JMh - Anaheim (DBA Love Anaheim)

The Mission of JMh - Anaheim Foundation, Inc. is developing relationships and bridges to spread goodness and to meet needs.
The Mission of Love Anaheim is spreading goodness, meeting needs and spreading kindness.
JMh / Love Anaheim is a multi-sector Service Project Movement with the goal of loving and serving Anaheim. It features several Service Project Events that match willing leaders, volunteers, and funding to accomplish a wide range of need-based projects. The JMh / Love Anaheim Movement will add goodness, compassion, and kindness across the City of Anaheim through the various Faith Based Groups, non-profits, school districts, businesses, service organizations, sports groups, neighborhoods, city departments, residents, and guests all working together for the common good of Anaheim.

JMh - Anaheim Foundation, Inc. was founded in 2013 as a Public Benefit Charity organization 501(c)3. The name JMh stands for Justice, Mercy, and humility. JMh - Anaheim is a unique Non-Profit Organization whose mission is to provide community-based services that include general family resources, community engagement & resiliency platforms, educational opportunities, educational enrichment, values education, as well as anti-graffiti and other community enhancement systems. In addition, JMh-Anaheim will work towards Identifying, Engaging, Equipping, Resourcing, and Supporting community leaders in the greater Anaheim community so they may take ownership as residents and therefore improve their neighborhoods, inspiring a better quality of life throughout the city. The main strategy of JMh-Anaheim will be to provide a "bridge of connect" between civic institutions, public institutions, businesses, service organizations, non-profits, and faith-based organizations so that, together, the greatest good can be accomplished in the local community. We believe the sky is the limit for goodness if a synergy of trust, responsibility, and cooperation is engaged in order to serve the best interests of the target areas.
Love Anaheim was launched in 2016 as a Service Project Platform with the goal of loving and serving Anaheim by "Spreading Goodness, Meeting Needs, and Demonstrating Kindness."

JMh – Anaheim / Love Anaheim Year Review 2023

HARNESSING GOODNESS and PROMOTING COLLABORATION in 2023. LINKING leaders, volunteers, and funding to accomplish a wide range of need-based projects. SERVING across all city sectors to "Spread Goodness, Meet Needs and Demonstrate Kindness” for one common good.
• Mobilized 3300 Volunteers in 2023 across Anaheim.
• Distributed 28,000 “touchpoints” (small gifts that say, “you matter, we care about you!”).
• Served over 14,868 families in support of 7 ongoing Food Pantries.
• Served 302 Homeless individuals through our Better Way Anaheim “Pathway to Work” Program.
• Served over 50 Seniors with encouragement, yard work and activities.
• Assembled thousands of food bags, hygiene bags, goodie bags, gift baskets and other resources to meet needs and encourage those needing a special touch
• Remained available and flexible to serve those in need
• Stewarded over 300,000 in grant funds to meet resource insecurities in individuals and families.

The city of Anaheim was founded in 1857.

Volunteerism: Our Love Anaheim volunteer platform includes a website where any citizen can post a project/need or volunteer to fill the project/need of another. Community Events and Food Pantries also offer regular volunteer opportunities.

Homeless Individuals: Our Better Way Anaheim (BWA) Pathway to Work for Homeless Program began in 2017. The City of Anaheim has several service providing partners to assist those experiencing homelessness. JMh-Love Anaheim partners with the City of Anaheim through a program Better Way Anaheim, "A Pathway to work for Homeless". BWA is an innovative program offering voluntary community service projects and employment for those who are experiencing homelessness. BWA provides basic work experience as well as access to additional services to help end homelessness.
https://www.betterwayanaheim.org/

Food Insecurity: Recently, The Anaheim Food Pantry Network (AFPN) expanded from its current five food Pantry distributions to add the Choice Market Truck, our mobile arm, partnership with the City of Anaheim, and the Samueli Foundation starting in September, 2023. The Choice Market Truck visits each of the 34 high need neighborhoods identified by the City.

Anaheim, California

"I find it rewarding to serve the City of Anaheim and Orange County with our mission of developing relationships and bridges, spreading goodness and meeting needs." - Nathan Zug