Community Connections = Ways You Can Help!
Brad and Amber are now doing Community Connections on
the second Saturday of each month. Check back each month for ideas on how you can love and serve your neighbor.
May 2021
Link to video: https://fb.watch/5qxgLvZUPV/
NEW! Every month I'll provide a meal-in-a bag recipe for families. If you take your kids shopping, include them in providing a nonperishable meal in a bag for our young people by letting them pick out the groceries. Place the items in a bag and drop them off at Life House OR Olive Branch. (Addresses in Community Connections.)
This month’s recipe is Chicken Tacos. You will need: 1 pkg hard shell taco shells, a 12.5 oz can of chicken, 1 pkg taco seasoning, 1 can of Ro*Tel, 1 can of nacho cheese, 1 small can of sliced black olives, a can of corn, and a bag of cheesy chips (such as doritos). Optional: Provide a can opener and/or dessert such as prepackaged cookies like Oreos or Chips Ahoy!
May Community Connections:
Loaves & Fishes
Current Supply Needs:
Volunteer needs (please call for more information)
Olive Branch (218) 728 0629
Dorothy Day House (218) 724 2054
Life House
Supplies can be dropped off between 10-5 M-F at the Life House Youth Center - 102 W. 1st Street. Contact Amber Sadowski if you have any questions. 218-393-6952.
CHUM
Damiano Center
Housewares Needed:
Clothing Items Needed:
Union Gospel Mission
You can drop items off Monday-Thursday between 1-3. Give them a call at 218-722-1196 and they will come out to your car and pick up your donations.
Safe Haven:
NEW! Every month I'll provide a meal-in-a bag recipe for families. If you take your kids shopping, include them in providing a nonperishable meal in a bag for our young people by letting them pick out the groceries. Place the items in a bag and drop them off at Life House OR Olive Branch. (Addresses in Community Connections.)
This month’s recipe is Chicken Tacos. You will need: 1 pkg hard shell taco shells, a 12.5 oz can of chicken, 1 pkg taco seasoning, 1 can of Ro*Tel, 1 can of nacho cheese, 1 small can of sliced black olives, a can of corn, and a bag of cheesy chips (such as doritos). Optional: Provide a can opener and/or dessert such as prepackaged cookies like Oreos or Chips Ahoy!
May Community Connections:
Loaves & Fishes
Current Supply Needs:
- Foods: peanut butter, milk, canned fruit, coffee, pre-cooked sausages
- Laundry detergent (HE or powder, large
containers preferred) - Non perishable meals in a bag
- Or, call Olive Branch (218-728-0629) and schedule a time to drop by a home cooked meal!
Volunteer needs (please call for more information)
Olive Branch (218) 728 0629
Dorothy Day House (218) 724 2054
- People with trucks or large vans to be on call to occasionally help someone move into a new apartment
- House duty volunteers at Olive Branch or Dorothy Day House (this requires training, as well as a willingness to answer phones and make referrals, do light housework and some food prep, and treat people who come to the house with dignity and a spirit of welcome)
Life House
- You’re invited to Life House’s Celebration of Success virtual gala where they will celebrate their 30-year anniversary, honor their youth and share their vision ahead. Enjoy music by Chastity Brown & a silent auction.Text “Life House” to 243725 to register.
- Size 5 & 6 diapers are in high demand.
- They still need gently used or new young men’s clothing such as T-shirts, joggers/sweatpants, and sweatshirts.
Supplies can be dropped off between 10-5 M-F at the Life House Youth Center - 102 W. 1st Street. Contact Amber Sadowski if you have any questions. 218-393-6952.
CHUM
- Tents, sleeping bags, tarps
- Hotel size shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, soaps, etc.
Damiano Center
Housewares Needed:
- GENTLY used pots and pans. Please do not donate pans with teflon flaking off, as this is toxic.
- Plates,
- Cups
- Gently used or new blankets - please, no blankets with holes or stains.
Clothing Items Needed:
- Mens jeans sizes 30-34
- Small womens sizes of jeans, leggings and sweatpants
Union Gospel Mission
- Canned vegetables
- Canned soups
- Pastas & Sauces
You can drop items off Monday-Thursday between 1-3. Give them a call at 218-722-1196 and they will come out to your car and pick up your donations.
Safe Haven:
- No contract pay by the minute phones
- Toilet Paper
- Laundry Bags
- Laundry Pods
April 2021
Link to video: https://fb.watch/5h7ofSNnEg/
Loaves & Fishes --Olive Branch (218) 728 0629; Dorothy Day House (218) 724 2054
Current Needs:
LifeHouse
CHUM
Damiano Center
Housewares Needed:
Current Needs:
- Laundry detergent (HE or powder, large containers preferred)
- Dish detergent
- Shampoo and conditioner
- Sleeping bags and tarps (camo tarps preferred, for our many friends sleeping on the street or in the woods)
- Gift cards for area gas stations ($20 preferred, to aid people sleeping in their cars or needing transportation to work)
- People with trucks or large vans to be on call to occasionally help someone move into a new apartment
- House duty volunteers at Olive
- Branch or Dorothy Day House (this requires training, as well as a willingness to answer phones and make referrals, do light housework and some food prep, and treat people who come to the house with dignity and a spirit of welcome)
LifeHouse
- Joggers/sweatpants for men (all sizes)
- Underwear for men and women
CHUM
- Tents, sleeping bags, tarps
- Non perishable foods such as Beef stew, chicken, tuna & baked beans, cereal and canned fruits
Damiano Center
Housewares Needed:
- GENTLY used pots and pans.