The $1 Campaign CRSSLA, Community Response System of South Los Angeles CRSSLAAn Initiative of Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches
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The $1 Campaign Gala & Fundraiser

An evening of live music, community awards and celebration for everyone who put a dollar behind South LA. Every seat supports the LAM Wellness Fund.

  • WhenFriday, December 4, 2026, 6:00 to 9:00 PM
  • WhereCarson Civic Center, Carson, CA
  • TicketsFrom $50. Tables of 8 and limited sponsorships available.
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The LAM Wellness Fund

One Dollar Can Help Protect South LA

The California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative (CACHI) gave us the training. Now we need the community to help fund the response.

Contributions will support the LAM Wellness Fund and trusted neighborhood service partners that assist residents with urgent basic needs. Funds will be used for food access, transportation to medical appointments, health and benefits navigation, emergency family support, community education, and connections to qualified service providers. The campaign will also address fear and misinformation that may prevent eligible individuals and families from seeking food, healthcare, or other public/private assistance.

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$100,000 already raised to launch the Wellness Fund. Now we are asking South LA to help carry the work forward.

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One dollar may feel small, but when a community gives together, small dollars become shared power.

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CRSSLA is an initiative of Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
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One dollar at a time

2027 Rollout

January – April 2027

Residents, students and partners at a CRSSLA community session
January

Build the Base

Invite CRSSLA members, Steering Committee leaders, churches, healthcare partners, and the Social Media Booster Team to become the first 100 donors.

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Neighbors in line at a community food distribution
February

Protect Families and Food Access

Highlight benefit navigation, local cooks, food businesses, pantries, and families facing rising food costs.

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A volunteer helping a child choose a gift at a holiday toy giveaway
March

One South LA Giving Push

Ask every donor to give, share, and invite five others. Approach health plans, hospitals, banks, and businesses to match the dollars raised by residents.

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Seniors in gold stoles at a CRSSLA gathering
April

Protect Our Seniors

Share senior stories, trusted health information, and the importance of keeping older adults connected to care.

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Where your dollar goes

Trusted guidance while the rules keep changing.

Healthcare and public benefit rules keep changing. Seniors, low-income families, immigrants and people managing serious health conditions are too often left trying to understand what changed, whether they are still covered and where they can turn for trusted guidance.

The LAM Wellness Fund supports community-led governance and direct service solutions that keep residents connected to care, strengthen food access and bring reliable information into the neighborhoods, congregations and organizations people already trust.

The donation will benefit low- to moderate-income residents of South Los Angeles. Many face food insecurity, limited transportation, unstable housing, healthcare barriers, reduced public benefits, and fear or confusion related to public charge policies.

Your contribution helps us:

  • Serve the South LA neighbors who need it most, including Black seniors, youth, working families, immigrants, members of the Black diaspora, and justice-impacted households
  • Protect seniors’ access to healthcare, benefits, and trusted navigation
  • Help low-income and immigrant families understand changing rules without giving up essential services because of fear
  • Strengthen local food access and South Los Angeles’ community food economy
  • Support trusted community organizations, faith leaders, health workers, and resident-led solutions
  • Share timely health and emergency information in clear, culturally relevant language
Give $1 Today

We are not waiting for another system to rescue South LA. We are putting one dollar at a time behind the people already protecting it.

This is more than a fundraising campaign. It is a practical strategy for helping South Los Angeles protect its seniors, stabilize families, support young people, and build a community response system that residents know and trust.

Donations so far
$2,302 raised so far

Last updated November 3, 2026.

$100,000 launched the fund.

Now we are asking South Los Angeles residents, friends, congregations, businesses, healthcare partners, and allies to help carry the work forward.

Trusted in South LA since 1995

We have done this before, without waiting to be asked.

Since 1995, Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches has brought South LA’s churches, community leaders, and partners together. In March 2020, at the beginning of COVID-19, that work grew into the Community Response System of South Los Angeles (CRSSLA), and the network delivered:

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One dollar may feel small, but when a community gives together, small dollars become shared power.

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One dollar. One voice. One stronger South LA.