Operating Needs
Charitable Contributions Cover 60% of the Operating Budget
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The cost of caring for the elderly in a manner respectful of their dignity far exceeds the income received from the Residents' pensions, Social Security and Medicaid.
Each year we must raise over 60% of our operating costs.
To cover this constant deficit and to make necessary facility repairs, we rely on your generosity.
We pray daily that you will join our family of benefactors and share the joy of caring for the needy aged. As Little Sisters of the Poor we devote our lives to making the elderly happy, but we cannot do it alone.
Blessed Jeanne Jugan, our Congregation's foundress, went out begging each day to provide for the needs of the elderly who she welcomed into her home.
Just like her we live from donation to donation, counting on the charity of benefactors who sustain our mission to be here day and night caring for our Residents.
We rely completely on Divine Providence, having been instructed by Blessed Jeanne Jugan to avoid an endowment.
To make a gift see "Making a Contribution".
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Capital Needs
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Capital Projects
Replacing our heating and hot water system became an emergency project in late 2009. Our thirty year old boilers and hot water tank were beyond repair. One boiler had already failed while the remainder did double duty. The project took on added urgency when the hot water tank sprung a leak.
Heat is a critical factor to the comfort of the elderly Residents. Because the Home is located so near the ocean the climate is cool and the boilers run year around. Hot water circulates throughout the Home in a continuous-flow system providing heat for the radiators and hot water for the sinks and restrooms.
The new system is operating successfully with the final backup unit soon to be installed. Overall the system offers lower energy consumption, greater temperature control, and lower emissions for improved air quality.
We have raised $187,000 toward the budget of $310,000. Because this expense is beyond normal operating costs, your support is greatly appreciated. Please help the Little Sisters by making a donation.
Click Here, for a copy of our Circle of Friends Annual Appeal for this project.
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Thank you for the success of our Medical Suite and Convent Capital Campaign.
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| In 2004, we began a capital campaign to remodel our facilities to include a Medical Wing and Convent Wing. In total $4,500,000 was raised. The Fritz B. Burns Medical Wing opened on March 19, 2006. The St. Ann's Convent and the adjoining Mary Garden were dedicated on July 26, 2008. |
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Back: Sr. Caroline, Sr. Mary Anthony, Mother Paul, Sr. Maria Gudalupe, Sr. Clotilde
Front: Sr. Genevieve, Sr. Maurene, Sr. Michael, Sr. Winefrid
If God is with us, it will be accomplished."
Blessed Jeanne Jugan
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St. Ann's Convent is Dedicated
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ST. ANN'S CONVENT DEDICATED ON 07/26/2008: Bishop Alexander Salazar, Mother Provincial Maria Christine, Mother Marguerite, Father John Provenza (Pastor of Mary Star of the Sea) and Father Brian Nunes (Associate at Mary Star)
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Fritz B. Burns Medical Wing
is Dedicated
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MEDICAL WING DEDICATION ON 3/19/2006: Bishop Joseph Sartoris; Dr. Peter Sliskovich, Medical Director; Mother Marguerite; Sr. Clotilde; Ken Skinner, Fritz B. Burns Fdn. V.P.; Joe Nally, LSP Advisory Board Pres.
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Making a Contribution
Click Here for Gift Form
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Unsolicited Gifts
Unsolicited gifts are welcome throughout the year. Checks payable to "Little Sisters of the Poor" may be mailed to our address:
Jeanne Jugan Residence
2100 S. Western Ave.
San Pedro, CA 90732
Solicited Gifts
There a number of appeals to help with your gift giving.
Remembrance Gifts
You may wish to remember someone with a special card. Contact the development office for a set of free cards:
  
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In Sympathy
- Special Occasion
- A Spiritual Bouguet
- NEW! Get Well (not pictured)
Gifts to the Capital Campaign
A gift can be made to the Capital Campaign by cash, check, stocks, bonds or other liquid assets. Check are payable to "Little Sisters of the Poor Building Fund"
A pledge can be made to the Capital Campaign and be paid annually, semi-annually, or quarterly over a period of one to three years.
Please call the Development Office at 310-548-0625 or email us at dvsanpedro@littlesistersofthepoor.org for more information. |
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Contact Us
for direct email.
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Wills and Bequests
Gift Giving Through Your Estate
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Bequests have been one of the most meaningful sources of funds for the ministry of the Little Sisters of the Poor.
Through the foresight and generosity of others, the Little Sisters have been blessed to continue their work with the aged.
As you look ahead, please consider a bequest to the Little Sisters of the Poor.
Estate gifts can be made through a variety of vehicles: your Will, a Living Trust, a Charitable Remainder Trust, a life insurance beneficiary, a retirement plan beneficiary to mention the most common.
The simplest way to designate a gift is by stating:
"I give to the Little Sister of the Poor of Los Angeles to be used at their discretion, the following gift.
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The residual of my estate (after other gifts)
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The specific stock, property, policy or asset.
Remember there may be tax benefits that come from your gift, such as a deduction from income tax, avoidance of capital gain tax, and avoidance of estate tax.
Planning ahead can benefit you as well as the work of the Little Sisters.
If you plan a gift to the Little Sisters of the Poor of Los Angeles, we welcome you to confidentially notify us so we might express our gratitude in your lifetime.
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Our Prayers and Gratitude
Your Intentions are in our Prayers
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Jeanne Jugan always spoke of "our dear benefactors" to the novices who noticed her enthusiastic admiration for these special members of her religious family.
"She told me to thank our benefactors warmly, and that she had not forgotten all that they had done for our dear poor," related one young professed.
Jeanne Jugan had deep faith toward the benefactors who did and would support their Homes.
"What gratitude we owe them! What could we do without them for our dear old people? Let us pray very hard for their intentions," she would say.
The imprint of Jeanne Jugan's faith and gratitude is carried deeply in the heart of every Little Sister who follows her example and encouragement.
"My little ones, we must not merely promise to pray for our benefactors, we must truly pray for them afterwards," she directed.
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