Mandy's Project in Action

We show up wherever our community needs us — at events, in neighborhoods, and alongside our neighbors.

Vote Early Celebration — October 2026

October 17, 2026Phoenix, Arizona

Mandy's Project joined neighbors, cyclists, and community members for a civic engagement event in Phoenix celebrating early voting. Volunteers set up tables with community resources, homemade signs, and celebration cake. Cyclists rode through the neighborhood. It was a joyful, energetic gathering of neighbors who care about their community.

Volunteers setting up tables and supplies for the community event

Community members working at tables decorated with American flags

Volunteer running a community resource table outdoors

Four community members and a dog gathered outdoors at the event

Community members gathered on the sidewalk at the event

Cyclists participating in the community bike ride

Person making a handmade sign at the community event

Couple holding a white puppy outdoors at the community event

Colorful celebration table at the community event

Community bike ride gathering at the event

Community members gathered at the outdoor event

Three small dogs on leash at the community event

Community event poster with patriotic flowers

White fluffy dog wearing a jacket at the community event

Community bike parade through the neighborhood

People at the community gathering with a dog

Community members at the street fair in Phoenix

Community outdoor event with vendor tables

Supporters gathered at the community event

Community outdoor event with patriotic decorations

Woman wearing a Statue of Liberty crown at the community event

Community bike parade at the event

Community bike parade through a desert neighborhood

Community celebration on a lawn at the event

Celebration cake at the community event

Community members holding signs at the street event

Community members at the outdoor event in Phoenix

Supporters at the community event

Neighbors and volunteers at the community event

Community gathering at the event in Phoenix

Community members gathered at the civic event

Community member with her dog at the event

Community support table with handmade items at the event

Couple with their dog at the community event

Volunteer tables set up for the community event

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Karma Bags in Action

OngoingPhoenix, Arizona

Volunteers gather to pack Karma Bags — drawstring bags filled with food, water, toiletries, and heat relief supplies — then head out to distribute them to unhoused and immigrant community members across Phoenix. These packing parties are a beloved part of Mandy's Project, bringing neighbors together around a shared act of care.

Colorful whistles and keychains packed into Karma Bags

Red lunch box with packaged snacks ready for a Karma Bag

Supplies and care items packed for Karma Bags

Volunteers smiling after a Karma Bags packing party

Pink drawstring bags packed and ready for distribution

Volunteers assembling Karma Bags at a packing party

Snacks and supplies inside a Karma Bag

Group of volunteers with completed Karma Bags

Community members celebrating at a Karma Bags event

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A Father Meets His Son — 51 Days Later

2026Phoenix, Arizona

Four days before his wife was due to give birth to their first child, this father was taken into immigration detention without due process. A Mandy's Project volunteer drove his wife to the hospital, stayed through labor, and cut the cord when their son was born. For 51 days, the father was held in an immigration detention center — a civil matter, not a criminal one — while volunteers provided housing support, food, clothing, and rides to every appointment. Our volunteers also helped write his immigration bond package and habeas corpus petition, a legal challenge asserting that his detention was unconstitutional. He was released. These photos are from the day he finally held his son for the first time. This family still needs our support.

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A volunteer holds the baby boy on the day his father came home

A father holds his son for the first time, overcome with emotion, 51 days after his detention

Father and mother together holding their son on the day of his release from immigration detention

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