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CROS Ministries // This Week! October 13,
2015
A weekly update especially for CROS Liaisons, Board Members, Friends, and Volunteers
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| Pantry Needs This Week Cereal |
The new volunteer shirts are here!
Please let your program director know
if you want one. $5.
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CROS Ministries in your
Wills and Estate Planning
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The Caring Kitchen
Community Food Pantries
After School Snack Program
Nutrition in a Knapsack
Summer Camp
Gleaning and Food Recovery
Community Advocacy
CROS Ministries
301 First Avenue South
Lake Worth, Florida 33460
www.crosministries.org
For information about volunteering, please contact Juanita Bryant Goode at (561) 233-9009 x105 or [email protected]
If you would like to make a donation to CROS Ministries,
click here
or contact Gibbie Nauman, Director of Development and Community Relations at 561-233-9009 ext. 106 or
[email protected].
Click here for a PDF of the
Fall Newsletter. If you are currently getting our newsletter by mail and wish to receive it electronically, please email Gibbie Nauman at
[email protected]
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Want to help CROS Bring Change? Bring your coins to be exchanged for cash for free to the TD Bank at 4875 Linton Boulevard in Delray Beach on Friday, October 23 from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm.
At the end of the day, the bank will add up the total amount of coins run through the coin machine and match that amount up to $2,000. A check will be written that day and presented at the Caring Kitchen at 5:00 pm.
You also have the option to donate your cash from the coins to CROS/Caring Kitchen or keep the cash.
How great is that?!
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Sunday's 2015 End Hunger Walk was a
great success. Preliminary numbers totaled close to 300 walkers and $27,000 pledged. Plus, we filled 20 boxes of donated food! Thank you all who walked, cheered on the walkers, and prayed for good weather!
Special Thanks to Our Sponsors
Champion Sponsor
The Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation
Victorious Sponsors
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Ward, Damon, Posner, Pheterson and Bleau
Water Station Sponsor
The Conde Center for Chiropractic Neurology
Triumphant Sponsors
Changes Hair Studio
Edwards Electrical Enterprises ● Merritt Transfer and Storage Company, Inc.
Music Sponsor
A Little Knight Music
WWW.TEDKNIGHT.COM
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Raise Your Glass to End Hunger Event
Now recruiting committee members for our signature Spring Event, Raise Your Glass to End Hunger Event taking place on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts. Raise Your Glass to End Hunger is a beer and wine event with food pairings from local restaurants. Committee members are needed to assist with securing sponsors and live/silent auction items. Interested?
Please contact Gibbie Nauman at 561-233-9009 x106 or [email protected].
CROS Warehouse
A warehouse volunteer needed to help with picking up food from Palm Beach County Food Bank in Lantana on Tuesday mornings. Must be able to do a lot of lifting and bending, at least 20 -25 pounds at a time, and be okay driving a truck.
Please contact Danielle Devine at 561-271-1566 or [email protected] for more information.
Warehouse Volunteers needed to lift heavy loads (30 to 65 pounds) and assist other CROS storage volunteers loading, unloading trucks, and delivering to CROS Food Pantries. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 am - Noon.
Sorting Groups
Sorting groups needed to sort food at CROS' warehouse located at 4166 S Military Trail, Lake Worth at Lake Worth Storage. Must be able to do a lot of lifting and bending, lifting at least 20 -25 pounds at a time. Monday-Friday from 9:30 am- 11:30 am or longer and weekends too.
Community Food Pantry - Riviera Beach
Volunteers needed Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. Must be able to lift and bend and pickup 20-25 pounds.
PLEASE NOTE:
This food pantry is located at the Port Center building and is housed in the same location as the Department of Children and Families and the Palm Beach County
Sheriff's
Department.
Community Food Pantry - Lake Worth
One volunteer from 10:30 am to 2 pm on Fridays to help with bagging food.
Caring Kitchen - Delray Beach
Traffic Director
A volunteer is needed to direct cars to proper parking areas during peak meal times. Shift time is approximately 11:15 am - 12:20 pm.
