We have opportunities to serve folks in need in our community and hope you’ll participate!
Moore School Food Pantry, Highland, alongside Temple Emmanuel, supports Moore Elementary School by providing a food pantry for students of Moore School and their families. For the month of November, we are asking for donations of bags of dried beans.. We have busy this year and would love to have your help. Please sign up for “Moore Elementary Pantry Fall/Winter Volunteering.” Please click here to view the online sign up sheet.
Gingerbread Houses for Ashley Elementary Students
Highland again is collecting gingerbread house kits for the Ashley Elementary families. Our goal is to collect 75 kits by December 6. The school is hoping these kits will all be the same size (E-Z Build, 2.2lb). You will find ones like the picture on sale at Harris Teeter, Lowes, and Walmart. If you prefer, you may sign up for the amount you would like to provide, send or drop off a check at Highland, and we can purchase them for you. (Kits average $10–15 depending on the store). Thank you for helping support these kids and teachers! Sign up here.
Shepherd Center Gift Bags
We are collecting items for gifts bags which The Shepherd’s Center is putting together for low-income seniors in town; the bags will be shared with them at the end of a meal which we host annually (on December 5 this year). Highland signed up for:
*laundry detergent (32 load, no bigger please)
*liquid hand soap (10-12 ounces)
*body lotion (10-12 ounces)
Please help us reach our goal for each! We need them all by November 22. You can learn about what sizes we need and sign up here.
The Earth Care Committee is collecting used sneakers for the GotSneakers recycling program. This organization has developed this recycling program that helps to keep sneakers out of landfills and helps organizations raise funds. Please check your closets (and under your bed) for any unused sneakers that you wish to donate. You can place them in the box in the Gallery Hallway. To learn more about this program, please visit their website www.gotsneakers.com. Thank you!
Community Care Center on New Walkertown Road in Winston-Salem is a volunteer-based, free, non-profit healthcare clinic that treats the whole person and family. They provide health care services and medicines to uninsured patients who don’t qualify for federal or private insurance and have family incomes below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. Their medical, dental and non-medical staff donate over 10,000 hours annually. They have evening hours every Monday and Thursday. Churches from Salem Presbytery provide dinners for the volunteers each Monday. If you’d like to prepare and deliver a dinner for 20 people, please contact Debbie Cesta at debbie.cesta@habitatforsyth.org
Current needs at The Shepherd Center:
- Volunteers are needed for their Phone Pals and Card Connections programs (sending cards, making cards, making phone calls)
- For small groups that might feel comfortable working together outside, they have older adults that need help with yard work
- Items are needed for Door Drops and items vary from month to month
Current needs at Senior Services:
- Senior services can always use more hand sanitizer, bags to support contactless delivery, and other cleaning and protectives equipment such as masks, gloves, etc.
- There is an ongoing need for comfort and care items – please contact the volunteer coordinator, Holly Beck, at 336-721-3411.