Volunteering... with Community Outreach

Visit the Infirmed and Elderly

Our Lay Eucharistic Visitors regularly visit and take Holy Communion to our shut ins.  Volunteers also send cards, gifts and make hospital calls.  Interested?  Contact Deacon Emeritus Al and Ida May Corner via the Church Office.

South Oakland Shelter (S.O.S.)

For one week each spring St. David’s turns its facility into a home for the homeless.  We provide food, shelter and companionship for dozens of men, women and children.  We need lots of help planning and implementing this 30 year tradition.  Contact Joanne Sackett via the Church Office.

Community Garden

In the fall of 2009, in conjunction with the Southfield Parks & Garden Club (http://parksandgarden.org/), we started an organic Commmunity Garden on our property.  All produce grown will be given to the Forgotten Harvest organization. Members and non-members of St. David's will be tending this garden.  If you like to garden but don't have such space in your yard (or live in an appartment or condo), come help out in our garden.  Plant bed preparation is now complete and planting will begin in the spring 2010 (see photos in our Photo Albums page). For more information, call the Church Office (248-557-5430) or send us an email (stdavids@stdavidssf.org).

The garden opened on Saturday, April 24th, 2010.
Garden Hours (weather permitting):
   Wednesdays, 2-5pm
   Saturdays, 9am-Noon

Facts about the Forgotten Harvest organization:
- 12 million pounds of food rescued per year
- 155 emergency food providers served
- 400+ generous food donors
- 21 refrigerated truck and vans
- 2000 square miles covered each day
- $1.00 cost to rescue and deliver 5 meals
- Priceless help to neighbors in Metro Detroit

Open Hands Pantry

Open Hands Pantry is an emergency food pantry created to serve Southeast Oakland County residents.  This is an outreach ministry of St. John's Episcopal Church, Royal Oak, and is staffed by volunteers and exists solely through the generosity of community support.  Outreach to those in need is one of our missions at St. David's, and being a neighbor church, we support Open Hands Pantry.  

Donations are delivered to St. John’s on a monthly basis.  Don't forget to buy a little extra when shopping and place it basket in the Narthex (click here to see their Wish List).  Donations of cash are always welcomed.  Checks may be written to St. David’s and designated for the “Open Hands Food Pantry.”

For more details, please visit their web site: openhands.pantrynet.org

Welcome Inn Warming Shelter

Each winter, hundreds of homeless men and women make their way to the Welcome Inn in Royal Oak.  We need help making casseroles for the hot lunches served daily.  To volunteer contact Carole Porter via the Church Office or visit the Welcome Inn web site: http://www.sochwelcomeinn.org/

Habitat for Humanity

St. David’s parishioners regularly volunteer to help construct homes for the homeless in downtown Detroit.  Crews donate a Saturday for this fun and worthwhile activity.  To volunteer contact Bob Losey via the Church Office.

Crossroads Soup Kitchen

St. David’s partners with another Episcopal Church in preparing and serving meals to hundreds of hungry Detroiters on Sunday afternoons.  Interested?  Call Jim Cloutier via the Church Office.  For the latest reports, click here.

Detroit Rescue Mission Outreach

Once a month on Wednesday evenings, a crew of St. David’s parishioners celebrates Holy Eucharist for 100 or so homeless men at the Detroit Rescue Mission downtown.  Interested in helping?  Contact Fr. Chris at 248-557-5430.

CROPWALK

Every spring St. David’s parishioners strap on their sneakers and walk for the hungry.  Organizers, walkers, and sponsors are needed for this April event. To volunteer, call Kathy Graham via the Church Office.

Holiday Baskets

During the Thanksgiving holidays parishioners put together food baskets for the needy.  Shoppers, delivery people, and sponsors are needed.  To volunteer call Kathy Graham via the Church Office.

Hunger Committee

This group meets regularly to coordinate efforts between the above-mentioned, hunger-related outreaches.  For more information, contact Fr. Chris at 248-557-5430.

Haiti Outreach Mission

For more than a decade, St. David’s parishioners have been supporting outreach to Haiti through the Haiti Outreach Mission.  Volunteers are needed to do a wide range of jobs including organizing fundraising, collecting donated medications, and actually travelling to Haiti. Contact Jan Ernst for more information via the Church Office.

College Connection

When our college students go off to university, we don’t forget about them!  Volunteers are needed to keep in contact with our students as well as arrange for twice-yearly Care Packages.  For more information contact Barb Veselenak via the Church Office.