VOLUNTEER FOR OUTREACH
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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!
When you volunteer, it strengthens our church community and provides you with spiritual and personal growth as well as a network of friends in faith. Nothing gets done by one person alone, so we band together to make the changes we want to see in the world. 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.
The Outreach Committee seeks to serve Christ by connecting the passions and resources of our parishioners with those in need. We are excited to invite the members of Christ Church Greenwich and the greater Greenwich community to join us in this rewarding work. All are welcome!
For more details and information on how to volunteer with us, please reach out here
NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR
Founded in 1975 at Christ Church, Neighbor to Neighbor has become a cornerstone of the food insecurity infrastructure for the Greenwich area.
Using a “client choice” service approach, Neighbor to Neighbor provides enough nutritious food to prepare 340,000 meals in a typical year with approximately 1,000 low-income individuals visiting the food pantry monthly (nearly half are children, 20% are seniors, 11% are disabled).
FILLING IN THE BLANKS
Norwalk based provider of non-perishable weekend meals to almost 7,000 food insecure children in Fairfield and Westchester counties. The children they service qualify for free or reduced lunch during the school week but often experience hunger when school is not in session.
DOMUS
Domus builds loving relationships with young people facing adversity, empowering them to pursue their path to self-sufficiency. Christ Church parishioners have provided opportunities for youth to learn about different career paths, and as resume-writing and job-interviewing mentors. Christ Church also initiated a cooking program for at-risk youth to discover how to use kitchen tools and equipment and to make nutritious meals
MIDNIGHT RUN
Midnight Run coordinates over 1,000 relief missions per year, in which volunteers from churches, synagogues, schools, and other civic groups distribute food, clothing, blankets, and personal care items to the homeless poor on the streets of New York City. The late-night relief efforts create a forum for trust, sharing, understanding, and affection. That human exchange, rather than simply the exchange of goods, is the essence of the Midnight Run mission.
LIBERATION PROGRAMS
Located in Norwalk, Liberation Programs’ Families in Recovery Program (FIRP) is the only in-patient treatment program for pregnant and parenting women in Fairfield County. Volunteer opportunities include organizing craft projects, resume editing,
and job interview practice.
LOAVES FOR LOVE
Leveraging Christ Church Greenwich’s fabulous kitchen, volunteers bake bread, cookies and other comfort foods to deliver to homebound parishioners on special occasions, and to welcome new members to the parish.
Christ Church Partners
Episcopal Diocese of Cuba
Diocese of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
IN THE NEWS:
CHRIST CHURCH EMERGENCY PACKATHONS PACKED 72,000 MEALS with 425 VOLUNTEERS TO SHIP TO UKRAINE
Christ Church Greenwich hosted 2 Emergency Packathons with 425 volunteers who gathered in the Parish Hall to pack 72,000 meals to ship to Ukrainian refugees on the border of Poland. A Packathon is a volunteer group food packing event. People came from the tri-state area to help with this effort. During a two-and-a-half-hour shift, teams of volunteers assembled four complete nutritious ingredients: a carbohydrate, dehydrated vegetables, vitamin powder and a bean protein. Volunteers weigh the packages, sealed them and boxed them for distribution. This is a simple, organized, and cost-effective way to feed children and families who have fled their homes.