Shut in Meal Drivers
Monday and Wednesday time commitment approximately 2 hours one day per week. Background check and driver check mandatory. After training delivery time is flexible anytime between 10:30 am - 1:00 pm.
Weekday Van Drivers
Wednesday and Tuesday: Approximately 4 hours one day per week to make regularly scheduled stops and occasional random pick-ups. Drivers will be trained and must pass driver background check.
Weekly Office Volunteer
Once weekly, any weekday, to complete thank you letters.
Once monthly, to complete statistic gathering for the Caring Kitchen in Delray Beach. Good Excel knowledge a necessity.
P
lease contact April Hazamy at
Meal Preparation & Serving
Any day Monday through Friday from 9 am to 1 pm. Duties include preparing lunch with other volunteers, serving and cleaning up.
Office Volunteer
Any day Monday through Friday from 9 am to 1 pm. Duties include answering phones, filing, helping with mailings, and light computer work in MS Word/Excel.
Clothing Boutique Volunteer
Tuesday and Thursday from 10 am to 1 pm, we need volunteers to help with sorting, folding, and labeling donations.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 am to 1 pm, we need volunteers to help with sorting, folding, etc. as well as distribution of the clothing.
Please contact Nadege Joliceour at [email protected] or 561-278-0918
for more information.
Nutrition in a Knapsack - Jupiter
Food Bag Delivery
Volunteers needed to deliver the containers filled with food bags to Jupiter Elementary, Thursdays from 9:30 am - 10:30 am or so. Volunteers need to have a four door car or SUV. You can help once a month or more.
Food Bag Distribution
Volunteers needed to distribute the food bags to the children at Jupiter Elementary, Fridays from 8:00 am -
9:30 am or so. A background check is required.
Nutrition in a Knapsack - Delray Beach
Food Bag Delivery
Volunteers needed to deliver and distribute the containers with food bags to Pine Grove Elementary in Delray. It would be on Fridays from 8:45 am to 10 am or so. Need to have a four door car or SUV. You can help once a month or more. If interested please contact Juanita Bryant Goode
at
[email protected]
or 561-233-9009 x105.
Lake Worth Office Volunteer
Any day Monday through Friday from 9 am to 1 pm. Duties include filing, helping with mailings, light computer work in MS Word/Excel, and other special projects.
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Want to make a difference locally? You can in 4 hours a week!
In just four hours a week, you can give back to our community through United Way of Palm Beach County's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. We're looking for 200 volunteers to greet and provide free tax services to those with low to moderate household incomes, ensuring that local individuals and families get their maximum refunds and credits, safely. This is an ideal opportunity for CPAs, retired professionals, college students or any individuals looking to build their accounting and finance skills. In partnership with the IRS, we train and certify our volunteers - all you have to do is complete a training and commit to four hours a week through the tax season at any one of our locations throughout Palm Beach County.
When you become a volunteer for our VITA Program, be assured that you are not only assisting thousands of residents, but you are also helping to boost our local economy. Since its inception 13 years ago, more than 105,000 returns have been processed, yielding over $167 million in refunds providing an estimated $249 million economic impact on Palm Beach County. Last year alone, we recruited, trained and deployed 153 volunteers. Volunteer participation resulted in 6,900 hours and an in-kind value in excess of $138,579. This makes your one hour of volunteer time worth over $2,300. Talk about real value!
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| Mission: CROS Ministries serves the hungry in Palm Beach and Martin Counties through community collaborations. A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR CHRISTIANS REACHING OUT TO SOCIETY, INC., A FLORIDA-BASED NONPROFIT CORPORATION (REGISTRATION NO. CH20251), MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE 1-800-HELP-FLA (435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE OR VISITING THEIR WEBSITE, WWW.FRESHFROMFLORIDA.COM. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY STATE. 501 (C) TAX EXEMPT #59-1802917. CHRISTIANS REACHING OUT TO SOCIETY, INC. RECEIVES 100% OF EACH CONTRIBUTION, WITH 0% GIVEN TO A PROFESSIONAL SOLICITOR. |
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