCT M NTO A0) sala) See ER UTITSL Se CASS CNA OE TUMTHE RECIPIENTS OF THE SUPPLIES WERE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR GENEROSITY, AND EVEN MORE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LOVE. ONE YOUNG WOMAN WHO RECENTLY BECAME HOMELESS AFTER FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WHO | VISITED WEEKLY HAD THIS MESSAGE FOR YOU ALL: a, SVC ws Wp No oS OTe SO HUGH Yay, Le on a aa an THER SNE RSs GUYS Give Vay, RW) MW 7 5 we ig 4S REAL NN Nea ae is AW ONS Sa na AeA Uf EOPLE Ad Fy . TN | WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT: ~ AMANDA SCHAFER (SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION) ~ ANEIL RYAN PRASAD (KIT ASSEMBLY AND SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION) ~ CARSON DODD (SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION) ~ HELEN YOU (SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION) ~ KEVIN CALL (SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION) ~ KRISHA MAE CABRERA (GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR THIS LETTER) ~ KYLE RAMEY (KIT ASSEMBLY AND SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION) ~ LESLIE RIDGEWAY (USC GOULD NEWS COVERAGE)1AM SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR' GENEROSITY, COMPASSION, AND TRUST! eae RICCA PRASAD