LavaMaeˣ Grants $10,000 to The Power of a Shower

 

January 17, 2023

 

The $10,000 grant, in partnership with The Starbucks Foundation, will sustain mobile showers in Venice Beach and expand services in Westside Los Angeles.

The Power of a Shower—an LA-based organization bringing mobile showers and care services to Venice Beach since 2018—is the first recipient of new funding from LavaMaeˣ’s Hygiene for Humanity Fund. The grant program invests in mobile hygiene solutions across the United States, and thanks to its new funding partnership with The Starbucks Foundation, The Power of a Shower can continue to deliver Radical Hospitality to the Venice Beach community and expand services to Westside Los Angeles.

The Power of a Shower backstory

The Power of a Shower was the first organization LavaMaeˣ mentored in piloting its consulting program and received one of its trucks and trailers to take over its Venice Beach location as it was in process of pairing down its direct services to pivot to an accelerator organization. Since taking the reins, The Power of a Shower has provided more than 5,730 showers in 2018.

Funding a new truck to sustain and expand services

After almost five years of service, the 20-year-old donated truck towing the shower trailer finally reached its last mile. And for being the only mobile shower provider in Westside Los Angeles, the suspension of their services would be a huge blow to the 4,500+ people experiencing homelessness in the area.

That’s why in January 2022 LavaMaeˣ granted The Power of a Shower $10,000 to purchase a new truck that would sustain their services at Venice Beach. The new truck will also give them the opportunity to serve more areas across the Westside that they couldn’t get to because of issues with their old truck.

“We’re grateful LavaMaeˣ selected us as recipients for the Starbucks Foundation Grant of $10,000!” Says Rachel Sunday, Founder of The Power of a Shower, “Dreams really do come true.”

To learn more about The Power of a Shower and its progress, you can visit their website and follow them on Facebook.

 
Colton Coty