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Service
Opportunities (updated
May 6, 2007)
Walnut Hills
is known for it's mission statement:
A place to call home where you are welcomed and sent forth to
serve.
Here are ongoing and short opportunities when you can serve.
Education,
Service & Justice Brochure
Ongoing
Opportunities
Children and Family Urban
Ministries:
CFUM
addresses the concerns and conditions of school-age children, youth,
and their families in the neighborhoods of the near north side of
Des Moines.
CFUM
serves meals at breakfast and supper year-round, hosts after-school
and summer youth programs, and in other ways responds to the needs
of children and their families in our community. There are many
opportunities to volunteer through the meal programs (Walnut Hills
serves supper on the 3rd Tuesday of each month), through
the after-school program, and for special events. For information go
to www.cfum.org, email info@cfum.org,
or call 515-282-3242. To assist with the supper that Walnut Hills
serves at
CFUM
, contact Susan Guy at sguy@whumc.org
or 515-270-9226. For more information please follow this link Children and Family Urban
Ministries (CFUM).
Churches United Shelter:
Churches
United Shelter serves homeless men and women over 18 years old.
Walnut Hills serves supper at the shelter on the 5th of
each month. To volunteer to prepare or serve supper, contact
Devon Murphy-Petersen
at 515-987-1273, or the Walnut Hills office at 515-270-9226.
For more information follow this
link Churches
United Homeless Shelter.
Circles of Support:
The
Circles of Support program is designed to help at-risk families
break the cycle of poverty, improve their quality of life, ensure
successful life paths for their children and help make them
successful social and economic participants in the Greater Des
Moines community. Volunteers are trained as “allies” to mentor
families and help them focus on strategies to escape poverty, ensure
children are ready for and succeeding in school and to provide
children with the tools they need to become successful adults. For
more information or to volunteer, contact
Julie
Spong at 515-242-7587, or julie.spong@dmps.k12.ia.us.
The Connection Café Lunch
Program:
The
Connections Café is a free lunch program established by four of the
Downtown Des Moines churches. Along with the aid of other outreach
groups, approximately 200 lunches are supplied from
12:00
to
1:00 p.m.
at the Community Center at 7th and
Grand Avenue
on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Volunteers are needed
to provide ingredients, to help put lunches together and to serve
them. Call Lynn Heuss, Project Coordinator, at 515-771-1481 for more
information.
Des Moines Area Religious
Council:
Project
Connect, a collaborative program between DMARC, Big Brothers/Big
Sisters, and Des Moines Public Schools, places mentors in seven Des Moines
schools that have many children living in poverty. For more
information, contact Vonnie Salem at 515-277-6969, or vsalem@dmreligious.org.
The DMARC
Food Pantry is in need of volunteers to help at the food pantry
warehouse at
3816 36th Street
in
Des Moines. To volunteer contact
the DMARC office at 515-277-6969, or check out their website at www.dmreligious.org.
Food Pantry Sunday:
The third
Sunday of each month is Food Pantry Sunday. You can bring your
non-perishable food items to the church to be taken to the Des
Moines Area Religious Council’s Food Pantry Warehouse. For a list
of most needed food items, go to www.dmreligious.org.
Goodwill Industries Day
Activity Volunteers:
Clients
in Goodwill’s Day Activity Program are in need of volunteers to
chaperone outings. Outings typically last an hour or two in the
middle of each day and include fun activities like bowling and
shopping. The program is built to help individuals with mental
illness to build social skills. Come weekly, monthly, or at your
leisure! Call Andrea at 515-265-5323 for details.
Interfaith Hospitality Network:
The mission of the Des
Moines Area Interfaith Hospitality Network is to provide
compassionate care to homeless families and to assist families in
securing a stable home. IHN serves through a caring, dignified
environment of overnight hospitality in several churches and
synagogue facilities, and provides an array supportive services to
help families become self-sufficient. Interfaith
Hospitality Network -
Interested in helping
IHN?
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Care providers are
needed to help during Walnut Hills' host weeks, usually 4 weeks
throughout the year. Needs include meal preparers, hosts
(including overnight hosts), van drivers, setup and teardown,
laundering linens at the end of the week, and other needs.
Contact Kim Roby kroby@waukee.k12.ia.us
or Erica Brown ERICABROWN7@msn.com
to volunteer.
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Trauma Dolls:
This
ministry is a partnership between Walnut Hills, Silvercrest, and the
Northwest Des Moines Kiwanis Club. The group meets every Friday
morning from
10:30-11:00 a.m.
at Silvercrest to stuff trauma dolls which are then delivered to
area hospitals and agencies for children who are preparing for
surgery or in some way affected by a trauma in their family. For
more information contact Pam Deeds at 515-270-9226 or pam@whumc.org.
Urbandale
Caring Corps:
Volunteers
are always needed for various activities, including office work,
passing out flyers for special events, transportation assistance,
shopping & errand assistance, yard work, and tutoring. Contact
the Caring Corps office at 515-278-3999 or caringcorps@aol.com
for more information.
Short-term
Opportunities
North
Central Jurisdiction Volunteers in Mission website,
www.gbgm-umc.org/northcentralvim/about_us.html.
12321 Hickman Road 
Des Moines  Iowa
50323
Phone: 515-270-9226 Fax: 515-270-0838
mandi@whumc.org
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