MISSION FOCUS

The holiday season is approaching fast! This year we have three different choices on how we can help our community in need.
 
1. Prologue Inc. is collecting donations of new toys (If your toy requires batteries, please include them with your gift.) and fast-food gift cards for children/teens who are experiencing homelessness. Prologue often falls short on gifts for preteens and teens. One suggestion is small denomination gift cards to fast food restaurants. Favorites include Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, and Subway. (Please include the amount of the gift card with it.) Please bring in your new unwrapped gift or gift cards by December 6th. We will deliver them to Prologue for distribution. Thank you!
 
2. We will also be collecting nonperishable food for the Cockeysville Food Pantry. They constantly run out of jelly, canned or dry milk, canned fruit. Canned vegetables, soup, pasta, mac & cheese, cereal and canned tuna, chicken, etc. are always welcomed.
 
3. We are adding some additional items this year to support the Sunday School’s mission to prepare homeless bags for our neighbors served by UCAN. We use lots of applesauce cups, pudding cups, granola bars, Nutri grain or cereal bars, individual fruit cups, cheese, or peanut butter crackers. We also use canned pasta, Vienna sausages, small cans of baked beans and tuna pouch or tuna kit. All the items need to be flip top or easy open. Any questions, please see Dawn.
 
Thank you for always supporting Mays Chapel missions!

Community Volunteer Tool
 
The Baltimore County Department of Aging Volunteer Center has developed an online tool for volunteers.
 
The Baltimore County Volunteer Center Portal will serve as a central hub for volunteer recruitment in the Greater Baltimore
and Maryland community.
 
The free portal aims to make it easier for nonprofit organizations to connect directly with potential volunteers, eliminating the need for cold calling or emailing. People interested in volunteering would also find opportunities more easily by simply heading to the portal and searching the more than 80 organizations that have listed their needs there.
 
Organizations listing their needs on the portal include service-learning projects, court-appointed agencies, and local volunteer groups spotlighting their initiatives. They can also register their agency and post their volunteer needs directly on the portal for free. All organizations large or small are encouraged to avail themselves of this resource.
 
(By Aliza Worthton – Baltimore Fishbowl)