outreach volunteers, Christ Church Greenwich, CT

VOLUNTEER FOR OUTREACH

Children at packathon, Christ Church Greenwich, CT

DO YOU WANT TO POSITIVELY AFFECT MORE PEOPLE’S LIVES?

Every day is a chance to do some good in this world. Everyone is welcome to help!

Volunteering your time, skills, and resources is one of the most powerful ways to make a difference, to help others, and to do God’s work. Christ Church Greenwich has a long history of partnering with local organizations to help improve the quality of the lives in our community. Opportunities for involvement are available for adults and families. All are welcome!

Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities

See What God Can Do Through You

  • Liberation Summer Clothing Drive

    May 15 - June 14

    Donate new or gently used clean summer clothes (shorts, slacks, shirts, light jackets, dresses, shoes, sweatshirts) for babies, kids and adults. Please drop off in the bins to be provided in the hall outside the Parish Office. Donations will go to Liberation Programs

  • Volunteer at Filling in the Blanks

    Saturday, June 14
    9:30 – 11:30 am
    3456 Main Avenue, #3A, Norwalk

    A group of volunteers will pack lunch bags onsite at FITB’s warehouse facilities, for food insecure children who may go hungry on weekends or other days when school (where they receive free or reduced fare lunches)is not in session.

  • Prepare Lunches for Domus

    Dates TBD
    Parish Hall, following Messy Church

    Messy Church families will have the opportunity to pack four days-worth of lunches for ten young adult men supported by Domus, the Stamford organization that helps these men transition to adult jobs. They do not have the resources to purchase their own mid-day meals

  • Participate in Pacific House Summer Barbecues

    June 20, July 23, Aug 13
    Pacific House

    597 Pacific Street, Stamford
    4:30 pm

    Please join the Outreach Committee in hosting summer barbecues for the residents of Pacific House, the only regional men’s emergency shelter serving lower Fairfield County. Their mission is to prevent and end homelessness. This location houses 67 permanent residents. These BBQs were a staple of CCG Outreach in the past but have not been held for several years. The expectation is that this summer’s outdoor dinners will restart a tradition!

  • Celebrate the end of Summer with the Ice Cream Emergency event at Inspirica’s

    Date TBD
    8 Woodland Place, Stamford

    The annual visit of this ice cream truck, painted to resemble an EMS vehicle, will serve scores of facility residents, staff and CCG parishioners unlimited ice cream with all the toppings. Games will be provided for the children. Please come eat ice cream and enjoy conversation with Inspirica families and your fellow CCG parishioners.

Christ Church Partners

  • Inspirica

    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.

  • Pacific House

    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

  • Liberation House

    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

  • Midnight Run

    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

  • Neighbor to Neighbor

    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

  • Packathon

    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.

  • Harvest Dinner

    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

  • Filling in the Blanks

    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.

  • Pivot Ministries

    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.

  • Diocese of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

    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

  • The Episcopal Church of Cuba

    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