My New Red Shoes

MNRS helps to meet the urgent needs of children and families impacted by natural disasters such as wildfires and floods, public health emergencies and other humanitarian crises, locally and beyond. Working with on-the-ground partners, MNRS distributes basic needs items and/or emergency financial assistance in the aftermath of disasters. MNRS also provides technical program and logistics support to NGOs and other private sector partners to assist the processing and delivery of humanitarian aid. In 2022, MNRS prepared 120,000 pairs of winter boots for shipment to Ukraine.

MNRS distributes emergency and regular cash payments (guaranteed income) to stabilize low-income households and to improve childrens access to basic needs. Direct economic support promotes dignity, autonomy, social mobility and childrens development and achievement. In 2022, MNRS provided more than $60,000 in cash payments to households across the SF Bay Area.

MNRS Basic Needs Distribution Program mobilizes and delivers basic needs and emergency items to children and families experiencing economic hardship, and works to meet their basic needs with dignity. At the core of our work is the belief that the building blocks of a safe, stable, and healthy life begins with the fulfillment of basic needs. In 2022, MNRS served more than 5,000 children and families in-need across the SF Bay Area.