Service/Giving Opportunities web site is provided as a community courtesy
(Submissions made by AM30HFamine participants)

This site provides specific opportunities & suggested leads for your participation

Local

5/29/06 Submitted by Renae Storbakken –Youth worker, Progressive Baptist Church (Rev. Dr. Earl F. Miller, enior Pastor; Otis Clark IV, Youth Pastor)

PROJECT HOME (program of St. Paul Area Council of Churches) (10/10/06 CLOSED)
Grace Lutheran Church (www.gracelutheranstpaul.org) will be an overnight family shelter for homeless families for the WHOLE MONTH of September.

Progressive Baptist (www.progressivebptchurch.org) & St. Pascal’s Catholic Church (www.stpascals.com) will each partner with Grace to provide hosts for 1 week.

Seeking:
1. Other churches to partner to provide hosts for a shift or day/s
2. Folk who would like to come as individuals/families to serve along with folk of one of the other churches. Who are served: Homeless families ---people with kids (Guests)

What is involved: Volunteers serve as Hosts – serve snacks, chat w/ guests, play w/ the kids, help w/ homework

Bring your kids to play with the kids!!

Time Commitment: 2 shifts : 5:30pm-8:30pm & Overnight 8pm — 7:30am. Training provided.

If you would like more information or would like to participate, contact Sig Johnson (Overall coordinator for the Host church-Grace Lutheran), email: sigrid.johnson@usfamily.net; SPACC—St. Paul Area Council of Churches SPACC.org then click programs

Other information/links:
www.endhomelessness.org (Homelessness web sights)
www.hud.gov/kids (Great site for Kids)

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5/29/06 Submitted by Renae Storbakken –Youth worker, Progressive Baptist Church (Rev. Dr. Earl F. Miller, Senior Pastor; Otis Clark IV, Youth Pastor)

Website for General Volunteer Opportunities -- Hands On Twin Cities (formerly Volunteer Resource Center), email: info@volunteertwincities.org

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Global

Sponsor a Child
For a mere $30-35/month, you can change the life of a child forever. Go to World Vision for more information. This is a great opportunity for individuals, families, or youth groups who have experienced or supported the Famine. Click here to e-mail your sponsored child. If no one from your church sponsors a child, please do it yourself and start telling the story, sharing the letters you get back with your group. Also, let me know the name and country of the children who are sponsored by your congregation. Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church hosted "A Child is Waiting" Sundays. "We're up to 21 from 4 churches!"

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6/5/06 Submitted by Paul Erdman, Sr. High Youth Director, Immanuel Lutheran church, Hopkins, MN

We [Immanuel Lutheran] are doing a Summer Mission Trip through YouthWorks, which is based in Minneapolis and does mission trips all over the U.S. and into Canada and Mexico. You can find all the details/outline on their website: www.youthworks.com. Cost was $248 for the week, which includes housing and meals. You do stay overnight and they run a pretty good program. You do need to provide your own transportation for your group as you drive daily to service sights. 

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6/1/06 Submitted by Renae Storbakken Youth Worker, Progressive Baptist Church (Rev. Dr. Earl F. Miller, Pastor; Rev. Otis Clark IV, Youth Pastor)

Sponsorship of Student(s) in Sierra Leone (7/10/06 CLOSED)
Mission available out of Grace Lutheran Church in St. Paul, MN (www.gracelutheranstpaul.org). For just $60 you could make it possible for a child, who otherwise would not be able to afford it, TO GO TO SCHOOL. In Sierra Leone a child cannot go to school unless they can pay & MANY cannot pay. Just think, we take it for granted. But some kids may NEVER get an education unless someone sponsors them. Please prayerfully consider this unique opportunity. This opportunity is made possible by members of the Sierra Leone Aide Initiative who are also members of Grace.
Send check by June 28, 2006 Make check payable to Grace Lutheran Church & send to: Grace Lutheran Church, 1730 Old Hudson Road, St. Paul, MN 55106-6199. Any Questions please call Sue Atneosen, 651-774-9114.

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Submitted 6-1-06 by Renae Storbakken, youth worker Progressive Baptist Church (Rev. Dr. Earl F. Miller Pastor; Rev. Otis Clark IV, Youth Pastor)

A World Church Service -- Heifer International
Instead of providing hungry families with a non-renewable source of food, Heifer International provides a "living loan" of an animal. Heifer provides extensive training in animal care, ecologically sound agriculture practices and community development. The result is to transform not just families, but the environment and community. Another key cornerstone of Heifer International is "passing on the gift." Families who receive an animal repay the loan by passing on one or more of the animals' offspring to other needy families. That family passes on their gift to another family and so on. So one gift multiplies through the community. Heifer International currently provides more than 27 types of animals that provide food and/or income to struggling families in 48 countries (including the U. S.) Put together a small assistance package and make a big difference--- Health, school, baby, heart to heart kits. Great kids project. Click Order our CWS Kit Guide at Bottom of page; click on to “Order Gift of Heart Kit;” then on the side of the screen click “Build a Better World” for other curriculum resources—most free. Also on this site information about CROPWALKS. Note: this organization serves in the USA also. Website: http://www.churchworldservice.org/kits/index.html

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For information about the Service/Giving Opportunities Contact: Renae Storbakken, AM30HF Team Member from Progressive Baptist Church, Youth Worker, 651-739-9164

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