Friends of the Homeless
SPC participates in a feeding ministry which serves the homeless people of Richmond at 2nd Baptist the 2nd Thursday of every month. Casseroles are prepared by volunteers for the Second Baptist feeding and team members transport casseroles and other food, serve and clean up after the meal.
CARITAS
In 2008, SPC will host approximately 35 homeless women for two weeks November 22nd through December 5th. 200+ volunteers participate in this mission, preparing and serving dinners, visiting with our guests in the evening and providing breakfasts and bagged lunches before they depart the next morning. A special Thanksgiving Feast will be offered on Thanksgiving Day. For more information about our SPC hosting click here: http://salisburypc.org/Outreach/caritas.html.
The Daily Planet
The Daily Planet Health Care for the Homeless Clinic is the only free standing HCH clinic targeting the homeless and otherwise indigent population in Virginia. They deliver acute and chronic primary medical, dental, eye and mental health/substance abuse care.
Freedom House
Freedom House helps the homeless sustain, obtain and maintain the skills and resources they need to lead them toward change and a better life.
Home Again
SPC members volunteer for various tasks at Home Again. Home Again assists families and individuals who are homeless by providing emergency and transitional shelter and programs designed to build skills leading to self sufficiency. Home Again operates a family emergency shelter for women and children and a men's emergency shelter. There are 4 transitional programs for women and children, men, veterans, and single women. Volunteer opportunities include planning or assisting with activities for children, tutoring children, assisting adults and children with computer skills, preparing and serving meals, providing special entertainment.
Good Samaritan
Good Samaritan Ministries is a Christian mission. We view and treat the problems of society from a Christian perspective. All counseling is based on the Bible.
Elijah House
Elijah House Academy is a mission outreach to urban Richmond. It operates under the authority of an independent Board of Directors. EHA. is an educational resource center for families who want to enroll their children in a school that ensures a protected learning environment and reinforces Christian values. We believe that a child's education is the responsibility of the parent, not the state. We believe that every parent ought to have the freedom to choose the educational system which is best for the child. Based on a cooperative partnership with parents, the mission of EHA is to assist parents in providing a quality Christian education in a protected environment for the children of our city.
Christmas Gift for the Homeless (2nd Presbyterian)
One Great Day of Service
Prison Angel Tree
SPC members and friends purchase and wrap Christmas gifts for children of prisoners whose names are provided by Prison Fellowship, a national Christian based organization. Contact is made with the caregivers of the children to determine gift requests. Gifts are delivered to the children by middle school youth and parents.
Assisting Families of Inmates
Donations help to provide transportation to 21 prisons, trained volunteers to chaperone children visiting their mothers, school-based counseling program for children, parent education, information, referrals, and family reunification support.
YMCA BRIGHT BEGINNINGS
SPC members and friends purchase specified school supplies and fill backpacks for underprivileged children. These are delivered to Midlothian and Manchester YMCA for distribution to elementary school children at Bensley and Chalkley Schools. Volunteers can also meet children for a shopping spree at Target to help them select school clothing. (August).
Mentoring Children at Chalkley Elementary School
SPC members mentor children at Chalkley Elementary School. This is a weekly commitment working one on one with a child for the school year.
Presbyterian Homes
Presbyterian Homes is a not-for-profit, non-sectarian organization with a national reputation for creating extraordinary communities for older adults for 100 years. Communities that are built on an unending commitment to quality of life and exceeding expectations; communities that are alive with people, intellectual awareness, enduring friendships.
Massanetta Springs Conference Center
Located in the heart of Virginia's beautiful Shenandoah Valley, we strive to make Massanetta Springs a place where guests experience God's grace and hospitality. Continuing a tradition of service since the early 1900s, our staff and facilities serve over 20,000 guests each year. Opened as a Presbyterian conference center in 1922, Massanetta Springs is now a National Historic District anchored around the Springhouse and the 1910 Historic Hotel. New lodging facilities are available as the center embarks on the task of the rehabilitation of the Historic Hotel and other lodging.
CSI - COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL MENTORING PROGRAMS
SPC members and friends purchase specified school supplies and fill backpacks for underprivileged children. These are delivered to Midlothian and Manchester YMCA for distribution to elementary school children at Bensley and Chalkley Schools. Volunteers can also meet children for a shopping spree at Target to help them select school clothing. (August)
Habitat for Humanity
As a covenant partner with Habitat, SPC contributes financially to Habitat and provides volunteers for Blitz Builds and Apostle's Builds.
CCHASM
SPC members and friends fill food bags with specified items. The food, along with a store certificate for a turkey, is delivered by CCHASM to needy families in Chesterfield and Colonial Heights. Monetary contributions can also be made to help provide the certificates for turkeys. (November)
VIRGINIA BLOOD SERVICES
A drive is held at SPC every 8 or 12 weeks. Sign ups begin in the narthex for 3 weeks prior to giving blood.
RED CROSS DISASTER ALERT DRIVE
CLICK HERE to learn how you can help save lives with the Red Cross Disaster Team.
Appalachian Mission Trips
Adult participants travel annually to Lee County VA to work on home improvement projects for residents of Appalachia. Volunteers stay at a facility operated by the Appalachian Service Project (ASP) and receive work assignments and materials from ASP. This trip is typically from Thursday through Sunday in late April or early May.
Haiti Mission Trips
SPC sends construction, dental and medical teams to Haiti. The teams stay approximately seven days at one of four different sites. The trips are typically scheduled in October of each year. Teams are composed of SPC members and other interested individuals. More detailed information can be obtained from the SPC web site under Outreach/HaitiFund or by emailing - John and Sue Barrie who led the most recent trip to deliver and install Cisterns so our Haiti friends could have water at their homes.
Youth Choir Tours & Mission Trips
Hurricane Katrina Mission Trips
Since the August 2005 Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf coast leaving millions homeless. SPC travels regularly to Long Beach, Mississippi to aid hurricane victims. We have partnered with Long Beach Presbyterian Church in an effort to help area residents rebuild their homes and lives. We continue this partnership, making semi-annual mission trips bringing financial support, helping with demolition, light construction, and clean-up.
Missionary Support
The Haiti Fund (CODEP),
PC(USA) Missionaries in Haiti
Doleans Sponsorship Program (Cité Soleil)
PC(USA) Theological Education Fund
PSCE (Presbyterian School of Christian Ed.) and UTS (Union Theological Seminary)
Kelsey Regen Scholarship Fund
Sam Newell Chair Scholarship Fund