Outreach News Archive

Wake Interfaith Hospitality Network

In this season of hope and giving, it is with great joy and excitement that we remind you of the wonderful opportunity that lie ahead for Christ Church.

For the entire week of February 13-20, 2011, Christ Church will be hosting families in the Baker Wing as a way to assist them in their quest to regain stability, and eventually permanent independence in our community. These families will be sleeping in makeshift bedrooms, and eating food that will be provided by Christ Church parishioners.

As the holiday season winds down, we will be actively looking for volunteers to help make our guests’ stay at Christ Church as comfortable and as pleasurable as possible. What a fantastic way to offer ourselves and give to those less fortunate than we are, especially in this incredible season of hope.

If you have an interest in volunteering or questions regarding the project, please visit the website (www.WIHN.org) or contact one of the following committee heads below.

Will McElroy
Project Chair
931-3434

Bose Bratton
Set up/Breakdown
210-6991

Steve & Lindsay Sartorio
Meals (Breakfast, Bag Lunch, Dinner)
803-640-2034 (Steve)

602-4723 (Lindsay)

Caroline Braswell
Laundry, Linens & Activities
271-3935

Yorke Sartorio
Supplies
834-6259

Jack Arnold
Tutoring
210-7695

Hunter Bratton
Transportation
614-2259

Will McElroy
Overnight Hosts
931-3434

Did You Know?

Families make up 41% of the entire homeless population
On any given night in Raleigh there are more than 800 homeless family members
WakeCounty is 25,000 units short of affordable housing
A worker making minimum wage cannot afford fair market rent for a 2 bedroom apartment
Families with children continue to be the fastest growing segment of the homeless population
The need for WIHN services is greater today than ever

Parish Service Day – Saturday, Nov. 6th

Mark your calendar and make plans to attend Parish Service Day on Saturday, Nov. 6. This year we'lll gather for a light breakfast at Saint Saviour's Center at 8:00a before setting off to more than a dozen service opportunities for the whole family, at the Saint Saviour's Center and throughout the local community. The meal packaging program with Stop Hunger Now is back, but will be slightly smaller to encourage participation in other activities.

Child care will be provided at Saint Saviour's for those working any of the several activities offered at the Center itself. REGISTER HERE.

Paper forms also will be available in the lobby for your convenience. Please contact Marshall Lamb at (919) 414-8079 if you have any questions.

December 9, 2009 - Christ Church Outreach Ministries Committee Minutes

Projects Subcommittee

The altar guild room is prepped for painting during. Volunteers will be needed to paint in the new year.

Habitat House: An April start is anticipated on the next house with Holy Trinity as the co-sponsor.
The Winter Warm Up project collecting winter clothing and blankets for the Raleigh Rescue Mission is under way. Donations are to be left under the stairwell on the lower level of the Baker wing.
Honduras: The Chapel of the Cross is looking forward to having the Millers as their guest on Sunday evening when they visit in April. A mission trip is tentatively planned for May or June 2010.

Grants/Policy Subcommittee

$ 5,400 Urban Ministries, which provides services to people who are poor, elderly, disabled, and homeless in Wake County. The agency’s original program, Crisis Support, was initiated by the faith community (including Christ Church). The Crisis Support program provides financial assistance to individuals and families who are in economic crisis and have received a final utility notice or an eviction notice. All funds designated for financial assistance go directly to clients in need.

November 11, 2009

Projects Subcommittee

CCOM will again coordinate the St. Nicholas project with the youth angel tree project. We will get names and information from Episcopal Housing Ministry of children living in their facilities.
Christ Church volunteers worked on building a handicap ramp in Wake County in collaboration with Resources for Seniors. We plan to work on future projects with this organization.
Honduras: The Millers have bee in the US; are now going back to Honduras later this week. When they get back, they will be able to work on the dates for the spring mission trip. Enough money has been collected in the “Cows for Christmas” project to fund two cows. They will return in mid-April.
All Parish Service Day Nov 14th has 129 people signed up, including two Stop Hunger Now shifts
Future projects include painting the Altar Guild room for painting.

Grants/Policy Subcommittee

$2000 Emmaus House to replace the furnace in Emmaus I, a halfway house on North Street for homeless men. The men graduate from highly supervised housing in Emmaus I to less supervision in Emmaus II before returning to the community. While at Emmaus, the men are responsible for maintaining the houses, cleaning and other chores and are then referred to job training and employment opportunities.

