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Information on the Truck of Love Ministries

What is the Truck of Love?

Our local Bay Area ministry serves the poor who fall through the cracks in the system and are in the most need. We are called on by agencies, individuals, and God. We find the need and we fill it with open hearts. If you are helping us, you are helping individuals that are really in need. It's a win-win situation: the people we serve win by seeing that there is hope in this society, and you win by adopting a part of your community that really needs help to get back on their feet. Click here to find out how you can help.

Who is the Truck of Love?

The Truck of Love family consists of numerous volunteers both in our immediate community and around the US. The founders, and directors of the Truck of Love Ministries are Pete and Sue Fullerton. Pete and Sue enact their vision of service and love through the Truck of Love, and they have been doing it for over 20 years now. To learn more about Pete and Sue, please visit Pete's Corner and Sue's Corner.

How We Serve Our Communities

Families and Individuals

We meet the basic needs for many families and individuals throughout the Bay Area. These include food, clothing, baby needs, medicine,

and transportation just to name a few. Due to our budget, a donation to a family doesn't exceed $100 per month. We have at least 60

families that rely on us exclusively to get their basic human needs met every month to help them get back on their feet.

Communities across the country

We collect and distribute donations for various communities throughout the country including Roswell NM, Alexandria VA, the Tohono

O'odham Indian Reservation AZ, and Tijuana Mexico.

Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive, Christmas Toy Drive, & Easter Drive

Annual events include the Thanksgiving Food Drive and the Christmas Toy Drive. Both of these events have been taking place since 1986,

and each of these events serves at least 300 families at a time in the Bay Area. In East Palo Alto, we also do an Easter drive for the

families in that community.

Retreats for married couples

Pete and Sue lead Married Couples Retreats at the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos, CA, on several weekends every year. Each

retreat has a theme for reflection and discussion. These weekends are a great way for married couples to renew friendship with each other

and with God in a very safe, fun, relaxing and spiritual atmosphere. You can look online at www.elretiro.org

Immersion trips for high school youth

If you would like to be involved in ANY of these activities and/or donate to the Truck of Love and be a vehicle for positive

change, please contact us. We SURVIVE on the generous donations from people like you!

The Domino Effect

The example of Truck of Love spreads out beyond the fingers that are touched. The ministry of Truck of Love through Pete and Sue Fullerton

has served as a catalyst for many other service projects over the years. Groups all over the country (at least 50), have benefited from our

Day Camp model/system. Every local agency in the area and some national agencies have been interested in how we operate and how we

direct our ministry to effectively meet the needs of so many. We love to work with other agencies and people who are interested in

developing/improving their own service models and ministries, please contact us if you are interested. We love to bounce off and share

ideas with people interested in our work. We are definitely "doers", and firestarters. We are sparkplugs for positive change.

Prayer Requests

Oftentimes, people will ask us to kindly pray for them and/or their loved ones. All prayer requests are answered and prayed for through the

Truck of Love and through the Poor Claire sisters worldwide. All written, spoken, and/or silent intentions are kindly accepted and prayed for.