We will be hosting 40 women
How can you help?
Preparing Bag Lunches – You assemble the lunches in our Church Kitchen and the food is provided. (Time is flexible)Making Dinners – We will pair you up with other church members who also want to help in this area. (If you are not part of a signed up group, you are more than welcome to come help! Extra hands are always useful.)Helping Serve Meals – We will pair you up with other church members who also want to help in this area.- Spending the Night – 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. This requires making coffee, setting out a Continental breakfast in the morning, and handing out the packed lunches.
- New This Year:
- Women can spend the night (in pairs of women)
- Married couples can spend the night
- New This Year:
Making Cookies – We need 80 cookies per day; we will need 2 cookies in a ziplock bag for 40 lunches. You will bring the cookies to the Church on the morning of an assigned day.- Offering Special Talents – Special talents can be a range of different things from haircuts, to minor sewing projects.
- Helping Set Up Cots – Saturday, February 16 at 1:30 p.m.
- Toiletry Items – Toiletry Items are provided to CARITAS members. Please place donated items in the labeled box on the Missions’ Tables in the Commons areas.
- Toiletry items are especially important this time since we donated our stock to Hurricane Sandy relief in the fall. We need travel- and trial-sized items to put in the care packages we provide for our guests.
- Bar Soap
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Toothbrushes
- Toothpaste
- Deodorant
- Toiletry items are especially important this time since we donated our stock to Hurricane Sandy relief in the fall. We need travel- and trial-sized items to put in the care packages we provide for our guests.
- Special Ways of Helping CARITAS
- Providing a hot breakfast (Saturday, February 23)
- Writing Table
- Blank cards, envelopes, and stationary
- BINGO
- Help run BINGO
- Provide BINGO prizes
- bus tickets
- wool socks
- cosmetic bags
- chapstick
- candy bars
- be creative!
- Donate newer magazines or movies for guests to read and watch
- Volunteer to mend clothes
- Run a Bible study group one night
- Foot Ministry (Thursday, February 21) – contact Judy Collins
- Pillowcase Ministry (prior to CARITAS’ arrival) – contact Anita McAllister
- Join of planning team to help organize – contact Laurie Gray
- Let us know what you want to do – we always have room for more ideas and talents! – contact Laurie Gray
CARITAS Arrival & Departure times:
- Arrive: 7:00 p.m.
- Depart: 7:00 a.m.
Sign Up to Volunteer:
Sign up sheets are located in the Fellowship Hall during Sunday receptions or in the Upper Commons during the week.
Contact Information:
Interested in volunteering? Fill out the form below and check all of the areas you are interested in!
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