The Well in the Desert

The Well in the Desert provides daily nutritious hot meals, emergency food assistance, weekly supplemental food distribution, and access to community services to those affected by poverty, including the working poor, the homeless, seniors, the handicapped and others in need throughout the west end of the Coachella Valley for more than 17 years. Arlene Rosenthal and her Board of Directors work devotedly to keep The Coachella Valley's people in need cared for. They are unpaid volunteers. Staff members are those who overcame their addictions through many beneficial programs and help from the Well. They give hours of their time as volunteers working to help others. The Well's mission fuels programs for poverty prevention, direct services for poverty intervention, and organized efforts to advocate for the poor.