GO Sunday will be on April 3. There will be a brief breakfast available in the Gathering Space at 9:30am, followed by a brief service from 9:45-10:00am. We will then GO and serve the following organizations! You can sign up on the attached signupgenius accounts or in the Gathering Space. Childcare will be available until 1:30. It will be a great day working together to improve our community and help the groups/organizations that we support!
FOOD COLLECTION
Organization - Circle of Concern
Location - Frontenac Schnucks
Circle of Concern is a food panty that serves west St. Louis County. We will need 2-3 volunteers to collect food outside of Schnucks from 10am-1pm. Volunteers will set up a table outside of the store. They will hand out a list of needed items to customers and collect purchased food.
www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4aaba922a5fd0-food1
GARDENING
Organization - Lydia's House
Location - Downtown (address withheld for safety reasons)
Lydia's House provides safe, affordable housing for victims of domestic abuse.
We will need 2-3 volunteers to plant approximately one dozen potted plants for the porches of the women and families living there.
www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4aaba922a5fd0-gardening
BLANKET MAKING
Organization - Soldiers Angels
Location - Faith Des Peres Gathering Space
Soldier's Angels delivers blankets to soldiers in military hospitals here in the United States. We will need 5-10 volunteers to make no-sew fleece blankets for the soldiers.
www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4aaba922a5fd0-blanket
GARDENING
Organization - Doorways
Location - 4385 Maryland Avenue (Central West End)
Doorways is an interfaith organization that provides housing for people living with HIV/AIDS. We will need 5-10 volunteers to help clean up the community's gardens.
www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4aaba922a5fd0-gardening1
INDOOR CLEAN UP/PAINTING/GARDENING
Organization - Southampton Presbyterian Church
Location - 4716 Macklind Avenue (near Tower Grove)
Southampton Presbyterian Church is a new church development in our Presbytery and the first Presbyterian church started in the city in over 60 years. We will need 15-20 volunteers for painting, carpentry, yard clean-up, and trash clean-up. There will also be jobs available for children.
www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4aaba922a5fd0-painting
SANDWICH MAKING
We will also need volunteers to make sandwiches/lunches for everyone!