Outreach Calendar

Turning Point Dinner
Turning Point is a group home for adults transitioning from homelessness to independent living. Be one of the cooks who provide a home-made entrée, sides and dessert for about 60 people, or be one of the volunteers to deliver and serve it to friendly and appreciative residents in the dining area at Turning Point in Santa Monica. Food service takes place in Santa Monica on a weekend early evening. Kids 8 and up can help serve. This is a good family-friendly activity.

Habitat for Humanity Work Day
Volunteers can spend a full day on a Saturday helping out on a construction site to build a home for a low-income family. Come prepared for painting, hammering, and other construction-related projects. Minimum age is 16. Contact John Martineau for the location.

Thrift Shop Dinner
Anyone who has volunteered at the Thrift Shop or marking center is invited to a fun thank you dinner at the Parish Center. The meal is served by the Outreach Commission.

Common Ground Dinner
Prepare a simple dinner (like lasagna or mac n’ cheese and fruit for about 45 people) and deliver it to Common Ground, a counseling center for homeless teens at risk for HIV/Aids. Sign up to make or donate food. One or two volunteers can drop off the food (optional) to Common Ground in Santa Monica and get a sense of the facility and the work they do.

Adopt-a-Family for St. Joseph Center
St. Joseph Center, which serves homeless and low-income individuals and families in West Los Angeles, provides a “wish list” of simple holiday gifts for their clients. “Adopt” an individual or family by providing new items like blankets, backpacks and grocery gift cards to be distributed by St. Joseph Center.

The Saint Matthew’s Christmas Faire
100% (yes, we really mean 100%) of the proceeds from the Christmas Faire go to our Parish Outreach partners. There are countless ways to support the Faire, from volunteering time to baking and craft-making, donating an auction item or underwriting expenses. There are opportunities to help out from September through the end of November.

Outreach Sunday
The proceeds from the Christmas Faire raffle will be presented to Ann Mills of Angel Interfaith Network during the 10:15 Sunday service. Angel Interfaith Network serves families in crisis through LA County/USC Hospital and is a long-time Outreach partner of the Parish.

Common Ground Dinner
Prepare a simple dinner (like lasagna or mac n’ cheese and fruit for about 45 people) and deliver it to Common Ground, a counseling center for homeless teens at risk for HIV/Aids. Sign up to make or donate food. One or two volunteers can drop off the food (optional) to Common Ground in Santa Monica and get a sense of the facility and the work they do.

Thanksgiving Food Drive To Benefit Westside Food Bank
Collect food to be donated to the Westside Food Bank, which is facing increased need for healthy foods like tuna, peanut butter and baby food, as more families on the West Side of Los Angeles face hunger. (Please note: the Parish School Food Drive is 11/23).

December 2009

Bread & Roses Christmas Meal
Go to Bread and Roses Café in Santa Monica, and be the volunteer server to guests, who are successfully transitioning from poverty and addiction to a better life through the assistance of the St. Joseph Center. This is a very rewarding, no-cost service experience in a pleasant atmosphere.

Holiday Cards To Inmates, Sent From Family Ministries/The Episcopal Chaplaincy
Sunday school children make colorful holiday cards for incarcerated individuals.

Outreach Christmas Cards
Shopping for someone who has a giving heart? Buy them one of our Outreach Christmas cards, the proceeds of which go to support our Outreach partner’s work, in the community and around the world.

Common Ground Dinner
Prepare a simple dinner (like lasagna or mac n’ cheese and fruit for about 45 people) and deliver it to Common Ground, a counseling center for homeless teens at risk for HIV/Aids. Sign up to make or donate food. One or two volunteers can drop off the food (optional) to Common Ground in Santa Monica and get a sense of the facility and the work they do.

Common Ground Dinner
Prepare a simple dinner (like lasagna or mac n’ cheese and fruit for about 45 people) and deliver it to Common Ground, a counseling center for homeless teens at risk for HIV/Aids. Sign up to make or donate food. One or two volunteers can drop off the food (optional) to Common Ground in Santa Monica and get a sense of the facility and the work they do.

Turning Point Dinner
Turning Point is a group home for adults transitioning from homelessness to independent living. Be one of the cooks who provide a home-made entrée, sides and dessert for about 60 people, or be one of the volunteers to deliver and serve it to friendly and appreciative residents in the dining area at Turning Point in Santa Monica. Food service takes place in Santa Monica on a weekend early evening. Kids 8 and up can help serve. This is a good family-friendly activity.

Food Ingathering for Westside Food Bank
Collect food to be donated to the Westside Food Bank, which is facing increased need for healthy foods like tuna, peanut butter and baby food, as more families on the West Side of Los Angeles face hunger. (Please note: The Parish School Ingathering is 2/25 and 2/26; the food pick up date is 3/1).

Common Ground Dinner
Prepare a simple dinner (like lasagna or mac n’ cheese and fruit for about 45 people) and deliver it to Common Ground, a counseling center for homeless teens at risk for HIV/Aids. Sign up to make or donate food. One or two volunteers can drop off the food (optional) to Common Ground in Santa Monica and get a sense of the facility and the work they do.

