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Opportunities for
Service
Shoeboxes for Soldiers
Four times a year, we send care packages to friends and family
who are currently on active duty with the military.
Visitation Committee
The Visitation Committee is dedicated to showing compassion to
church and community members who are sick, bereaved, or in distress
by sending cards, delivering meals, and visiting.
Helping Hands
In the event of hospitalization or surgery, or a birth or a
death in the family, volunteer teams prepare and deliver meals as a
way of demonstrating compassion and care.
Red Cross Blood Drive
Four times a year volunteers from First Presbyterian Church
organize a blood drive with the American Red Cross.
http://www.redcross.org/donate/give/
Berkeley Habitat for Humanity
As an Apostle Build church, First Presbyterian Church is
committed to supporting the work of Habitat for Humanity in Moncks
Corner through financial contributions and work days.
http://www.berkeleyhabitat.org/
Hands of Christ
As a distribution site for this regional back-to-school program,
we provide elementary-aged children in need with school clothes and
supplies each fall.
http://www.hoc-sc.org/
Food Pantry
Maintaining a well-stocked pantry allows us to share food
staples with our neighbors in need. Distribution is by referral
only.
Disaster Assistance Mission Trips
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, First Presbyterian Church
began sponsoring week-long trips to D'Iberville, Mississippi to
assist with the work of rebuilding.
Ten Thousand Villages
In December First Presbyterian Church sponsors a week-long sale
with Ten Thousand Villages, an international organization that
provides an opportunity for third world artisans to sell their wares
in a fair trade market.
Thornwell Home for Children
Coming from a variety of difficult situations, the children
residing at Thornwell crave support and encouragement, which we seek
to provide through cards, gifts, and monetary donations to our
adopted child.
Operation Christmas Child
Each summer and fall we fill shoe boxes with small toys, books,
and school supplies, sending the boxes as Christmas gifts for
children in third world countries.
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/index/
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