Ways to Help Community
Storehouse
Community
Storehouse Overview
Celebrating our 25TH anniversary in 2007, Community Storehouse was
established so no child would be hungry or have to drop out of school to
work. The Community Storehouse is a local nonprofit relief organization
whose mission is “Dedicated to the well being and education of the
children in our community.” Our focus continues to be on caring for the
needs of the children to help guarantee their success in school and to
achieve graduation. Our service area includes portions of Tarrant, Denton
and Wise Counties where over 4,000 school-aged children in the Keller and
Northwest Independent School Districts qualify for our assistance.
The Community Storehouse
provides effective services in response to the growing needs of the families
in varying crisis situations through comprehensive client care.
These services include:
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Counseling
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Food
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Clothing
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Rent/mortgage assistance
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Utility bill assistance
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Furnishings/household needs
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Medical/dental/vision care/prescriptions for uninsured children
In addition, our Special
Children’s Programs will serve a projected 3,569 children in 2007. Over
2,084 individuals (non-repetitive qualified clients) were provided services
in 2006.
These programs include:
·
School Supplies
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Summer Food Distribution for Children on Free/Reduced Lunch Programs
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Thanksgiving Holiday Food Packages
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Christmas Toys/Clothing/Food Distribution
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Snow Day
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Family Picnic
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Spring Celebration Baskets
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Lending Library Reading Program
The Community Storehouse
also provides a safe and meaningful training ground for youth volunteers to
gain leadership and job training skills; we operate with 80% volunteer
staff. Over 200 active volunteers promote a sense of community in meeting
the needs of our region. We “rebuild lives” for our clients but we also
“build character” through our outstanding volunteer efforts and bring a
since of community and cooperation in caring for our neighbors in crisis.
The Community Storehouse
depends on funding support from churches, businesses, foundation grants, and
individual donors. Support can also be through sponsoring special events,
which include our Run in the Dark, Kevin Mench Celebrity Golf Tournament and
Dinner Extravaganza. We need volunteers six days a week, Monday through
Saturday, in our daily operations of the Food Pantry, Donation Center,
Resale Store, Administrative Offices, Furniture Pick-ups, Food Pick-ups,
Lending Library and Client Services.
Community Storehouse Primary Service Area
encompasses 309 square miles and 4,400 children
These
are specific immediate needs for Community Storehouse:
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Monetary
Donations – we are in need of one time as well as monthly commitments
·
Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinners, money to purchase or donation of the
following items can be delivered to Community Storehouse food pantry on
Keller-Hicks: Turkeys, Hams, Can Vegetables, Can Fruit, Gravy Mix, Can
Sweet Potatoes, Cranberry Sauce, Stove Top Stuffing Mix, Instant Potatoes,
Cake Mix with Frosting, Jiffy Cornbread Mix, Evaporated Milk, Jar Peanut
Butter, Jar Jelly, Bag of Rice, Ramen Noodles, Chicken or Hamburger Helper,
Box of Cereal, Roll of Paper Towels
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Donate
new toys for ages 0-18 years, or organize a Toy Drive to benefit Holiday
House
Please take all Holiday House gifts to 212 N. Oak Street, Roanoke,
M-Thursday 9:30-2pm. Call first 817-491-8800.
·
Volunteer your time
·
Donate
new coats and mittens for Snow Day
Ways
Individuals Can Help Community Storehouse
Company Match programs
– contact your company Human Resources department to see if they offer a
matching funds program.
Approach your
homeowners association to include information in newsletter or on website
Do a
neighborhood toy drive or food drive benefiting Community Storehouse
Handmade
Christmas Cards and Holiday Stockings for Holiday House children
Donate car/boat/atv
to Community Storehouse
Attend the
Community Storehouse Dinner Event March 6, 2008
Donate new books
for the Lending Library at our Roanoke location
Donate items for
Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinners
Donate new toys
for Holiday House
Tom Thumb shoppers
link your rewards card to Community Storehouse #1258. Simply ask a cashier
or customer-service employee to attach your Reward Card to #1258,
then each time you use it, Tom Thumb will automatically credit the
storehouse with a small percentage of the sale. This does not cost you
anything!
