Stewardship - Social Outreach
Contact the Parish Office for details:
481-5702
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Social Outreach Committee
The Social Outreach Committee is made
up of the heads of sub-committees and any interested parishioners.
We support one another in our ministries through sharing and prayer.
We set vision for the parish as whole and other opportunities for parishioners
to reach out to the community we live in.
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Food Pantry
We have a food pantry which enables us
to help those in need. At regular intervals, we ask for specific
items to keep our food pantry stocked. This need is on-going
as throughout the year, people come to us for food.
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Campaign for Human Development
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Campaign
for Human Development is a nationwide fund-raising organization that
makes grants to grass roots self-help groups. Church of the Holy
Family is one of several diocesan target parishes for the annual
collection Sunday in November. Organization planning meetings in
the fall.
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Respect
Life
Focuses on situations in which human life
is directly threatened--abortion, euthanasia, and capital punishment--and
provides outreach to women in crisis. Promotes pro-life legislation,
provides opportunities for education and consciousness-raising.
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Emergency Housing
Willing to open home to families caught
in an emergency hospital medical situation while visiting in Virginia Beach.
Commitment expected: as needed.
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Soup Kitchen [ top
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Approximately every six weeks, we are
scheduled to prepare and serve an evening meal for about 100 persons at
the Judeo-Christian
Outreach Shelter. Volunteers prepare food and deliver it to the
church kitchen by 5:00 p.m. or purchase bread, fruits and drinks.
A team of six persons brings the food to the shelter on Virginia Beach
Blvd. and serves the meal.
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Winter Watch
With the Volunteers
of America, in cooperation with churches in Virginia Beach, we provide
shelter for the homeless for one or two weeks during the winter.
Upon arrival, at church at 9 p.m., the homeless are welcomed into the Family
Room, served a light meal, settled for the night and served breakfast in
the morning prior to 7:00 a.m. departure.
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Food Baskets: Thanksgiving and Christmas
Volunteers prepare food baskets to approximately
80 families in Virginia Beach at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Names
of families are obtained through Virginia
Beach Department of Social Services, parishioners, and other sources.
Food is donated by parishioners.
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Giving Tree [ top
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The Giving Tree, held in Advent, provides
gifts, baked goods, and clothing to needy people in the community through
established charitable organizations.
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Habit
for Humanity
In Cooperation with other churches in
Virginia Beach, Church of the Holy Family provides financial support and
volunteers to assist in building affordable housing in the community.
Two builds are usually planned a year.
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Interfaith Advisory Board
These organizations exist to provide networking
among churches to develop solutions to community problems and seek volunteers
to assist in community outreach efforts.
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Legislative Advocacy
Keep the parish informed on upcoming Justice
and Peace legislation. Educate parishioners on Justice and Peace issues.
Encourage letter writing to legislators.
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Meals
on Wheels
Our parish supports a team of people who
deliver meals the first week of each month. Meals are packed daily
(from 10:30-11:00 a.m.) and picked up at Sentara Nursing Home, 3750 Sentara
Way, VA Beach. Deliveries take approximately one to one and a half
hours and helpers return to the nursing home with trays. Most routes
consist of six to seven deliveries. You will always have an experienced
partner with you. Substitutes are used when a team member is unavailable.
Commitment: two hours a month.
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Transportation [ top
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Persons willing to provide transportation
to Mass. A.) Personally arrange to pick up individuals on an as-needed
basis. B.) Drive Van - be on a schedule to drive van/bus from nearby
facilities to bring a group of residents to church. Scheduled approximately
every six weeks.
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Red Cross Blood Drive
Two blood drives per year: January and
July. Volunteers needed to help recruit donors and assist with the
drive.
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Sowers
of Justice
The Office of Justice and Peace of the
Diocese provides organizational support to the parish and individuals
to assist in carrying out specific ministries.
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