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Social Ministry Volunteer Opportunities

• Sign up to cook a dinner for the Emergency Overflow Homeless Shelter
• Help at the Shelter (training is provided)
• Sort and pack food and other items at the Regional Food Bank; or organize a group to go on a regular basis
• Donate food to our local food pantry - baskets are available at each entrance to the Church
• Participate in the Damien Center's PAWS program - help people with HIV/AIDS care for their beloved pets
• Volunteer at the St. Paul's Center, a homeless shelter for women and children (please contact Jane McDermott at (518) 434-2910))
• Walk in the CROP Walk in May
• Walk in the AIDS Walk in October
• Write a letter to your congressional and state representatives - information on how to do this is available at Church
• Help others be informed by becoming an expert on a topic of your choice - see www.bread.org or http://hungeractionnys.org for ongoing efforts to end hunger
• Make food or volunteer to serve/clean up at the Damien dinner in February, or the Senior Communion Luncheon in May
• Organize the sale of Fair Trade coffee (information will be provided)

Please contact the Church office at (518) 463-1326 for more information on any of the above topics, or if you are interested in participating in any of these activities.