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Opportunities abound for volunteers in our community and beyond for people of all skill levels. Hundreds of our members are involved in volunteer ministry.
Budget Coaches Needed!
Have you ever wanted to help break the cycle of poverty? Can you do basic math? Then volunteering as a CommunityLINC Budget Coach may be for you! CommunityLINC transitional housing program provides one-on-one budget coaching for each family during their stay.
Due to a volunteer shortage, some families are waiting months to be paired with a coach. All materials and training are provided. Coaches are paired in a team, and all materials and training are provided. Coaching takes place between 6:00-7:30 p.m. every other Thursday.
CommunityLINC families consistently report that budgeting is one of the key skills that allows them to remain independent after graduating. In only 3 hours each month, you could be the key to their success! Contact church member Nicoya Helm, 913-722-6319, or CommunityLINC, 816-531-5862, communitylinc.org.
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Clothes Closet Needs Jeans and Khakis
We welcome summer weight clothing this time of year, but desperately need jeans and khakis. Thank you for the books you have given. Please limit the books to novels and other light reading, as we can’t use text books and other heavier literature. We remain in need of good used linens and towels.
Enrich Lives as a CL Volunteer:
Community LINC is in serious need of volunteers for early childcare (infants through six-year-olds) on Thursday evenings. It's the perfect opportunity for high school and college students during the summer vacation, or anyone else who would like to help. Sign up with friends and come together! [Read details.]
For more information or to sign-up to volunteer, please contact Cecile Denny, Director of Volunteering and Special Events at 816.561.5862 or cdenny@communitylinc.org.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns, at 816-561-5962, or email at cdenny@communitylinc.org
Feeding the Hungry at Cross-Lines
*Eight times in 2009 a group of volunteers from Second Presbyterian serves lunch at the Cross-Lines Argentine Food Kitchen. Members of the Cross-Lines Task Force - Cindy Bowman, Lydia Jeter, Chris McDonald - take turns planning and organizing the lunch, and other volunteers from Second greet the clients and help prepare and serve the food. The location of the kitchen is easy to find and the atmosphere is clean and pleasant. Those who are served are all ages and races. Between 150-300 people are served each day. These lunches nourish many hungry people who so appreciate a hot meal.
*Second Mondays in Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Sep, Oct, and Nov.
Food Pantry Donations
Many in our city are without food and a hot meal. The Central Presbyterian Food Pantry is grateful for your donations in the past and wants you to know that your contributions to their shelves have made an impact on those whom they serve. They are in contstant need ot canned goods and non-perishables, so they encourage you to continue to leave items in the coat closet behind the stairs on the first floor next to the other donation containers.
An Hour, A Week or A Day - You Are Needed!
Kansas City Presbyterian Manor is in need of volunteers of all sizes, sorts and shapes. If you have an hour a week or a whole day once a month (or anywhere in between) please call Suzi Lockett, Volunteer Coordinator, 913-334-3666. We have all sorts of opportunities available from passing mail to leading the bingo games. We also need folks who would like to read to our residents or just spend time with them. Suzi has more suggestions if you are interested in learning more about KCPM.
Recycle an Old Hearing Aid
"Listen my children and you shall hear..." But what if the child can't hear? There is help for that child, and it may be as near as your dresser drawer. Children's Mercy Hospital and Speech Clinic has an arrangement with a company that recycles old hearing aids so that hearing-impaired children can join the hearing world. Any kind, any condition of hearing aid will be helpful. Do you have one you can contribute? Simply put the hearing aid in a plastic bag, and put it in the box on the platform in Westminster Hall. If you enclose your name and address, your donation will be acknowledged. The acknowledgment can be used as a tax receipt.
Snip, Rip, Pop, Peel and Donate!
Please check the North Platform of Westminster Hall to deposit Boxtops for Education (General Mills cereals and Betty Crocker packages) for Troost School, Pop Tops from aluminum cans for Ronald McDonald House, cancelled postage stamps for the Save the Children Fund, used cell phones and chargers for NewHouse, Best Choice Labels (bar codes) for Church World Service and eyeglasses for the Lions' Club. Thank you.
Volunteers are needed on a regular basis
at a number of other agencies with which Second Church partners. Contact any of the following for more information on specific needs:
Cross-Lines Community Outreach: 913-281-3388 www.cross-lines.org
The Family Conservancy: 913-342-1110 www.thefamilyconservancy.org
Grace United Community Ministries: 816-231-5745 (or John Hart at 816-241-0529)
reStart: 816-472-5664
Can You Spare Ride
The Shepherd Center coordinates over 70 trips a month for our elderly neighbors to go to doctor appointments, the grocery store, pharmacy, beauty shop, etc. and is in desperate need of volunteers to provide transportation. Anyone who can spare a ride once or twice a month to a very appreciative senior, please call the Shepherd Center, 816-444-1121.
Habitat for Humanity Family Partner
The Kansas City Habitat for Humanity is looking for individuals who are willing to provide friendship and encouragement to a new Habitat family during their first year of homeownership. If interested, please contact: Bridget Gooden, Volunteer Coordinator, at 816-924-1096.
Soup & Bread Ministry
Our soup and bread ministry is in need of more home-made soup and bread. This soup and bread is collected and kept frozen, then delivered when needs arise within our church family, such as returning home from the hospital, a baby's birth and many other circumstances. If you are willing to donate soup/bread for this important ministry, please bring it to the church in non-returnable containers, and we will distribute as needed.
ReStart: Ongoing Needs
ReStart is in constant need of working televisions, video players, and silverware. If you are interested in donating items, please call (816) 472-5664.
Cross-Lines Lunch - Second Mondays, February-November
Please help us by:
(1) Baking cookies, cupcakes, brownies. Leave these in the church kitchen on Sundays before the lunch and mark them for “Cross-Lines”.
(2) Preparing and serving this meal at Cross-Lines, followed by clean-up . Call the Marsha in the church office if you can help anytime that day from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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