Kroger shoppers pick up a Christian Community
Storehouse Share Card at the Storehouse and simply have the cashier scan it
each time you make a purchase at Kroger. Kroger will give a percentage of
the sale to the storehouse. This does NOT cost you a cent!
Donate
non-perishable food items to the food pantry
Volunteer your time
Donate items for
resale: clothing, household items, furniture (We cannot
accept: mattresses, paint products, car seats, fish tanks, or broken items)
Encourage school
groups/students to volunteer in order to fulfill community service
requirements
Decorate
Community Storehouse notecards
Participate in
Run in the Dark on September 20, 2008 at Keller Town Hall
Shop at our
Resale Shop located at 4574 Keller-Hicks Road, 817-741-3341
Serve on a
Community Storehouse committee and use your talent to help Community
Storehouse
Committees
Include: Board of Directors, Advisory Board, Personnel Committee,
Facilities Committee, Fundraising Committee, Retail Store Committee,
Strategic Planning Committee, Volunteer Committee, Marketing Committee,
Dinner Event Committee, Run in the Dark 2008 Committee
Ways
Churches and Civic Groups Can Help Community Storehouse
Include in
weekly bulletin/newsletter
Include
information on website and link to the Community Storehouse website
Hand made
Christmas Cards for Holiday House children
Stockings for
Holiday House children
Pastors or
prayer partners to assist at Roanoke location Monday-Thursday 8:30 AM-2:00
PM
Invite Community
Storehouse representative to speak to your group about our programs
Hold a
fundraiser for Community Storehouse
Donate
non-perishable food items to the food pantry
Volunteer your
time
Donate items for
resale: clothing, household items and furniture
Encourage small
groups do a service project at Community Storehouse
Become a part of
our planned-giving program as a part of Benevolent and Mission programs
Sponsor a Fundraiser
for Community Storehouse – email Jennifer King at
cfundraiser@yahoo.com for information on hosting your own fundraiser
Ways
Business and Corporate Donors Can Help Community Storehouse
Become a company
partner and donate monthly or annually to Community Storehouse
Sponsor our
Dinner Event on March 6, 2008 at the Speedway Club
Organize a
company volunteer program in coordination with Community Storehouse
Commit to
support Run in the Dark on September 20, 2008 at Keller Town Hall
Establish a
company toy drive during the Holiday Season
Show community
involvement with an annual Food Drive benefiting the food pantry
Place Community
Storehouse awareness materials in local offices
Ways
Foundations Can Help Community Storehouse
Fund programs that
assist Community Storehouse in communicating who we are and what we do
Fund programs to
further the goal of Total Client Care during short-term crisis
Volunteer to
Help!
Special Projects:
Thanksgiving Food
Distribution Project
at the Keller-Hicks location entails giving pre-boxed Thanksgiving dinner to
clients. Volunteers need to be able to lift 30 pounds.
Available times to
volunteer for this project:
Tuesday,
November 13, 2007, 3:00-6:00 PM
Wednesday,
November 14, 2007, 3:00-6:00 PM
Thursday
November 15, 2007, 3:00-6:00 PM
Friday,
November 16, 2007, 3:00-6:00 PM
Holiday House
Project is
located at our Roanoke location, where we transform our client services
office into a “Toy Store” for clients to shop for their children. Volunteer
opportunities include setting up the toy store and working the toy store to
assist clients in choosing toys and wrapping them.
