Outreach to Others
Loving and serving others is a central focus at Foothills, and we help people in need in our community and beyond. Our Outreach Endowment Fund empowers us to leverage our member's generosity by financially supporting partner agencies and organizations (see list below). Through hands-on volunteering, material donations, and emergency-relief efforts, we make a positive impact for our neighbors, strengthen our community, and help others world-wide.
Social Justice
Foothills is a community of supportive friends who don’t just talk about doing good; we work for a more just, peaceful, kind, and sustainable world.
To carry out this ideal, Foothills’ Outreach Committee shares educational resources and opportunities for the congregation to engage in efforts to resist and speak out against government policies that are antithetical to our values.
From our denomination, the United Church of Christ
Local
Join us in doing good stuff for others!
Get the latest updates in the Outreach Update section on the homepage.
LifeMoves Dinner Service
Foothills serves dinner at LifeMoves Mountain View on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. Join us!
Our 24/7 food donation program
FEED THE HUNGRY
Help Foothills fight food insecurity in our area. Drop off non-perishable food 24/7 in the box at 461 Orange Avenue, Los Altos, CA, or bring food to Sunday Worship.
All the food we collect is delivered to the Food and Nutrition Center at Community Services Agency.
In 2025 we donated 3595 pounds!
Preferred Food Donations List
Updated 3/26/2026
Items must be unopened & unexpired.
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Canned fruit
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Canned tomato products, like chopped tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, tomato-based pasta sauce
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Note: CSA asks that we not donate any canned items not listed above because cans are difficult for them to manage.
Our Outreach Partners
Annually, our Outreach Committee designates local community-service agencies and non-profits whose work Foothills underwrites.
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Click on an organization name to learn how they make a positive difference.
Our Focus Partners work to address hunger and homelessness in our local community on a large scale. We contribute financially and through volunteer work.
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Our Community Partners address issues of hunger and homelessnes for specific populations in our community. We interact with them primarily through financial contributions.
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We donate to support Emergency Relief in the wider community and around the world.
Doing more good stuff for others, locally & globally!
Foothills collects food donations during worship every Sunday, and 24/7 in our box at 461 Orange Avenue. Join us in helping feed the hungry.
3595 lbs donated in 2025
5000 lbs in 2024
In March 2026, Foothills donated 12 large bags of new layette items to Ecumenical Hunger Program.
Foothills and other churches in the South Bay/Peninsula region made the holidays happier with gifts for children and youth.
All proceeds from the annual Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey Trot are donated to Second Harvest and three other deserving local nonprofits which serve hundreds of thousands of people in our communities by providing food, healthcare services, and housing to those who most need it.
Foothills members participate in Compassion Week projects each year. Together, we make a difference!
Foothills joined other LGBTQ-affirming faith communities in the South Bay to sponsor a booth at
SVPride '25
Foothills joins Relay For Life each year to raise funds for the American Cancer Society (ACS) to support the fight against cancer. We walk in the relay and make luminaria – simple white paper bags, decorated and dedicated in memory of someone who has had cancer.
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Saturday, May 10, 2025
10 - Noon
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with our friends at
Christ Episcopal Church
Foothills helped sponsor Community Services Agency's annual fundraiser for homeless services in April 2024 & 2025.