The Western Association also provides financial and volunteer support to over 50 organizations serving the poor and the sick in the western United States.  The Western Association's projects include preparing and serving meals to the homeless, providing shelters and transitional housing to the homeless, assisting expectant mothers during their pregnancies, assisting mothers and their newborns, caring for the elderly, caring for those infected with HIV/AIDS, removing gang-related tattoos, providing counseling, therapy and training for troubled youths, and many others.