Dinner at your Door

This is a community service program that furnishes hot, nourishing noon meals at a low cost to shut-ins – mainly the handicapped and the elderly.  In addition to knowing that these people are eating at least one hot meal per day (Monday through Friday), this program is also a check to make sure they are doing all right.  Meals are prepared at an assigned location and then delivered by volunteers.  Anyone who is homebound is eligible and arrangements can be made for those who cannot pay.

 

Local Contact: Coralee Hanks  (952) 935-9028

Where they do their work: Twin Cities Western Suburbs

 

Families Moving Forward

Families Moving Forward is a faith based organization of volunteers that provides temporary emergency shelter, permanent affordable housing, and supportive services to low income families with children. In collaboration with 40 local congregations and thousands of volunteers, FMF provides hope to homeless families with children by providing temporary emergency shelter, supporting former shelter families with continued advocacy and education and, developing affordable rental housing for families. FMF’s greatest concern is for the damage that homelessness causes in children.  Faith Church is a host church for this program four times a year.

 

Local contact: Leslie Frost  (612) 529-2185

Where they do their work: Minneapolis & suburbs

Web site: www.familiesmovingforward.org

 

 

Family Hope Services

TreeHouse (an outreach of Family Hope Services, Inc.) is a Christian-based nonprofit organization whose purpose is to bring hope to hurting youth and their families, leading to life transformation. TreeHouse provides a safe place for at-risk youth and their families to struggle and grow. Their approach combines long-term caring relationships with a year-round balanced program. TreeHouse serves over 1000 teens annually who are experiencing difficulties at home, in school, or in their communities.

 

Local contact:  Michelle Grant   (952) 470-1945

Where they do their work: Five locations in the western metro suburbs

Web site: www.familyhopeservices.org

 

 

Friendship Ventures

Friendship Ventures is a non profit agency that creates unique educational, recreational and social opportunities for people of all ages with mental and physical developmental disabilities. They offer camping and respite programs for children, teenagers and adults with developmental disabilities at Camp Friendship, near Annandale; Eden Wood Center, Eden Prairie; and Camp New Hope, near McGregor.  Friendship Ventures also offers conference and retreat services and professional team-building programs to the communities they serve.

 

Local Contact: Patrick Zant   (952) 852-0101

Where they do their work: Minnesota

Web site: www.friendshipventures.org

 

 

Loaves and Fishes

Loaves and Fishes is a non profit, volunteer-driven agency fulfilling a basic need by feeding the hungry. They serve over 300,000 meals a year.  Their aim is to treat everyone with dignity and respect.  Loaves and Fishes provides coordination, facility rental and maintenance, oversight, public relations, emergency food, advocacy, and volunteer training to over 4,000 volunteers annually.  Members of our congregation serve meals six times a year.

 

Local contact: Bruce Humphreys   (612) 377-9810

Where they do their work: Eight (8) Twin Cities locations

Web site: www.loavesandfishesmn.org

 

 

InterCongregation Communities Association

Intercongregation Communities Association (ICA), a non profit corporation, was founded in 1971 in a home in Hopkins to offer food and clothing to needy families.  It is now serving families in the communities of Minnetonka, Hopkins, Excelsior, Deephaven, Shorewood, Greenwood and Woodland Minnesota and is governed by 34 congregations.  Services have evolved over the years to include food, emergency financial assistance for shelter and transportation, transportation to essential services, and where appropriate, referral to other helping agencies.

 

Local contact: Annette Poeschel  (952) 938-0729

Where they do their work:  Western Twin Cities suburbs

Web site: www.icafoodshelf.org