The Rubicon Project exceeded many goals last year but the most inspiring of them all has to be our Food and Clothing Drive last holiday season. We set a goal of donating 3500 items to the Dream Center, a non-profit outreach, and our team responded to that challenge by bringing 5x the amount: 17,372 pieces of clothing, packaged food and household necessities.

We hope that our contributions help the Dream Center’s mission to provide food, clothing, shelter, and life rehabilitation to the struggling in impoverished areas. Their Mobile Food Truck delivers groceries to 26 different low-income neighborhoods in Los Angeles each week. In May 2008, the Rubicon team spent an afternoon bagging groceries and items for the Dream Center’s food truck—and thus began our love affair with the organization.

The Dream Center protects and motivates the youth of Los Angeles through many campaigns. Project Prevention delivers food, baby supplies, toiletries, cleaning supplies, furniture and beds to families that are at risk of losing their children to foster care because of poverty. Metro Kids mentors young minds to think positively and encourages young people to find their talents and abilities and pursue their dreams.

We love working with the Dream Center because of the opportunities to attend to the various needs of our community. Whether we want to focus on sheltering the homeless, rehabilitating the sick or inspiring our youth, the Dream Center aids many different groups. For ways you can get involved, go to http://www.dreamcenter.org.