Available times to
volunteer for this project:
Saturday, November
24, 2007 Set-up and Decorate Holiday House
Toy Store
Tuesday, December
4, 5:30-8:00 PM Work Holiday House Toy Store
Wednesday, December
5, 6:00-8:00 PM Work Holiday House Toy Store
Thursday, December
6, 6:00-8:00 PM Work Holiday House Toy Store
Friday, December 7,
6:00-8:00 PM Work Holiday House Toy Store
Saturday, December
8, 10:00 AM-Noon Work Holiday House Toy Store
Tuesday, December
11, 6:00-8:00 PM Work Holiday House Toy Store
Wednesday, December
12, 6:00-8:00 PM Work Holiday House Toy Store
Thursday, December
13, 6:00-8:00 PM Work Holiday House Toy Store
Friday, December
14, 6:00-8:00 PM Work Holiday House Toy Store
Saturday, December
15, 10:00 AM-Noon Work Holiday House Toy Store
Tuesday, December
18, 6:00-8:00 PM Work Holiday House Toy Store
Wednesday, December
19, 6:00-8:00 PM Work Holiday House Toy Store
Dinner and
Auction Project:
March 6, 2008
Serve on the Dinner
and Auction Event committee. This project involves attending monthly
meetings and helping with the event on event day March 6, 2008. Help is
needed with silent auction, live auction, printing and publicity, and event
details. Contact Jennifer King at
cfundraiser@yahoo.com or 817-431-3340 for more information about helping
with this project.
Landscaping Projects:
a.
Landscape and care for the front area at the Roanoke office. Provide
plants and flowers as needed.
b.
Landscape and care for the back area at the Roanoke office. Provide
plants and flowers as needed.
c.
Cut grass at Roanoke and Keller Hicks locations as needed. Provide
own equipment.
On-going Volunteer
Help:
We request that all on-going volunteers attend Volunteer Orientation.
Orientation is
offered once a month at the Keller Hicks location. It is a one hour
meeting which includes a tour of the facilities, an overview of
volunteer opportunities, completion of paperwork and a chance to ask any
questions about Community Storehouse.
Once
orientation is completed, you will choose your area to volunteer and the
days you would like to help. Volunteers will be trained by the staff
supervisor in that area. You will be under the supervision of that staff
member while volunteering at the Storehouse.
Donation Center
Volunteers
Volunteers are needed
to receive and help unload donated items, assist with sorting and
merchandising donations, pricing items, stocking items in resale shop,
cashier duties as needed. Shifts are available during open hours. Monday-
Friday 10:00 AM –4:30 PM; Saturday 10:00 AM-3:00 PM
Food Pantry
Volunteers
Volunteers receive bread, mark out bar codes,
and shelve, help stock pizza, canned goods and other donated items, arrange
and straighten pantry shelves, prepare prepackaged sacks according to
charts, load groceries in client’s vehicle, distribute menus with food
supplies, maintain Harvest/Pizza Poundage chart, log all food donations,
give receipts where required.
Office Area Volunteers
Help answer
telephones, greet and direct visitors, assist with computer work, run
copies, and send faxes during office hours and other clerical duties as
needed. Offices are open Monday-Thursday 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM; Friday 8:30 AM –
2:00 PM
Resale Shop Volunteers
Volunteers are needed to set up displays, help
keep store clean and organized, stock the store with donations, ensure items
are priced, operate the cash register and assist customers. Shifts available
Monday-Friday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Saturday 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Driving Volunteers (Individual Vehicles)
Drivers
needed to pickup food early mornings at local grocery stores. Also,
individuals with trucks needed to pick up food from Tarrant County Food Bank
once a week for the food pantry.
Driving Volunteers (Community Storehouse Truck)
Drivers
for Community Storehouse truck for furniture pick-ups. Volunteers are needed
to drive and to ride and assist with pick-ups. Must be able to lift 50
pounds or more. Monday, Thursday, Friday between 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM or
Saturday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Client
Services Volunteers
Meet, greet, and assist clients prior to them
seeing a case manager at our Roanoke location, provide the clients an intake
form to complete and a list of required documentation, assist the clients in
the resource room by showing them what resources are available and providing
client specific resources, assist in maintaining the First Choice Room for
clients
If you have
questions about volunteer opportunities or to would like to sign up, contact
Donna Haggerty, Volunteer Coordinator for the Community Storehouse at
817-431-3340 or
haggertyd@yahoo.com.
What a good lesson to teach our children: it feels good to help others! We
can even give your kids a tour of our facilities so they learn more about
why we reach out to certain families.
Community Storehouse Office (817) 431-3340
Resale Shop at (817) 741-3341
Client Services (817) 491-8800
