The dates for us this year are as follows: November 12 December 10 January 14 February 11 March 11 and April 8. Please consider joining one of the teams. We hope to gather a different team for each of the six monthly dates, sharing the joy of service as broadly as possible. There are several ways you can volunteer: You could make a part of a meal, such as a salad, a main dish, or a dessert to be taken in by another volunteer who would serve at the Shelter during the dinner time, about 5:45 to 7:30, or you could be a server at the shelter during that time, or you could do both as many do. We at Grace prepare a meal for the Shelter in Northampton (43 Center Street), once a month, November through April, for the 20 guests and five volunteers. The Interfaith Shelter operates in partnership with the City of Northampton and Friends of the Hampshire County Homeless.

The Hampshire County Interfaith Cot Shelter provides overnight shelter for adults during the coldest 6-months of the year. Craig’s Place, their seasonal shelter, operates from November 1 through April 30.ĭonna McCallum (donna.mccallum is Grace’s current volunteer coordinator. Craig’s Doors is committed to helping people to find ways to become empowered to improve the quality of their lives through the creation of safe, respectful shelter and housing. Grace Church has an ongoing collection of food donations and also participates is special events such as “Souper” Bowl Sunday and extra collections at the holidays.Ĭraig’s Doors provides safe, caring shelter for people who are homeless, while working towards supportive housing and helping to build an improved quality of life for those who are without a home. For additional information, please contact Chris Hoffman ( Survival CenterĪmherst Survival Center is a regional resource providing food, clothing and community through volunteer efforts. Grace Church members volunteer on the second Saturday of every month. It serves meals Wednesdays and on weekends. Not Bread Alone is a soup kitchen located at First Congregational Church in Amherst, MA. Grace parishioners often volunteer at or contribute to the following Pioneer Valley charities: If you are interested in being a member of the Commission, please contact one of the clergy. Grace Church also sponsors films, lectures, and discussions of national and international conflicts and human needs. The Commission also serves as the umbrella organization for other outreach projects that the parish supports, seeing to it that there are volunteers from the congregation for the Not Bread Alone soup kitchen, for the Emergency Cot Program in Northampton, and for an annual campaign to solicit donated food for the Amherst Survival Center. The Outreach Commission organizes the appeal and distribution of the Christmas and Easter offerings to projects that meet basic human needs, including food, clothing, and shelter and in which individual parishioners are already involved as support to their particular actions of Christian witness. The Outreach Commission OUTREACH AT GRACE CHURCH

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