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Blessing Bags for the Homeless
How many times have you encountered a homeless person while driving & felt awkward about giving money? Pathfinders wants to provide an alternative by collecting basic necessities like wash clothes, toothpaste, toothbrushes, tissues, chap stick, Band-Aids, & bar soap to create Blessing Bags. Also, large Ziploc bags are needed to hold the blessing! A donation basket marked "Blessing Bags" is located outside the church office. For more information about this project, please contact the church office.
Fourth Annual Community Partners Dinner
Please join us for the DRUMC’s fourth annual dinner in honor of our Community Partners on Sunday, JAN 29, from 5 to 7 PM in Lunceford Hall. We are inviting representatives from ALIVE, Art on the Avenue, Carpenter's Shelter, Community Partners for Children, Rebuilding Together Alexandria, Volunteer Alexandria, Walter Reed Army Medical Center among others, to join us for delicious bowls of homemade vegetable soup and chili so that we may thank them for the opportunities they have given us to serve. Join us!Soldier Outreach
DRUMC Volunteers will help at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Northwest DC. Potential activities include serving as "friendly visitors," reading with the soldiers, arts and crafts, helping them write, pet therapy, or assisting them at mealtime. Both weekday and weekend times are available, and the time commitment is flexible. A pre-volunteer meeting and orientation at the hospital are required. To sign up or find out more, please contact the office.
The United Methodist Women Needs YOU! Your gifts of new and used postage stamps, new and used greeting cards, items for the Hermitage, Campbell Soup products bar codes, and food for Rising Hope. Mark your gifts accordingly and place on the table under the mailboxes by the elevator. Baskets below magazine rack are for food for Rising Hope UM Mission Church.
ALIVE's Last Saturday Food Distribution Help our church be the hands and feet of Christ in the heart of Alexandria! Come be a part of our church’s group that will join with other volunteers to help bag and distribute nonperishable food and fresh produce to low-income families at Ladrey Senior Residence, located at 300 Wythe Street, Old Town Alexandria. This is a great way to shine the love of God in a hands-on way! **Next Date: Saturday, January 28, approximately 8:30 AM- noon. To sign up or find out more, please contact the office.
Rising Hope Food Collection Rising Hope UMC mission church continues to seek contributions to its food pantry. You may drop-off your donations of non-perishable food items, including baby food and formula, to the specially marked boxes near the church office. Please check food expiration dates and if you are donating clothing, please only seasonal clothing.