Major LLCS Charity Programs and Contributions (Updated Summer 2024)
For the past 31 years, the Lotus Light Charity Society (Vancouver) has held numerous programs and initiatives in the hopes of benefiting less fortunate community members, especially those impoverished resident in DTES Vancouver community.
- Lotus Light (COVID-19) Community Caring Drive has distributed a total of 530,000 lbs of food to marginalized and low-income groups since the start of the pandemic, and benefitted tens of thousands of individuals and families.
- Lotus Light Annual Community Caring Day has distributed over 200,000 units of food items, clothes, and daily essential items cumulatively since 2017. The sixth annual event held on July 20, 2024 has benefitted nearly 1,000 vulnerable members in the DTES.
- Lotus Light annual Winter Charity Drive has distributed over 650,000 (Valued at $1,500,000) winter garments to the homeless and impoverished residents in the Lower Mainland, with over 30 beneficiary shelters and charity organizations since 1995.
- Lotus Light Free Hot Meal for Homeless The charity kitchen prepares 100 meals twice a week to help vulnerable groups in DTES community and has prepared and distributed over 40,000 free and nutritious meals since summer 2020.
- Children Assistance Plan (CAP) Lotus Light’s Children Programs have donated over $22,000 worth of gift cards and more than 65,000 lbs of food, household cleaning items and personal protection gears to help students from low-income families. More than 1000 students from 10 inner-city schools are benefited.
- Lotus Light launched Food Recovery Program has rescued over 750,000 pounds of much-needed nutritious food from going into landfills and distributed to vulnerable low-income families to fight food insecurity in our communities.
- Lotus Light Charity Society Scholarship has been providing scholarships to post secondary study for financially disadvantaged students who have achieved distinguished academic excellence and actively contributed to community volunteer works, over 260 students benefitted.
- LLCS (Vancouver) annual Rice Donation Program has contributed over 385,000 pounds of rice to local food banks and other community organizations, with a total of more than 100,000 beneficiary families over 28 years.
- Lotus Light also holds Free Income Tax Clinic and Free ESL Class to help low-income seniors and new immigrants.