Bread Deliveries

• Bread is picked up from local businesses by congregation members and delivered to those in need in the Columbus area.

Habitat for Humanity

• WPC has been involved with Habitat for Humanity since 1992
• Worthington Partnership raises the funds and supplies
• Volunteers build houses for low income people
• WPC contributes to building one home per year
• A Habitat house has the opportunity to build equity with a zero percent interest loan
• Habitat is not a government program and receives no government funds
• Volunteers are always needed; a few hours per week/month
• All skill levels are needed
• Jobs include framing, insulating, hanging drywall, painting, installing siding, roofing, finish trim, doors, windows, landscaping, etc.
• On the job training
• Interested? For more details call Jack Dicke at 614-888-8103
• To donate used materials, call the Build-It-Again Center at 614-364-7025 or 614-364-7028 or visit their web site at www.habitat-columbus.org
• They accept new or used cabinets, doors, windows, fixtures, shingles, paint, etc.
• Donations are tax deductible at fair market value

Montana de Luz

• A home for children with HIV/AIDS in Honduras
• WPC supports Montana de Luz with funds and volunteers
• Visit Montana de Luz website at www.montanadeluz.com

My Very Own Blanket

• Provides blankets to children in foster care
• Make blankets to donate or donate funds and/or supplies
• Website: www.mvob.org

NNEMAP (Near Northside Emergency Materials Assistance Program)

• A Columbus agency than operates a food pantry
• Distributes food to more that 18,000 people each year
• WPC supports NNEMAP with foods, grooming supplies and cash donations
• The first and third Wednesdays of each month, members of the church help "break down" food donations
• To help with this program, please call Barbara Jameson at 614-431-0869 or Barbara Turley at 614-766-8301

Salem Elementary

• A nearby elementary school in a disadvataged area
• Classroom volunteers help in classrooms as directed by the teachers
• Time commitment varies depending on a schedule you work out with the teacher
• Christmas Breakfast with Santa volunteers help serve breakfast (one Saturday in December) or wrap presents
• School Supply Drive: donate school supplies as requested by teachers (August & September)

Salem Elementary Summer Lunch Program

• A nearby elementary school in a disadvantaged area
• Help serve warm lunches to students during the summer
• Help facilitate fun activities for the kids
• Time commitment is in the summer, through the week, around lunch time. You can volunteer for one day a week or several
• Donate fresh fruit and other supplies as needed

Stafford Village Retirement Center

• A residential facility located at Stafford and Hartford Streets in Worthington
• Worthington Presbyterian Church's Session elects the Stafford Village Trustees
• Host birthday parties every other month on the second Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
• If you would like to help or donate a cake, call John Beck at 614-847-1311

Other Opportunities

• Assembling sack lunches for the homeless
• Delivering goods collected for various mission projects like our Fall Coat Drive, Guadalupe Food Drive, Easter Baskets, etc.

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