Organizations We Typically Support
- Schools
- Homeless shelters
- Ministries and church organizations
- Women’s shelters
- Organizations for underprivileged children
- Drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers
- Halfway houses
- Teen programs
Via Trading is active in the Greater Los Angeles community, participating in local events, donating to local charities and partnering with community organizations. Over the years we have supported shelters, schools, ministries and youth programs through donations of toys, shoes, clothing, bedding, school supplies and more. Below is an overview of the organizations we typically support and some of our past outreach activities.
For donations to a local organization or to invite Via Trading to participate in a Los Angeles event, please email sales@viatrading.com. Beneficiaries must be recognized in the State of California as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and be able to provide paperwork to that effect.
We appreciate all the volunteers, partners and sponsors who assist us year after year. We thank Via Trading for providing toys to give along the route in our 2018 event.
We distributed the toys which brought the biggest smiles to their faces. Thank you Via Trading! May God bless you and bless Via Trading!
This year, 2018, Via Trading helped us by discounting two pallets of quality shoes by 25%. We were happy with them.
Hi Via Staff, thank you for helping us with your donation of a pallet of school supply folders and notebooks when we needed them the most and in such a short time frame.
The Place of Grace offers a time of ministry that includes free clothing, food, personal hygiene items and a healthy sack lunch.
Everyone loves to see a child on Christmas morning, the pure innocence on their faces as they rip open the wrapping paper, smiling ear to ear in pure bliss.
The Force of Hope is dedicated to distributing free food, clothing and toiletries, as well as providing hot meals to hundreds of people in the Los Angeles area.
Via Trading made a generous contribution of inflatable mattresses, which provided a place to comfortably rest for veterans and other individuals.
Via Trading was honored to be able to play a small role in the event by donating pallets of toys, bedding and general merchandise.
Foster Care Counts is comprised of concerned volunteers who believe foster youth deserve more attention and support from our community.
Via Trading donated a couple hundred toys to Victory Outreach for their event in December. The toys were then given away to children around Huntington Park.
Through the community service Support Solutions, Via Trading donated boots to LA’s homeless for winter this December 2016.
Via Trading participated in a company-wide community service day, in collaboration with the Volunteer LA organization and Markham Middle School in Compton.
Via Trading had the privilege of participating in the Century Station’s chapter of the Los Angeles Youth Foundation’s Christmas celebration.
Via Trading attended the LA Community Outreach Center’s Mother’s Day Lunch, put together by the shelter’s volunteer director, residents and volunteers.
Via Trading partnered with Goals Soccer Centers in sponsorship of their local annual Goals Soccer Championship in a community outreach event.
In September 2012, Via Trading partnered with the LA Unified School District to provide several thousand pairs of arts and crafts scissors to schools.
Via Trading partnered with the Force of Hope/Bishop Clarence E. McClendon Ministries to bring over 200 pairs of shoes to the homeless population of Skid Row in Los Angeles.
Via Trading partnered with The Shoe Crew in their efforts to collect and donate much needed new athletic shoes to underprivileged kids in LA.
Via Trading participated in a community event in our local area of Watts, to bring a hot meal and toys to the disadvantaged families of the area.
Via Trading set up at Walden House a sort of West Coast outpost for Santa, filled with games, puzzles, books, clothing and other items.
Via Trading gave back to the community with event sponsorship of El Grito in Los Angeles.