West Allegheny Workcamp – Free Home Repair
June 18-24, 2023
Group Mission Trips provides intensive one-week Workcamps that help teenagers grow in Christian faith through service. Youth and their Adult Leaders, from around the country, will spend one week in our communities performing hands-on, home-repair projects for elderly, low-income, and disabled families in West Allegheny. The work at each home will be done by 5 young people, and at least one adult leader, representing many Christian denominations.
Opportunities to Serve Individuals
Opportunities to serve will be posted here as needs arise! Please click the “I Want To Help” button, if you are able to help with any of these needs:
- An individual is looking for help with Easter baskets for her 5 children. The ages are 10, 12, 13, 14, & 16; and some of children are special needs. Some suggestions given are: arts & crafts, paints, a football, sketch books, and make-up for the oldest. If you are able to help, or have questions, please call the church office at 412.494.9999.
- An individual is seeking a place to live with her husband in exchange for chores or caretaking. Her background is in Architecture and his is in Construction. She has a heart for helping and inspiring other people. If you are able to help, please call the church office at 412.494.9999.
- An individual is in need of a place to live in order to secure a job. If you are able to help, please call the church office at 412.494.9999.
- Paid childcare is needed for a 2-year-old, three mornings a week, eventually moving to three mornings and two full days each week. This would be in the Peters Township area. Please call the church office, if you are able to help, 412.494.9999.
- Help is needed with a fence installation. An individual who recently had to move and has a hard time walking her dog is seeking some assistance. If you are able to help, please call the church office at 412.494.9999.
Opportunities to Serve Organizations
Opportunities to serve will be posted here as needs arise!
Cayuga Centers is a treatment family foster care agency in Allegheny County. Cayuga Centers is looking for loving, supportive, caring homes for children currently in foster care who may need additional therapeutic services. In addition to new foster homes, they are also looking for supports for current and incoming homes. This could including someone assisting with babysitting, or providing a meal or transportation.
Heart for the Homeless
You Are Covered Project
The You Are Covered Project is hosting a “Heart for the Homeless Event” with serving opportunities available every 4th Saturday of the month through March. There is also a donation list for the event. Please contact Beth Crawford at yacproject2016@gmail.com with any questions you may have and/or to connect about serving with your Life Group.
Life Groups are invited to contact Linda Cordle at 412.474.3227 to discuss plans to serve:
Volunteers are needed for Friday Night Rec every Friday which will consist of:
- K – 5th graders (6pm-8pm)
- 9th – 12th graders (8pm-10pm)
Bethany Hospice and Palliative Care is seeking volunteers to help encourage their patients and families that they serve. For more information, contact 412-921-2209 or volunteer@bethanyhospice.com.
The founder, Lee, was working on building a ramp for accessibility for someone in Aliquippa years ago and while he was doing so, some neighborhood kids asked if he’d fix their bikes. He took the bikes home, fixed them, and brought them back the next day. Later that day, a bunch more kids brought him their broken bikes, and he saw an opportunity to engage the community.
Now he runs this organization that has multiple points of entry for service. Groups can come to his facility to work on broken, donated bikes. This is a perfect opportunity for Life Groups to have an “out” night. For the volunteers from churches/organizations, it’s an opportunity for those who are comfortable to fix bikes while others engage the kids and their parents. It’s simple but incredibly effective. People of all personalities and skill sets can engage in the mission of Communicycle, and everyone can watch God use bikes to impact lives. Really cool stuff.
There are also community outreach days, where they bring a trailer of bikes into a community, typically in partnership with a church, microchurch, or life group, and engage the community. On the community days, they give away already repaired bikes and also work with kids to fix their bikes at the trailer. Kids who are especially interested in working to repair their bikes can be rewarded with upgraded bikes if they serve others.
The WAMA Food Pantry at 105 West Allegheny Road, Imperial, PA (warehouse behind Rite Aid) is in need of several individuals who have the ability to lift heavy items on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for food distribution days.
Please send any donations or correspondence to:
East Liberty Family Center at the Kingsley Center
Are you in need of family support and family resources? East Liberty Family Center at the Kingsley Center is here to help. We have educational workshops and parenting classes, a diaper bank, men and women’s programming monthly, and other resources. If interested, please contact Joshua McKinley; Family Development Specialist at (412) 641-0092.
EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY – FOOD PANTRY
Here’s what they need now:
- Bottled water
- Canned tomato sauce
- Vegetables
- Beans
- Spaghetti and macaroni pasta
- Instant mashed potatoes
- Canned soups
- Oatmeal and whole grain cereals
- Mac & cheese boxes
- White and brown rice
- Disposable utensils, plates and bowls
- Ziploc bags, any size
- Napkins
- Paper towels
- Sugar
- Salt
Drop items off at the East End Cooperative Ministry (6140 Station Street) or Calvary Episcopal Church (315 Shady Avenue) Monday – Friday 9AM – 1 PM
INDIVIDUALS NEEDED FOR FOSTER CARE HELP IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY!
Family Connections, a program of Adoption Connection, PA (a faith-based, full-service, non-profit foster care and adoption agency in Beaver County) is seeking foster parents, respite families, and those available for emergency shelter calls in Allegheny County. There are also volunteer opportunities or holding a food or clothing drive for foster children.
If you would like more information on how you may become involved, contact Ginny Householder, Family Recruiter at 724-371-0671.
Caring Hospice Services of Western Pennsylvania
Our team is looking for volunteers who would love to bring smiles to our patients’ lives! Whether you have an artistic or musical talent you could share, a certified pet therapy dog to make a pet lover’s day or even just holding someone’s hand who needs comfort and peace. Join our amazing team as a volunteer. Whether it’s a phone call, a virtual visit or even an in-home visit, our patients would love to hear from you! Volunteers have the opportunity to provide such a rewarding gift to those who are terminally ill. Full hospice training will be provided and Covid-19 precautions are in place. Volunteer office help is also needed.
Servicing patients in Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland, Greene, Fayette and Beaver counties.
Contact JoBeth Tassari at 412-666-0900
The Dom Care program matches adults who are independently mobile or semi-mobile but cannot live independently with families who are willing to open their hearts and provide a warm and caring home. You can learn more about the program on our website: https://www.alleghenycounty.us/Human-Services/News-Events/Engagement/Dom-Care.aspx. We are looking to recruit both participants and providers for this important program.
If you would be interested in learning more about the program, please email Brian Heywood, Dom Care program supervisor, at brian.heywood@alleghenycounty.us.
We are looking for people to bless with this service & also for some extra volunteers who want to help us in this great work! Please reach out to Melissa Laughlin (founder) at blessedhomeproject@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Visit blessedhomeproject.org for more infomation.