Mission Opportunities: Local
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Offers emergency shelter, extended-stay safe housing, comprehensive counseling, education, medical care, and the life skills to lead nonviolent lives for families in crisis because of domestic violence. Laura Whisman, 214-443-7714 |
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Prepares and delivers meals for women and children at Genesis Women’s Shelter.
Maria Martin, 214-520-8687
GENESIS WOMEN’S SHELTER
Provides safety, shelter, counseling, and services for women and children victimized by domestic violence.
Amidie Shaw, 214-559-2050
JONATHAN’S PLACE
Provides emergency shelter through temporary transitional living services for abused, neglected, abandoned, and drug-affected children, from birth through age 11.
KAIROS PRISON MINISTRY
A national organization that brings Christ and hope to maximum-security prison inmates. Kairos serves several maximum-security and medium-security prisons in North Texas.
Don Buckroyd, 214-522-8415
MEALS ON WHEELS
Provides food and drivers to deliver meals to the elderly and other shut-ins.
Mary Bartholow, 214-528-5651
NORTH DALLAS SHARED MINISTRIES
Provides emergency help to the newly unemployed, the working poor, single mothers, and the elderly through English as a Second Language classes, a medical clinic, job counseling, a clothes shop, financial aid, and a food bank.
Debbie Fosdick, 972-620-8696
www.ndsm.org
OUR FRIENDS’ PLACE
Offers a safe haven for abused, neglected, or abandoned girls and young women (ages 10 to 24).
SAINT MICHAEL NEEDY FAMILY FUND
The Needy Family Fund is a major part of Saint Michael’s outreach effort. All money in the fund comes from donations from the parish and from a grant from the Women of the Church and goes directly to aid those in need. The NFF supplements the clergy discretionary fund to help both members of our parish with emergency need and those from outside the church who are in need of assistance. Along with helping those who have an urgent need, the NFF helps with school supplies for the children in the Jubilee neighborhood, has funds readily available for the Shelter Ministries when the contact the Clergy for assistance, supplements many needs during Christmas, and pays rent and utilities for those families who get behind. Please consider a donation in honor or memory of a loved one to this special fund. Acknowledgment cards are available. If you have questions or want to donate to the Needy Family Fund, please call
Jean Baty, 214-365-9343 x271
SAINT MICHAEL’S WOMEN’S EXCHANGE
The Saint Michael’s Women’s Exchange (The Exchange) is a retail gift shop in Highland Park Village. Recently it celebrated “45 Years of Gifts and Giving.” The mission of The Exchange is to raise funds for the outreach programs of the church while fostering a sense of Christian fellowship and personal growth among its over 100 volunteers. Volunteer opportunities include gift wrapping, sales, cashiering, buying at market, stocking, displaying, and computer tasks. Free child care is available by reservation at the church nursery. To volunteer or for more information, please call the manager, Dare Gillette, or the chairman, Nancy Wilson.
SAINT MICHAEL’S WOMEN’S EXCHANGE
#5 Highland Park Village
Dallas, Texas 75205
214-521-3862
Monday through Saturday
9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
ST. GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH (THE B.A.S.K. CENTER)
Offers a place for seniors to escape isolation and loneliness; remain physically active, mentally alert, and independent; and receive a nutritious meal.
Dr. Barbara Cambridge, 214-648-3017
ST. PHILIP’S NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Provides safe, affordable housing where seniors can live in peace and comfort with the support of St. Philip’s Neighborhood residents.
Maria Garcia, 214-426-7600
ST. PHILIP’S SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CENTER
Offers a private, nondenominational school (pre-kindergarten through sixth grade), community center, food pantry, Meals on Wheels depot, and athletic complex in the heart of South Dallas.
Fraswa Booker-Drew, 214-421-5221 ext. 122
ST. SIMON’S AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM
Provides supervised after-school care for children of working parents in elementary schools near Fair Park and Love Field and in West Dallas.
Bob Lea, 214-826-0811