Interfaith Blood Drive With Kehillat Israel
Volunteers (age 16 to 65) are urgently needed to give blood. If you’re not eligible to donate, you can still help out; volunteers are needed to work at the event, greeting and assisting blood donors.

Parish School 4th Grade CROP Hunger Walk
Fourth Graders from the Parish School will be on the patio after church services, looking for sponsors for their Hunger Walk. Proceeds go directly to CROP, a global hunger-fighting organization and the Westside Food Bank, which helps distribute food to those in need here on the west side of Los Angeles.

Common Ground Dinner
Prepare a simple dinner (like lasagna or mac n’ cheese and fruit for about 45 people) and deliver it to Common Ground, a counseling center for homeless teens at risk for HIV/Aids. Sign up to make or donate food. One or two volunteers can drop off the food (optional) to Common Ground in Santa Monica and get a sense of the facility and the work they do.

Project Angel Baby Supplies For Angel Interfaith Network
Help fill baskets with baby essentials to be given to the neediest families with newborns at LA County USC Hospital. Donors are needed to help underwrite the costs of the baskets, to shop for baby supplies, and to help fill the baskets with baby essentials.

Turning Point Dinner
Turning Point is a group home for adults transitioning from homelessness to independent living. Be one of the cooks who provide a home-made entrée, sides and dessert for about 60 people, or be one of the volunteers to deliver and serve it to friendly and appreciative residents in the dining area at Turning Point in Santa Monica. Food service takes place in Santa Monica on a weekend early evening. Kids 8 and up can help serve. This is a good family-friendly activity.

Common Ground Dinner
Prepare a simple dinner (like lasagna or mac n’ cheese and fruit for about 45 people) and deliver it to Common Ground, a counseling center for homeless teens at risk for HIV/Aids. Sign up to make or donate food. One or two volunteers can drop off the food (optional) to Common Ground in Santa Monica and get a sense of the facility and the work they do.

Toiletries Ingathering
Saint Matthew’s is participating in a city-wide interfaith event called Big Sunday to gather toiletries and hygiene necessities for OPCC (formerly Ocean Park Community Center), which distributes them to homeless families and individuals in Santa Monica.

Spring Luncheon
This year’s Spring Luncheon will highlight the Thrift Shop, St. Matthew’s original mainstay of Outreach. Enjoy lunch and show your support for the Thrift Shop by attending.

Common Ground Dinner
Prepare a simple dinner (like lasagna or mac n’ cheese and fruit for about 45 people) and deliver it to Common Ground, a counseling center for homeless teens at risk for HIV/Aids. Sign up to make or donate food. One or two volunteers can drop off the food (optional) to Common Ground in Santa Monica and get a sense of the facility and the work they do.

Love Walk For Breast Cancer Research
Parishioner Susan Love founded the Love Walk to support breast cancer research. Be one of the walkers to turn out in support of a worthy cause.

June 29,
July 27,
Aug 31

Common Ground Dinner
Prepare a simple dinner (like lasagna or mac n’ cheese and fruit for about 45 people) and deliver it to Common Ground, a counseling center for homeless teens at risk for HIV/Aids. Sign up to make or donate food. One or two volunteers can drop off the food (optional) to Common Ground in Santa Monica and get a sense of the facility and the work they do.

Thrift Shop Summer Brigade
Help staffing the shop is welcome any time of year, but is especially needed in the summer, when the “regulars” take vacations. (Volunteers need vacations, too!) Sign up to sort items at St. Matthew’s or head down to Santa Monica to stock shelves, work the cash register, or help customers.

PRISM Picnic
An opportunity to help prepare, serve, or donate food for a picnic on Founder’s Meadow at St. Matthew’s for family members of prisoners served by the PRISM Ministry program. This event offers an opportunity to meet some of the children and adults who benefit directly from Outreach ministries at St. Matthew’s.

Saint Matthew’s Thrift Shop
The Thrift Shop needs volunteers every day, but especially on Thursday and Friday afternoons from 1-4 pm and anytime on Saturday. The Thrift Shop “Summer Brigade” helps cover for times during the summer when our regular volunteers take a well-deserved break. If a group would like to work at the shop, they can arrange in advance to structure their shift according to their needs.

Hanging of the Greens At NYA (Neighborhood Youth Association)

One Voice Food Packing
Join the crowd at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica to pack meals for people in need. This evening event, from 7:30 – 9:00pm, is a great time to bring your kids. Even the toddlers can help load the boxes and make a difference. For more information, visit www.onevoice-la.org

Spring Garden Tour Benefitting NYA

Habitat for Humanity
PATH
St. John’s Hospital “Angels in the E.R.” program
Homeboy Industries
New Directions Catering - 310/914-4045

Step Up On Second
One of our outreach partners, Step Up on Second, helps people with mental health issues get back on their feet. They offer vocational training through a convenience store and catering company in Santa Monica, run by Step Up’s clients. It is called Fresh Start Catering. If you ever need an event catered, consider using this wonderful company. You can check out the menu on-line at: www.stepuponsecond.org or call them at 310/ 394-4390 x 50.