Riverside Mutual Aid Network

10/02/2021

Mutual aid members picked up over a 150 hot meals + snacks & juices from the Sikh Gurdwara today to distribute out to community members. Major thank you to Gurdwara Riverside & Dr. Gandhi for coordinating this effort & inviting us out.

We still have about 75 meals left to distribute, so if you work with local community based orgs, faith-based groups or unsheltered folks in Riverside, DM us and we’d be happy to drop some off throughout the day. Food items include: hot meals (prepared garbanzo beans, rice, etc), protein bars and fruit juice boxes.

08/14/2021

Thanks for everyone who made it out to the Riverside People’s Free Market today! Live music from local artists, hundreds of meal + care packages distributed and so many amazing community orgs under one open sky. Catch us at the next one, 2nd Saturday of every month from 10-2pm.

08/14/2021

Helped Riverside Food Not Bombs & other partners prep 100+ fresh vegan meals for the Riverside People’s Free Market tomorrow! Huge shoutout to Youth Mentoring Action Network & Huerta Del Valle for the awesome produce donations & the UU Church downtown for providing the space for us to prep & cook. Catch us out at Fairmount Park (near the tennis courts) from 10am-2pm tomorrow, serving the people!

07/07/2021

After a brief hiatus, Riverside Mutual Aid is jumping back into solidarity initiatives, starting with the Riverside People’s Free Market this Saturday July 10th! Come join us and a rockstar lineup of community orgs for a free food + resource distribution event in Fairmount Park. We will distributing fresh local produce, hygiene products, and clothes from 10am-2pm or while supplies last. We will also have crisis counselors from Unity Hope/FEMA on-hand to provide crisis counseling for pandemic-impacted residents.

Volunteers are needed so if you’re interested, please sign up for a shift [link on our page!] For any questions or donation inquiries, please message us or email us at [email protected]. See ya there!

04/22/2021

Our 2nd Helping Hands/Manos Amigas Eastside event in partnership with L.Y.N.C, Riverside Food Not Bombs, IEHP, Overflow Farms and Riverside Spanish SDA Church was a huge success!! We were able to provide groceries, and hygiene resources to over 200 families and unsheltered individuals.

Thanks to all the volunteers & organizations that made this possible, our community is stronger because of you!

04/14/2021

Watch out MTV, Fred and Aram are taking over with a little free pantry mini tour! We stopped by some of the LFPs throughout the city to give you a little peak at them. If you or anyone you know is in need or has items to donate, please feel free to share! And as always if you’re looking for more ways to get involved, email [email protected].

03/26/2021

Supporting our friends over Riverside Free Clinic with hygiene resources & toiletries today! All donated items will be going towards their food/resource distribution event this Saturday starting at 12pm, taking place at Bordwell Park. Check out their page on Insta for more info and ways to volunteer!

03/19/2021

Today marks 1 whole year of Riverside Mutual Aid, happy birthday to US!! ❤️ Thank you to everyone and anyone who has come out to volunteer or took the time to help their community during this year. We’re excited for all the work ahead and to continue serving our community. Thank you for being a slice of our lives 😉🎈

03/05/2021

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Our Little Free Pantry partnership with the City of Riverside & Inland Empire Health Plan just got featured on ABC7! It’s a LITTLE project that looks to make a BIG impact when it comes to food insecurity in Riverside.

The program has been a massive success so far! We have 9 more pantries that have been disturbed and will going up across the City of Riverside within the next month. If you are interested in getting involved with the program in Riverside, email [email protected]. If you’re a fan of our page from outside of Riverside, DM us for more info about how to get a program like this started in your city!

02/28/2021

02/23/2021