VOLUNTEER FOR OUTREACH

Sunday, November 30 –
Friday, December 20

Look for the classic Giving Trees to appear in the glass hallway at the onset of Advent!  This year, the recipients of the requested gifts will be Inspirica and Neighbor to Neighbor. In addition, an effort to provide the men in recovery at Pivot Ministries with age/gender appropriate Christmas gifts to give to their children will be undertaken.

Friday, December 5
597 Pacific Street, Stamford

Please join the effort to decorate Pacific House for Christmas.  This is the only regional emergency shelter serving lower Fairfield County and currently has 68 residents.

December 8
597 Pacific Street, Stamford

As the weather transitions to winter, the Outreach Committee will change the summer menu of barbecues and turn towards pasta and stew meals to be served indoors to the 67 permanent residents of Pacific House, the only regional emergency shelter serving lower Fairfield County.

Volunteers are needed; if interested, please contact Ron Romaniello.

Sat, December 13
6:30 am | food prep in Parish Hall
8 am | departure to NYC

Participate in this upcoming effort to support the homeless in NYC by preparing and delivering breakfast, toiletries, and winter clothing to them.  While much of the event will be staffed by members of the youth group, adult chaperones and drivers are still needed.

December 6
1:00 - 3:00 pm

Join us with your whole family to volunteer at Liberation Programs—engage, participate, and build connections with the parents and children of Liberation House. Please contact Linda Gallo, if you are interested in attending.

Service provider to 3,000 women, men, families who are currently homeless or in risk of losing their homes, helping them achieve and maintain housing and overall stability in their lives.

Volunteer opportunities: providing monthly meals to women, activities for children.

Men’s shelter in Stamford long associated with Christ Church, which provides financial and other support.

Volunteer opportunities: providing meals and decorating for the holidays

Provider of substance abuse rehabilitation services in residential setting for women and children, as well as in another venue for men.

Volunteer opportunities: Winter and summer clothing drives, activities with residents and their families

Organization which delivers food, clothing, toiletries to NYC homeless in two – four morning and evening runs each year

Volunteer opportunities: clothing distribution, assembling toiletry bags, preparing meals

Organization long associated with Christ Church, which provides food and household supplies to 400+ local families. The facility is housed behind the Tomes-Higgins House.

Volunteer opportunities: working shifts during client shopping hours, acquiring items

Hands on event to provide a designated agency with food to distribute to the hungry globally. It is held in the Parish Hall in early autumn (two hours).

Volunteer opportunities: Measuring, sorting food into packages for partner agency to distribute.

Supports educational opportunities and increases innovation for all Greenwich public schools.

Volunteer opportunities: Mentor and advise students on college & careers; help with marketing, grant writing and strategic planning

Event held in Parish Hall in November to provide a special meal for family clients of Neighbor to Neighbor.

Volunteer opportunities: set up, decorating, meal preparation assistance

Organization housed in Norwalk, which provides weekend and vacation meals to 7,000 food insecure children in Fairfield and Westchester counties.

Volunteer opportunities: participating in packing events held at FITB’s warehouse, which take place multiple times per year. Dates for the events will be communicated, as they come up throughout the year.

Christian based residential house and program in Bridgeport, for men in recovery from drug and alcohol abuse

Volunteer opportunities: Sharing meals and sports watching with the residents, providing gifts for those who are fathers to give to their children at Christmas.

Since 1988 Christ Church Greenwich has had a long-standing relationship with the Diocese of Mount Kilimanjaro (DMK) in Tanzania, East Africa. Through that connection Endupoto Primary School was “born”.

Volunteer opportunities: Participating in annual parishioner school visit, to work with leadership to fulfill their needs

San Marcos Parish (headed by Father Gil) supported by Christ Church and the Episcopal diocese.

Volunteer opportunities: participating in a visit to bring supplies; help plan Father Gil’s trip to Christ Church