Mission
Our mission is to create brighter futures for children by strengthening the families and communities around them.
At City of Angels, we believe every child deserves to grow up feeling safe, loved, supported, and hopeful about their future.
We work alongside children and their families to provide care, resources, education, guidance, and opportunities that respond not only to immediate needs, but also help create meaningful and lasting change.
Our mission goes beyond helping a child for a day. We want to strengthen the environment they return to, empower the people who care for them, and help build communities where children have the opportunity to grow, dream, and thrive.
Because when we strengthen a child, support a family, and invest in a community, we can help change a future.
Vision
Break the cycle of poverty through service, work and love. We aspire for everyone to develop their full potential by transforming obstacles into opportunities. We want to be the trampoline that our children need to achieve success and happiness in their lives.
FAQ
What type of kids will I encounter?
Community Children:
We support 45 children from our neighborhood all year long and they are part of our COA family.
What should I wear on a day trip? Wear comfortable clothes that you can move around in. Please be sure to wear MODEST clothing as you will be interacting with kids and teens. Cut-off shorts of low-cut tops are not permitted. Clothes toed shoes are ideal (for various projects you may be doing and playing soccer) but make sure they are comfortable shoes if your group will be walking back across the border as its a bit of a long walk. Bring a rain jacket if there is a chance of rain and bring a sweater regardless. The weather is a bit unpredictable here and can change quickly throughout the day and from one day to the next.
What should I bring on a visit? Bring your passport (you’ll need it to cross back across the border), water bottle, good walking shoes, sweater or jacket, personal items needed for the day, and backpack. If you have food allergies please bring your own lunch because the staff has to cook for a large group of people and cannot accommodate special requests.
How do it get to COA?
This is the map link! Google maps works best in Tijuana
https://maps.app.goo.gl/meVJQ5FM1Sij4PWh8?g_st=iwb
What is the best way to help? The BEST way to help is whatever way works for you and that you can commit to. We have the same needs arise month after month and we need people like you to commit to praying for us and donating monthly to financially support the work we are doing as a ministry if that is something you feel led to do. We love visitors as well and would love to meet you and your group or family and give you a tour of what life is like for our kids so that you can have a better idea of how you can be involved in their lives and support them. These kids have been through so much and need all the extra support, love and prayers you and us together can give them.
What physical donations is COA in need of? This answer changes regularly but there are always the staples that we need such as:
- Cleaning supplies (Laundry detergent, fabric softener, disinfectant, Pinol, etc.)
- Paper goods (paper towels, toilet paper, etc.)
- Fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, and milk, etc.
- Financial contributions to pay the electricity bill, staff salaries, gas bill (we use gas for cooking and hot water and a few dryers but we also use solar panels and hang dry most of the clothes) cell phone bills, doctor and dentist bills, occasional medication, gas for the van, building repairs, etc.
- See our detailed list for more information