Every weekend we walk the streets of Modesto with faith, food, and water, stopping to talk to people everyone else steps around.

2nd Chance / New Life is a critical aid street outreach and religious ministry in Stanislaus County. We hand out food, hygiene kits, socks and cold-weather supplies to people living outside — no conditions in bad conditions, no paperwork, no questions about who deserves it. Christ has already decided your worth in grace and love.

A sandwich, a banana, a juice box, something sweet, a bottle of water, and a page about God. That is what we bring to people living outside in Modesto.

We do not ask people what they believe before we give them anything, and we never have. A printed page about God goes in the bag for anyone who wants to read it. Plenty do not, and they get the same food.

We need your help to provide ready-to-eat meals, hygiene kits and socks. In a normal week a whole lot of people are served and witnessed to. Checking in with our homeless neighbors and helping them see another day is worth the cost.

Socks and a complete hygiene kit into someone's hands — soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, razor, a towel, in a sealable bag — is our winter goal. For now we content ourselves with simple food needs and water, with a bit of reading on God, and whatever other help our gracious served community can take.