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Here are the many ways you can help:

•  Shepherd Stockings of hygiene items
•  Banquet underwriting & table hosting
•  Silent auction donations or gift gathering
•  Mentoring / coaching of residents
•  Semi annual yard sale drive collection & sorting
•  Teams to do house maintenance or apartment clean up
•  Be a prayer partner
•  Christmas giving tree sponsorship
•  Printed materials created
•  Good Shepherd presentations
•  Monthly furniture collection teams
•  Liaison for announcements, postings
•  Church / group partnerships
•  Making Christmas craft sale items
•  Collections of yarn, batting, ink cartridges, aluminum tabs, tools, towels
•  Pancake breakfast or fish fry sponsor
•  Sponsor a super bowl party
•  Secretarial or database work; answer phones
•  Envelope and newsletter stuffing
•  Policy-making team member
•  Youth group community service activities
•  Supporting our Car Donations Program provides you with a tax deduction as it aids us in our mission.
•  Fall knit caps, gloves and scarves collection for needy men, women or kids (new or used)
•  Environmental Pop Tab competition between the sexes with winners with highest monthly turn-in getting pizza party and sodas at Christmas and spring’s end
•  Holy Thursday Towel Drive: towels, wash cloths, bar soap, deodorant and shampoo for people to maintain their dignity
•  Apartment set items collection: linens, cooking and eating utensils, toaster, dish sets, pots & pans etc. to assist women setting up households with children
•  Bikes, and bike locks and chain Drive: people looking for work or getting to it. (and can’t afford a car)
•  Back to Work Tool Collection so men can work at vocational jobs new or used but operational:
  • claw hammers
  • saws
  • levels
  • squares
  • tool boxes
  • pliers
  • screwdrivers
  • tool belt
  • boots
  • vise grips
  • wrenches
  • sockets & extensions
  • measure tape
  • marking pencil
  • shovels
  •  leaf & garden rakes
  • clamps
  • mallet
  • electrical tester
  • shop towels
  •  box cutter with blades
•  Manning a table in front of Lowe's or Home Depot, asking people to buy tools as they shop
•  Back Pack Buddies for him or her: Back packs filled with 3-underwears, 3- t-shirts or 3 bras, 3-razor,
  shave crème, toothpaste & brush, 10 bus tokens, gym shoes (new or good condition), $10 Meier’s card, 3-
  sox, winter gloves and knit cap
•  Selling soup in a cup with bread, homemade cookies, and /or pizza (in-kind) in front of Kroger’s or
  Wal-Mart as a fundraiser for the poor and homeless. (We supply the soup!)
•  Collection of left over yarn, material, batting and flannel shirts to be made into afghans, lap blankets,
  baptismal gowns, baby blankets, comforters etc. (Knitters needed too!)
•  Car wash fundraiser at a high visible, high traffic business owner’s space or the church so we can provide
  social services to people in need
•  School end-of-semester Lost n Found Collection, sorting, and delivery
•  Putting on a breakfast after church or sponsoring a fundraiser dinner. (We can help supply the food!)
•  Selling Thanksgiving turkey feathers to pin on principle/ youth group leader/ as fundraiser for the
  poor
•  Selling duct tape lengths as a fundraiser to tape a leader to the wall!
•  Christmas or all occasion gift wrapping services offered as a fundraiser.
•  Boy Scouts making, painting and selling of birdhouses, ornaments etc. as a fundraiser for the poor
•  Bake sale to learn team work and cooking skills
•  Pick up and sorting of Christmas Giving Tree Program or food pantry items
•  Sizing and sorting clothing pantry items at 185 Shoup Mill Rd.
•  Creation of desserts for Good Shepherd Ministries events
•  Placing of wreaths, crosses, blankets on a grave as a fundraiser
•  Halloween Canned & Dry Food Scavenger Hunt competition
•  Pack and load estate sale items for our yard sale
•  Service team to tidy apartments between residents (Vacuum, wipe counters etc.)
•  Assist with our May & August yard sale set up.
•  Serving as hosts at a Good Shepherd event
•  Monthly service team to help the elderly to downsize by moving the furniture they are donating to
  Good Shepherd’ pantry
•  Martha’s Helpers - individuals or teams preparing apartments for new residents
•  Office Work - We are in need of volunteers to assist us during  the work day with such things as computer and database work, newsletter preparations, mailings and answering the phone.

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