The Bulletin Board for December 1, 2008
Compassion Coalition
1450 Dowell Springs Blvd. Ste. 100
Knoxville, TN 37909
865-251-1591 x 1
COMPASSION COALITION ANNOUNCEMENTS:
A big thank you goes out to Two Men & a Truck...not only did they help the disabled gentleman in our community move across town, but they also helped our Furniture Ministry by picking up several donations! The best part of this story is that they weren’t even on our e-mail list! We love it when needs are met because subscribers forward Bulletin Board to others within their circles of influence!
Don’t forget to tune in to Joy 62’s “Drive at Five” on Community Transformation with Grant Standefer on AM 620 from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. every Monday afternoon. The guest on Monday, December 1st will be Rebecca Kelly with Great Starts Nursery, a program of Child and Family Tennessee. Tune in to hear about this learning environment that provides developmental instruction and intervention for children 6 weeks to 5 years old who have been exposed to addictions.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
On Monday, December 8th, Drive at Five will feature a Compassion Coalition Fund Raising Telethon from 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. on 620 AM. Grant will provide an update on the ministry and encourages callers to ask questions, discuss community transformation, or share their favorite Compassion Coalition stories. We need a few volunteers who will staff the phones at the Compassion Coalition office to receive pledges or donations during this hour. E-mail becca@compassioncoalition.org or call 865-251-1591 x 1 if you want to help out!
Highways & By-Ways Ministry needs a volunteer to transport clothing donations to the services on Thursday nights and stay after the service to hand them out to homeless individuals (security will be present). Throughout the winter, services are held at St. John’s Lutheran Church on Broadway. To learn more, contact Preacher Bob at 865-577-3939 or Ms. Anne at 865-525-2296.
Jeremiah 6:16 says, “Stand at the Crossroads and look…” This verse, in its entirety, captures what the recently opened Crossroads Welcome Center at Knox Area Rescue Ministries is all about. Join the Crossroads ministry team by providing hospitality, offering administrative support, or building relationships with homeless individuals. The lives of the homeless are being changed every day as they seek the help they need from God and others to come to health and wholeness. Contact Victoria Reagan at 865-633-7635 or vreagan@karm.org to learn how you can put your faith to work and experience God’s life changing power in your life too.
KICKO (Knoxville Inner City Kids Outreach, Inc.) invites you to help wrap Christmas presents that will touch the lives of Knoxville's inner city children and youth with the tangible love of God. Please bring rolls of wrapping paper, scissors, and tape to Park West Church (7635 Middlebrook Pike Knoxville, TN 37909) at 10:59 a.m. on Saturday, November 29th. Contact Bill or Janice Clark at 865-523-4956 or kids@kicko.org for details.
LOCAL NEEDS:
An elderly man with Cerebral Palsy who lives alone in South Knoxville needs a heater with a 220 plug for his bedroom. If you have one to donate, please contact Misty Goodwin at misty.goodwin@knoxcac.org or 865-524-2786.
An elderly client who is being moved into Summit Towers Apartment complex in downtown Knoxville doesn't have many household things and has expressed a need for a microwave, a can opener, and a shower curtain. Please call Social Worker Kristie Harb at 865-310-5949 if you would like to donate any of these items.
A domestic violence victim is staying in a shelter and needs help to obtain her passport to get back to her home country. If you would be able to pay the $117 for the passport or donate some gas cards to get her to Atlanta, please contact Natalie with the Family Justice Center at 865-215-6850 or npinzon@child-family.org.
Highways & By-Ways Ministry is seeking donations of socks, gloves, toboggans, sanitation items for women, and coats to distribute to street souls in the Knoxville area. To contribute to this ministry, contact Preacher Bob at 865-577-3939 or preacherbobburger@yahoo.com.
Would your office or church consider hosting a drive for cleaning supplies and vacuum cleaners to benefit CAC's new Case Management Project? The following items are desperately needed: mops, buckets, rags, sponges, scrub bushes, rubber gloves, glass cleaner, bleach, and all-purpose cleaners. CAC can make arrangements to pick up any donated items, which will assist clients in various KCDC housing units avoid eviction to the streets. Contact Misty Goodwin at 865-524-2786 or misty.goodwin@knoxcac.org for additional details.
RESOURCES:
The Knoxville HUD Field Office is offering a free one-day grant writing training for novice community and faith-based non-profit grant writers on Thursday, December 11th. The training will take place on the third floor of the Duncan Federal Building (710 Locust Street, Suite 300) at the corner of Locust and Cumberland in downtown Knoxville. This specifically condensed curriculum contains the core of a two-day workshop that HUD has offered across the state in previous years. Classroom capacity if limited to 24 individuals. For more information or to register, please contact Keith Richardson at Keith.Richardson@hud.gov or 865-474-8208.
A Hoyer lift with a weight capacity of 350 pounds is being offered to anyone who needs it. Project LIVE received the lift as a donation, but does not currently know of anyone who needs it. To claim this resource, please contact Nancy Walker at 865-524-2786 or nancy.walker@knoxcac.org.
Adult diapers of all sizes are available to anyone who may need them. If you are interested in this resource, call Jean Haworth with Project LIVE at 865-524-2786.