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October Serve Saturday Summary
Please email Ginna Beckett at gwbeckett61@gmail.com or contact the church office at office@tccentralumc.org with any questions.
Schedule: Saturday, October 19, 2024;
8 am – Coffee, Community and Donuts in Lounge (everyone is welcome)
8: 45 am – Community Prayer and send teams off to work sites
9 am to Noon – Teams Serve
Blessing Bag Donation– Fill a bag with all the items needed for a family experiencing food insecurity. Pick up your empty Blessing Bag with an attached shopping list beginning Sunday, October 6th, and return it full to the church’s back door on the morning of Serve Saturday, October 19th. The Salvation Army, Kalkaska InterFaith Resources, Leelanau Christian Neighbors, Grace Episcopal Church, and Kingsley United Methodist Church are the distribution points for the 150+ bags collected through this effort. (No registration needed, just pick up a bag in the gathering space.)
Blessing Bag Sorting – Sort and prep the filled Blessing Bags for pick up by the various food distribution organizations at noon that day. Sign up to fill a bag or two, and/or sign up to help Saturday morning the 21st. (6 people)
Reining Liberty Ranch – Clean up projects and animal interactions. Reining Liberty Ranch offers community based programs that serve Veterans, their families, and other disabled/at-risk individuals within the Grand Traverse Community through horse-human therapy programing. Family friendly, off site project. From 9 am to noon. (20 volunteers)
Safe Harbor – Shelter volunteers needed beginning October 18 through the 23rd. This TC-based facility provides shelter, food and other resources to those experiencing homelessness. Saturday, October 19, is the first day of CUMC’s commitment to operate our Safe Harbor shelter. This link provides access to a separate sign up form for all of Safe Harbor’s shifts, including the shift that takes place during Serve Saturday: Safe Harbor Volunteer Registration. Here is a link to volunteer descriptions for more information. Please email at josh@gtsafeharbor.org or Ginna Beckett at gwbeckett61@gmail.com with any questions.
Cherryland Humane Society – Cleaning projects and animal interactions. CHS provides a safe harbor for the animals entrusted to them and strives to find responsible, loving and permanent homes while advancing the well-being of animals. Please wear closed toed shoes and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. From 9 am to noon. (8 volunteers over the age of 12 years).