CCOM suggests the Christmas Offering be divided equally between the Parish Assistance Program and the Guest Program.

October 14, 2009

Projects subcommittee

Honduras Missionaries: Kim and Mike Miller will be visiting Raleigh the weekend of April 17 and speaking at services on the 18th. The mission trip to Honduras will probably take place in late May or early June. Christ Church is in conversation with Chapel of the Cross Church in Chapel Hill; they may partner with us to coordinate efforts in Honduras.

All Parish Service Day Nov 14th 200 volunteers are needed including 80 volunteers for each shift of the Stop Hunger Now project. Food collections for Wake Relief as well as other landscaping and maintenance projects at Christ Church and St. Saviour’s will be available.

Grants/Policy Subcommittee

Friends Program at Christ Church $2,000: This program provides assistance through the clergy & deacons offices at Christ Church for persons in crisis. There has been unprecedented need this year.

FIGS $9,500: FIGS (Filling in the Gaps) Provides funds to pay for prescriptive medications and medical supplies for low income, uninsured and underinsured people in Wake County. Recipients of this funding come through Urban Ministries and the Wake County Department of Social Services.

Loaves and Fishes Ministry, Inc. $3,000: Funding will be used to provide healthy, nutritious snacks for students in the Loaves & Fishes after school program at Milner Memorial Presbyterian Church. This program serves at-risk students (kindergarten through 12th grade), providing tutoring and homework help.

Meals on Wheels of Wake County $5,000: Funding is requested to support the Adopt-a-Day Program – providing the costs for one day for 1,400 hot, nutritious noontime meals; transporting the meals to 11 congregate or pick-up sites; and volunteer pick-up and delivery of the more than 1,100 meals to the frail, homebound elderly and persons with disabilities served by MOW each weekday.

September 9, 2009 - Christ Church Outreach Ministries Committee Minutes

Report from Projects Subcommittee:

Wake County Department of Aging needs help building wheel chair ramps for people they serve, with a possible work day on October 24. Raleigh Rescue Mission and Interact may also have building and landscape projects this fall.

CCOM is researching a project in early 2010 working with April's Angels, a non-profit organization helping children with physical disabilities and debilitating illnesses to make their rooms more functional and appealing. Details on all these projects will be available soon.

A spring mission trip to Honduras to help the Millers with their orphanage and school is also being discussed.

Grants/Policy Subcommittee:

Parish Service Day - $12,000

to include the meal packaging project and other outreach projects

Episcopal Farmworker Ministry in Newton Grove- $4,000

to support ongoing programs such as English classes, immigration assistance, clothing distribution, transportation, counseling and health care.

Boys and Girls Clubs - $5,000

for continued support of their Project Learn Education Program for children ages 6 – 18 in areas such as Character and Leadership Development, Education and Career Development, Health and Life Skills, the Arts, and Sports, Fitness, and Recreation.

Thompson Child & Family Focus - $1,000

for support of Psychiatric Residential Treatment Services at The School at Thompson.

Homeless Support Circle- $2,500 Funding to be given in Memory of Larry Wynns

to fund a Support Circle from another organization to assist a homeless person/family through mentoring, and helping find a home and job. Larry was a member of CCOM and was a tireless advocate for the homeless in our community.

June 10, 2009 - Christ Church Outreach Ministries Committee

Report from Projects Subcommittee:

CCOM, in partnership with the Raleigh Rescue Mission, participated in a June project to repair a handicap client’s driveway.
The committee is working on a third quarter service project, which may be a handicap ramp project for a church in Wake Forest. That information will be posted on the Christ Church web site and as part of other regular communications.

The following grant requests were approved and forwarded to the Vestry:

Episcopal Campus Ministry ($2,000) – for continued support of programs for area college students.
Saint Saviour’s Center ($24,000) – for their Health and Wellness Program ($10,000) and Marketing Collateral ($14,000) to increase visibility in the community through newsletters (3), a direct mail campaign, and a brochure and web development.
Re-designate unallocated funds ($4,521) from the “Hurricane Katrina Relief Account” and change the designation to a more flexible “Emergency Assistance Account.”

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