MISSIONS AND OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES

PECK ELEMENTARY

It’s time for the annual Peck Elementary School school supply collection and food drive for college students at Spartan Pantry at UNCG and for senior adults at Senior Resources of Guilford. New this year is an Amazon school supply wish list! Don’t want to shop and bring your bags to church, shop our school supply wish list: Peck Wish List. Last day to donate to the school supply drive is August 20. Donations can be dropped off at the Mission Cafe and in the drop off bin outside near the door that leads to the Fellowship Center. You can also serve as a Reading Buddy and to learn more about this program click here.

Other ways to help Peck Elementary:

• August 24: Open House: Due to the construction of the new building, their normal parking lot is not being used and the new one will be. This will be a big change for returning parents and probably confusing for new ones. She would love to have some volunteers to help with Parking and direction to the right place on the 24th from 4 PM - 6:30 PM. (4-4:30 will be training on the traffic pattern). Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3QtTDWu

• They always need charging cords and headphones for the K-3 Ipads and 4-5 grade computers.  For the Headphones, the computers take the old audio plugs, the Ipads take the newer Iphone plugs. Donations welcome at the Missions Cafe.

UNCG FOOD PANTRY | SENIOR RESOURCES FOOD DRIVE

The need for food for seniors and college students is not what we hear about in the news, but the need is just as great. Find the list of needed pantry items at the Mission Cafe and here: SOP/SRG Food List. Donations can be dropped off at the Mission Cafe and in the drop off bin outside near the door that leads to the Fellowship Center. Last day to donate is August 20.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER GREENSBORO

Although we do not have a current project, we do have Habitat Builds in the works so check back often and keep an eye out in our church wide communications for opportunities to serve!

Christ church is partnering with Habitat for Humanity to build playhouses for children and grandchildren of Habitat homeowers. The funds raised from sponsors of the playhouses are used to build big houses. There are two opportunities to volunteer.  The first is during the week of April 1 – 5 (prep week) when we will be building the components for the playhouses.  The 2nd is to actually help assemble playhouses on April 12 & 13.  You can sign up at the links below.

MEALS ON WHEELS

About 40 CUMC members currently volunteer with the Meals on Wheels (MoW) program run by Senior Resources of Guilford County, and we would love to have even more. We gather one day each month (the 4th Tuesday) to deliver about 300 meals to homebound seniors. You can choose to deliver as part of a pair or alone. Deliveries begin around 9AM and last about 2 hours. To volunteer, you will need to apply then go through a short training session at Senior Resources. You can begin the process online - https://www.senior-resources-guilford.org, or contact Al Rives (rivesab@wfu.edu) with questions or for assistance in applying. Another way to help is by donating to the Senior Resources Food Drive. This list can be found here. Donations can be dropped off at the Mission Cafe and in the drop off bin outside near the door that leads to the Fellowship Center.

Our continued support of Senior Resources is greatly appreciated. Click here to read a thank you note from Ellen Whitlock, CEO of Senior Resources of Guilford.

GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY

We are collecting non-perishable foods for Greensboro Urban Ministry(GUM). Donations can be dropped off outside of the kitchen doors at our Holden Road campus. We have volunteer opportunities starting in August. You can visit our opportunities page and search Greensboro Urban Ministry. Or if you’d like to volunteer directly with GUM, you may visit their website at https://www.greensborourbanministry.org volunteer.

Another option is to serve at Weaver House. For GUM Weaver House meals we need need 5-7 volunteers to prepare their own menu for roughly 70 (Call weaver house front desk the Monday before to verify number). Arrive in time to have dinner prepared by 6:45 serving time. Should be cleaned up and heading out by 7:30 at the latest. No pork products or pasta please. Up to $250 reimbursement for food. Need volunteers October 18 and December 20. Questions contact Stephanie Vannoy 336-202-6222 or svannoy78@gmail.com.If you’d like to serve at Weaver House, you can visit our church sign up link here:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080d4ca9a722a1fd0-weaver#/

BACKPACK BEGINNINGS

BackPack Beginnings' mission is to deliver child-centric services to feed, comfort and clothe children in need. They welcome donations of non-perishable food items, gently used clothing & books.  Volunteers are needed to sort donations, assemble food bags, fill comfort backpacks, and work in the family market.  Christ United is scheduled to work the first Thursday of the month, from 10 AM - 12 PM at 3711 Alliance Drive.  For more information and to sign up, please contact Craig & Carrie Davis @ keppydavis@aol.com.