of Red Clay of Red Clay |
Adopt-a-Family - aids families in crisis --- those struggling
with illness, homelessness, domestic violence, poverty or unemployment.
During the holiday season it provides sponsors an opportunity to purchase gift certificates
so that the head of household can buy gifts for their family.
Contact: Meg Aument or Joy Unger Emmanuel Dining Room - In response to the need for food for the hungry, the Ministry of Caring established the Emmanuel Dining Room in November 1979. Since then it has been in continuous operation as a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, whose sole purpose is to minister to the poor. They respond to the human need for food served with dignity as well as supportive services. Nutritious noonday and breakfast meals are provided with no questions and no restrictions. They depend on volunteers to help with waiting tables, washing dishes and cleaning after dining. Contact at Red Clay: Marc Legere
|
|
FAITH Center -is dedicated to meeting the needs
of our poor and teaching them to become self-sufficient. They are a religious
community's response to God's call to serve fellow human beings in crisis who
need compassion, love, assistance, and enablement. Consultations, referrals
to available community resources and as appropriate, financial assistance
with basic human needs teamed with self-help opportunities and encouragement
to alleviate the effects of poverty. Acknowledging variations in theology,
worship and perspective, all communities of faith are invited into membership
in the FAITH center. This is an opportunity for congregations to pool their resources,
financial as well as people power to meet unmet needs. Volunteers work at least
one day per month from 10:00 to 2:30. Most meet with clients to gather information
concerning their emergency needs.
Contact: FAITH Center (302)-654-4550 Food Bank of Delaware - is an expanding non-profit organization whose mission is a community free from hunger. The organization strives to minimize hunger, primarily in Delaware, by:
Friendship House - is a non-profit Christian corporation committed to making a difference in the lives of homeless people through traditional spiritual ministries of hospitality, education, empowerment and community. The secondary constituency is its community of churches, community organizations, schools and businesses who wish to get involved in the ministry in a hands-on way. Its extensive volunteer program enables over 500 volunteers annually to interact personally with homeless people in need. With its commitment not to accept any government funding that could compromise its Christian mission. Friendship House is always going to be dependent upon its church sponsors for the majority of financial support. Contact: Friendship House (302)-652-8133 |
| Go to Top |
|
Habitat for Humanity - is a home building /
renovating program providing home ownership for families in need. A variety of skills are needed.
Volunteers are welcome Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM.
Contact: Kevin Smith, Executive Director Lawton Trust - Mr. Joseph Lawton set up this trust fund "to be used solely for the benefit of needy people with priority to be given to emergencies in Wilmington and New Castle County areas, but not to exclude needy people in other areas at the discretion of Red Clay Church." Grant applications to the Lawton Trust are accepted March 1 and September 1 with funding decisions made by November and May 1. Visits by several Commission members are made to verify need and better understand the request. Contact: Eleanor Smith Grant Request Instructions and Form Meeting Ground - provides emergency and transitional housing and physical, emotional and spiritual support for homeless families, women, and men from Maryland and Delaware. The support and partnership emphasizes self-reliance, personal responsibility and partnership to provide the means for the residents to move as quickly as possible from homelessness to stable, permanent housing and new life for themselves and their children. They are a mission cause of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the New Castle Presbytery, and are supported by congregations of many denominations, individuals, service organizations, and other community groups. Many volunteer opportunities. Contact: Meeting Ground (410)-275-2936 |
| Go to Top |
|
Partnerships in Living -
is a program to support and sponsor families that are coming out of transitional housing
and training from the YWCA's Home Life Management Center and Friendship House.
Prison Fellowship - works with inmates at Work Release Centers as well as those in prison and on probation. Ex-offenders can call for practical help through the aftercare program. Prison Fellowship offers the following programs: the Angel Tree Ministry, Family Ministry, Aftercare Ministry, Marriage Seminars, In-Prison Ministry, Pen Pal Program, In-Prison Seminars, Bible Studies and Mentoring. Holds support groups for spouses of inmates and for families of attempted suicide. Also works with victim's families. Contact: Prison Fellowship (302)-654-2850 Prison Outreach of Delaware, Inc. - ministers to adults in Delaware Correctional Center, Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, Webb Center, and Sussex Correctional Institution. Prison Outreach of Delaware, Inc. provides spiritual counseling, crime and conflict resolution, teaching, visiting, literature distribution, and follow-up counseling. Contact: Rev. Joe L. Kadtke, (302)-996-6432. Red Clay Work Camp - Our church has a strong tradition of Mission in Action, the yearly Mission Trip is an integral part of that tradition. Long thought of as a primarily a "youth trip", we have involved more and more adult and familes in recent years. Each year volunteers -- young and old -- donate a week of time to go to different areas of the country to build relationships and offer assistance with emergency housing needs. SURJ (Stand Up for what is Right and Just) is a statewide, grassroots organization dedicated to reforming Delaware’s criminal justice system. We are committed to educating policy makers, our 3,000 members, and the public-at-large of measures proven to ensure a higher quality of justice, promote public safety, and reduce corrections cost. Contact: SURJ (302)-426-9252 Urban Promise - was founded in 1988 in Camden NJ -- is a highly respected, multi-faceted evangelical non-denominational urban ministry that emphasizes personal relationships and education. In 1998 the seeds of this ministry were planted in Wilmington with the launch of a summer camp on the city's East Side for children in grades 1 though 8. It's success led to an after school program during the school year. A second camp was added in the summer of 1999. The mission of Urban Promise Wilmington is to teach children and young adults the skills necessary for academic achievement, life management, spiritual growth, and Christian leadership. Volunteers are needed for Work Groups, Tutors, special skills and prayer. Financial support is needed for supplies and equipment. Contact: Rob Prestowitz, Exec Director YWCA Home Life Management - The YWCA opens doors to shelter and opportunity, for families in crisis and women in transition. When life takes a turn for the worse, the YWCA helps those in need with the most basic of necessities: a safe place to live. For single women, women with children, men with children and two parent families in crisis, the YWCA provides a variety of transitional and emergency housing options. While staying in YWCA housing, residents receive counseling and instruction to enable them to make the transition to self-sufficiency, and move to a better life. Contact: YWCA of New Castle Co.(302)-658-7161 |
| Go to Top |
