For 73 years, Catholic Charities of Shiawassee and Genesee Counties has provided intervention services for individuals and families in crisis. The North End Soup Kitchen provides food and household supplies. We were blessed to have 7 volunteers from our church make and serve 65 meals on Saturday evening, June 15....
We had a very nice day to host a blood drive. We want to thank the 32 people who showed up to donate their blood, the 29 people who were able to donate, the Boy Scouts for assisting in setting up and packing up the equipment, the members who made...
Since 2006, Adopt-a-Pet has found homes for over 3000 cats and dogs and funded veterinary care for some very sick animals. Their objective is “to find loving homes for homeless dogs and cats as well as assist people in the community to find homes for their personal animals.” On Saturday,...
Tri-County Christmas In Action performed significant home repairs to two houses (on in Byron and one in Gaines) on Saturday, April 27. Patricia is the homeowner and resident. Her daughter Tisha was the person requesting our assistance. Six volunteers from our church worked at the house in Byron. Our team...
Cleaning out your clothes closet? Have some small appliances that work well but you don’t use them anymore? Our Carriage Town collection box is waiting for your donations! In Fellowship Hall at the head of the stairs in the large wooden box (made by Gene Morrison) with its new sign...
Over 19% of the people in eastern Michigan are food insecure! The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan provides food to over 400 partner agencies in 22 counties. A hungry person or family could be your child’s friend from school, your co-worker or even your neighbor. Here is just one neighbor’s...
The Shelter of Flint serves more than 1000 homeless adults and children every day! The average stay for their client is 37 days and they consistently report 90% in positive housing destinations. While they have many success stories, let us share just one: After having difficulty finding suitable housing in...
Fifteen volunteers from our church traveled to the North End Soup Kitchen on Saturday, January 12, to prepare and serve a lunch to people in crisis. We served 81 meals of goulash, salad, green beans and grapes. In addition, several of us worked in organizing items for sale in their...
On November 17, 20 volunteers from our church spent the morning sorting food for distribution to the partner agencies. We sorted 5642 pounds of food that will create 188,550 meals for families. The Mission committee wants to thank our members for their numerous methods of supporting the Food Bank of...
This event is free and open to the public. We hope that we will: • To facilitate a community conversation on the topic of homelessness in our community; • To raise awareness and dispel myths; • To define the issue, identify and understand the causes and exacerbating factors of homelessness;...