About us

Our story and our team

Our mission at Seeds of Morning Glory is to impact, empower, and enrich the lives of people in our communities.

Who we are

Seeds of Morning Glory is a Long Beach nonprofit working against food insecurity in the neighbourhoods where our team lives. We are small, we are volunteer-heavy, and the distance between a donation and a family with groceries is very short.

Coming soon: our origin story

The founding story — how and why Mildred Burge started Seeds of Morning Glory, and what the organization has grown into — is the strongest thing this page can carry, and it has never been written down anywhere on the site. A few paragraphs in her own words would do it.

Our team

The people behind the work

  • Portrait of Mildred A. Burge

    Mildred A. Burge

    Founder & Chief Executive Officer

  • Portrait of Jan Pearson

    Jan Pearson

    Secretary

  • Portrait of Aurelie Alvarez

    Aurelie Alvarez

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Portrait of Dawelda Preston-Galloway

    Dawelda Preston-Galloway

    Administrative Assistant

  • Portrait of Leon Galloway

    Leon Galloway

    Administrative Assistant

  • Portrait of Sandra Jenkins

    Sandra Jenkins

    Volunteer Assistant

Coming soon: team biographies

Each person above has a photo and a title but no biography — a sentence or two each about what they do and why turns a staff grid into a reason to trust the organization.

Our funders

Grant support that makes the programme possible.

  • Mark Taper Foundation

Our partners

Organizations we work alongside so people reach every service they need.

  • Painted Brain

Work with us

Whether you want to fund the work, partner on a distribution, or give an afternoon — we would like to hear from you.

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