Volunteer Center
We presented the second possibility in our inistry initiative series, a Volunteer Center, on April 26. The purpose would be to have the means to connect interested volunteers & their gifts and times available, with organizations that need help. Please stop by the Welcome Desk after service to present your ideas & let us know if you have an interest in supporting such an endeavor. Below, find some of the contact information for various missions opportunities in the area: |
• Urban Promise urbanpromise.org or 425-5502.(Julia) Volunteer Opportunities: Needs tutors and mentors; computers/technology; administrative tasks; classroom aides; building and grounds maintenance; construction; special events; sharing of gifts and talents. • Friendship House friendship-house.org or 652-8133 Volunteer Opportunities: Women’s Ministries – donation drives; telephone monitors, grocery shopping; tutors; support group leaders; house warming drives; clean up days; support for monthly women’s graduate gatherings. Men’s Ministries – evening supper provider (see Missions bulletin board for Andrew’s Place); emergency shelter volunteer; Sunday breakfast preparation and serving; tutors; job coaches; AA support; weekend hospitality; weekday hospitality; fundraising. Clothing Bank – delivery drivers; clothing drive; one-day clothing giveaway; sort clothing. • Brandywine Counseling brandywinecounseling.org or 472-0381 Volunteer Opportunities: They seek volunteers who would like to spend a few hours helping out in their Outreach Center by assembling supplies and HIV testing packets for outreach workers; also, work in clothes closet sorting and hanging items. • Supporting Kidds supportingkidds.org or 235-5544 Volunteer Opportunities: Office support; house maintenance; special events (including fundraising); trained group facilitators to work with families one night per week during sessions. Training (12 hours) is conducted two times per year, in the fall and early spring. • Foster Parenting Program kids.delaware.gov or 633-2643 Volunteer Opportunities: Foster care; respite care; volunteer activities, including tutoring, organizing donation drives, sponsoring events. • Meals on Wheels 999-1807 (Dick Hite) Volunteer Opportunities: Skyline is on a schedule to deliver meals every sixth week. Call Dick to schedule a day. • Emily Bissell Hospital dmd038@verizon.net or 235-7577 Volunteer Opportunities: Skyline provides a church service to residents on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month. Contact Dave DeJuliis at above. • Neighborhood House neighborhoodhse.org or 652-3928 Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers needed to help with mailings and “Know Thy Neighbor” events, other volunteer opportunities. Also need pro-bono printing of brochures. • Habitat for Humanity (NCC) Build Days: Sue Wartel 610-274-0706 or wartelsm@comcast.net Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers can sign up for group build days (Skyline) or as Individuals (pending schedule availability). Also, their ReStore is in need of volunteers to help with daily pick-ups, general help, and cashiers. • Love, Inc. lincncde@verizon.net or 221-5683 Volunteer Opportunities: Love, Inc. is a non-profit organization that is supported by local churches. The requests for assistance they receive are from people that are not able to do them, and can include such things as someone to install safety bars in a bathroom; someone to remove a tree from a driveway; a problem with a heater; minor repairs to a home; and many more. The organization is also in need of office volunteers. • ASP goodtd@comcast.net or 737-2531 Volunteer Opportunities: A structured group geared toward high-school age youth and their accompanying adult leaders. Volunteer groups sign up for a week of service in one of the 25 communities ASP serves. For more information call Tom Good at above. • Volunteer In Mission (VIM) Trips umvim.info Volunteer Opportunities: Various mission trip opportunities advertised by the Peninsula-Delaware Conference. See website above concerning trips to New Orleans, Costa Rica, Mississippi, Peru, and others. Teams also available for joining for local sites (Urban Promise, Clairvaux Farms). |
