Volunteer Opportunities in the Valley
Our Community Partners -- What can we do together?
(listed in alphabetical order)
Double Portion Soup Kitchen
Mission: To feed those who are hungry, physically and spiritually, and to maintain the dignity of everyone who comes to Double Portion.
Location: in St. Thomas Church at 226 Washington Street, Menasha, WI. Serving dates and times: Double Portion serves a free meal every Monday, Wednesday (except the third Wednesday of the month), and Thursday from 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. and holidays that fall on a serving day.
Volunteer Opportunities: set up, prep, serve, or help clean up from meals, visit with guests and help share the love of Jesus to them
For more information or to contact them via their website: www.doubleportionsoupkitchen.com
Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley
Mission: Emergency Shelter of the Fox Valley, Inc., provides temporary shelter to homeless individuals and families in a safe environment, while providing guidance to those both homeless and at-risk that promotes independence.
Location: 400 North Division Street Appleton, WI 54911
Phone: (920) 734-9192
Volunteer Opportunities: answer phones, greet guests, receive donations, help with child care, help prepare meals/snacks
For more information, please visit www.emergencyshelterfoxvalley.org
Fair Market Thrift Store
Mission: To raise funds for Christian education by selling tax-deductible donations received from generous people throughout the community. Through our work at the Fair Market Thrift Store, we seek to make a positive difference in the lives of children through Christian education.
Location: 2130 S. Memorial Dr. Appleton, WI 54915 (old Hollywood Video across from Valley Value Cinema)
Phone: 920-882-6688
Business Drop-off hours: Wednesdays 10:00am-2:00pm, Thursdays 10:00am-6:00pm, Friday-Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm
Volunteer Opportunities: • Merchandise pickups • Minor repairs • Sorting • Cashiers • Housewares • Café workers • Men’s Wear • Toy Department • Women’s Wear • Remodeling • Children’s Wear
For more information on how you can help, please drop by, call, or visit www.fairmarketthrift.org.
Fox Valley Mother & Unborn Baby Care
Mission: To offer HELP and HOPE to a hurting generation. Christ-centered and Life-affirming, Mother & Unborn Baby Care is devoted to helping mothers and babies in need through material assistance, education and emotional support.
Location: 526 West Wisconsin Avenue, Appleton, WI 54911
Phone: 920-733-7334
Volunteer Opportunities: patient advocate, post abortion ministry, parenting mentor, bible study facilitator, receptionist, sorting and organizing, clerical, pick-up and delivery
For more information on how you can help, please visit www.fvmubc.org or their sister site clinic www.womankindclinic.org
Harbor House
Mission: To lead a community-wide partnership in the awareness and prevention of domestic violence and abuse and to offer safety and support to diverse families and individuals in crisis.
Location: 720 W 5th St, Appleton, WI 54914-5368
Phone: 920-832-1667
For more information on how you can help, please visit www.harborhouseonline.org
Housing Partnership of the Fox Cities
Mission: To be the low cost provider of quality affordable housing to low income families living in the Fox Cities. To provide families, adults and children, the opportunity to realize their potential and make a lasting contribution to society through effective transitional housing and supportive services.
Location: 611 N. Morrison St., Appleton
Phone: 731-6644
Volunteer Opportunities: Participate in our "home makeovers", which are great opportunities for groups and individuals. Individuals do not need to have construction experience.
Contact Lee Rossiter at 920-731-6644, ext 103
For more information, please visit www.housing-partnership.org
Leaven
Mission: To work through volunteers to assist people in crisis who have basic needs that cannot be met elsewhere. LEAVEN provided emergency financial assistance for housing, utilities, transportation and other basic human needs to over 6,000 households in 2007.
Location: 1475 Opportunity Way, Menasha, WI 54952
Phone: 920-738-9635 Contact Person: Mary Grace
For more information, please visit www.focol.org/leaven
Life Promotions
Mission: to convince youth that they have value and can choose to live life to the fullest. Life! Promotions strives to accomplish this goal through relevant, real and relational programs in schools, at conferences and festivals, during community outreaches, through trips and resources, and on the internet.
Location: 211 East Franklin Street, Appleton, WI 54911
Phone: 800-955-LIFE or 920-738-5588
Volunteer Opportunities: Lifest and Power Of One
For more information on how you can help, please visit www.lifepromotions.com
Reclamation Resource Center - member of Exodus International.
Mission: To extend God's love and grace by proclaiming to all who will listen that freedom from same-sex-attractions and other forms of relational brokenness is available through a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
Services Provided: Support Seminars, Materials, Group Meetings, Help for Families, Speaking Engagements
Goals:
- To help and encourage men and women struggling to find freedom from same-sex-attractions and other expressions of relational brokenness by befriending them and pointing the way to change.
- To motivate and train the body of Christ to meet the needs of those making such a life altering decision.
- To motivate and train the body of Christ to extend God’s love and grace without compromising God’s standards to those who have not made such a decision.
- To provide a safe place for parents and loved ones to come and share their pain, confusion, and grief coming from the issue of homosexuality.
For More Information, visit www.reclamationrc.org
Volunteer Opportunities: We are always looking for facilitators/co-leaders for our Renewed Hope drop-in group. You don't need experience with same-sex attraction, but need to be able minister to parents of Prodigals and unfaithful spouses.
Salvation Army
Mission: To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human need in His name without discrimination.
Location: 130 E. North St. Appleton, WI 54912-1605
Phone: 920-734-3324
For more information, please visit www.safoxcities.org
Shepherd's Care Community Outreach
Mission: To provide spiritual care to residents in Nursing Homes, Community Based Residential Communities, and Assisted Living Care Communities throughout the Fox Valley Area.
Phone: 920-558-4742
Volunteer Opportunities: visit with guests in residential care facilities, help lead Christian church services or bible studies with guests, offer encouragement to families
For more information, please visit www.shepherdscarecommunityoutreach.org
St. Joseph's Food Program
Mission: The St. Joseph Food Program is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-sectarian organization that has operated since 1982. Weekly we distribute 30 tons of fresh food and non-perishable items to hundreds of men, women and children - the elderly, working poor and temporarily unemployed.
Location: in the Midway Outreach Community at 1465A Opportunity Way, Menasha, WI 54952
Phone: 920-734-9461
Volunteer Opportunities: help organize and shelf staples, distribute food to clients, interview clients to determine eligibility, drive trucks to pick up donations
For more information on how you can help, please visit www.stjoesfoodprogram.org
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