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Serve & Help

Keeping our Commitment to Serve
Opportunities to serve and your donations & support at work:

Refugee Support: Home Setup and Adjustment Support

• We've been preparing. We said "yes" to be an LSS Good Neighbor Partner, as we shared last week, to support a refugee family resettled in our area. 
  Now, it's time!  We've been matched with a family, and we moved them into their apartment (on 1/29)!  Click here to read our announcement and how you can help by donating, volunteering, praying, and more!  Stay tuned as we continue to support this family over the coming months.​​

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Feeding ministries & supporting our unhoused/homeless neighbors:

• We're continuing to serve meals and support financially the Georgetown Saturday Suppers program.  Our next service date is  June 4.  We can use your help; we need:
  • just a few volunteers - sign up for this and future opportunities here
  • donations to provide food (we purchase from a local restaurant to reduce contacts, ensure safe food prep, and support local businesses)
  • donations of trial-size/hotel toiletries, and other needs. Coordinate drop-off or purchase via our Amazon list, here.​​

 

• Through this winter, Monday through Thursday every week we're sharing our space as the "pop-up" location of Georgetown Ministry Center, offering a warm space, restrooms, snack bags, wifi, laundry, and connection with services through GMC staff.  We're proud to share in this way. 

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During this pandemic, the needs of our neighbors and our calling to serve is great.  Below are ways to plug in and reach out to our neighbors in need!  Questions, want more details or to help?  Contact our service leaders: Sophie (sophie.guiny@gmail.com) or Brittany (brittanyrgodin@gmail.com).  Ideas to add?  Fill in a comment at the bottom of this page.
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Service Ideas

Do/Make

Things you can do safely from home!

Writing letters and/or cards to people living in retirement/senior living facilities.  Coordinated effort coming soon!

Getting groceries for elderly, vulnerable, or sick folks.  Possible connections: Georgetown Village, Iona Senior Services, or contact Pastor Brett.

Record a video (storytelling, songs, etc.) for a child in your life!  Know a single parent or ones trying to work from home and juggle kids?  How could you help or send support from afar?  Coordinated effort may be coming soon.

Make “blessing bags” for those experiencing homelessness.
Coordinated effort may be coming soon.

We're working on learning more on how we might:
Assisting the homeless who have been housed in hotels
TBD: learning more about the need, how to connect through DC Health and Human Services possibly or DC Dept of Health.

​Give

We want to share some local community needs and current status of service agencies.  Every donation makes a difference!

Homeless & Vulnerable Services:

• Miriam's Kitchen - (located in Foggy Bottom) is still providing the following homeless services: daily breakfast and dinner, caseworker/support services, and staff support for the doctor and psychologist street outreach to homeless folks in Georgetown.
• Martha’s Table is another ongoing homeless/need provider in the city providing meals and various services.  It is one of the only ones who can receive donated food and other item donations.
• Friendship Place continues to provide street outreach in Georgetown through a partnership with the Georgetown BID, as well as job placement services for homeless folks and veterans’ services.
• The Georgetown Ministry Center day drop-in center has reopened, offering limited use for showers, mail pickup, bagged lunches, and laundry.  They have an Amazon wish list here with critical things (masks and gloves, as well as gift cards for food/essentials) which will be distributed to guests.   Contribute to support through the Spirit of Georgetown annual campaign event going on now!

Feeding & Meals

• ​Support local food pantries by giving a donation to the Capitol Area Food Bank.  The food bank has also taken over meal delivery to elderly folks from many smaller agencies.  
• Food for Others (Northern Virginia)
• Give a designated donation to help the costs of supporting Grate Patrol and the Saturday Suppers.

Other

• Greater DC Diaper Bank - Providing essentials for babies & families.
• Dogwalkers, and doggy daycare like Fur Get Me Not Dog Daycare - a business, but one that needs support, shared by a member.

Have a service idea or a way to help?  Comment below!