CareNet’s mission is to promote a culture of life within our society in order to serve people facing unplanned pregnancies and related issues.

If you are looking for a way to help and get involved with the CareNet Pregnancy Center, please join us by supporting our annual fund-raising event at MCC through the Baby Bottle Benefit this March. We could use your help distributing and/or collecting the bottles at the Outreach kiosk on the following dates: March 6, March 13 & March 20.  Also, please mark your calendars and plan to participate in the Walk for Life in Veteran’s Park on May 7th. If you would like more information on how to get involved or on the centers, please email Lisa Shaughnessy at lisa.shaughnessy@gmail.com.

If your resolution is to make a difference…

Consider tutoring an adult in reading!

To find out more, attend an upcoming Volunteer Orientation on:

Monday, February 7th 5:30-7:30pm or
Saturday, February 19th 10:00am - 12:00pm

Monday, March 14th 5:30 - 7:30pm

Saturday,  March 19th 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Manchester City Library

405 Pine Street, Manchester, NH

RSVP 624-6550 x330
LearnToReadMcl@gmail.com
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**Upcoming Tutor Trainings:

Saturday, February 26th or Saturday, March 26th
8:30am to 4:30pm

**Volunteer orientation attendance and 3.5 hours of on-line self study is required prior to attending tutor training.

Do you have 2 hours a week to help Manchester’s newest arrivals learn English?

Volunteers are needed to work with small groups of refugees and immigrants as they learn and practice English. All planning and preparation done by the classroom teachers!

Classes take place at:

English for New Americans (ENA)
First Congregational Church
508 Union St. (corner of Union and Hanover)
Manchester, NH 03104

• Mornings 9:00-11:00AM or
• Afternoons 12:30-2:30PM or
• Evenings 6:00-8:00PM

It’s a great way to help out and learn about other cultures at the same time!

It’s fun!  It’s rewarding!  The students love the help and our volunteers love the students!

To volunteer, email Sue Corby at SCorby@Anselm.edu or call her at 361-2649 for more information.

Sponsored by Southern NH Services and the Meelia Center at Saint Anselm College

The Way Home provides healthy nutritional classes for their clients in conjunction with the New Hampshire Food Bank. Here is a wish list of supplies needed for the class. If you or your group are able to provide the items from one of the lists shown below, please email Linda at linda.hamel@yum.com.

Cooking Class Equipment Wish List 

* indicates necessary equipment

The Manchester Continuum of Care (MCoC) is looking for volunteers to help with this year’s annual unsheltered Point-in-Time count!  This is a unique opportunity to help to the local community.  In addition to providing much needed data on the local level, this count also helps the Department of Housing and Urban Development to keep track of national trends in the homeless population.   The details for the count are as follows:
 
When: Wednesday January 26th 2010 from 2AM-7AM (as required by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development) yes, you read that time right :) 

Where: Families in Transition, 122 Market St, Manchester, NH

What: Counting the homeless population in Manchester.  Volunteers will be in groups of 5 with at least one experienced outreach worker guiding and instructing the group on who to count.  The outside locations the group visits are predetermined before the event.  The count is required by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, who collects the data and uses it to for their annual homeless assessment report to Congress.  It also allows Manchester and NH to track trends in the homeless population.

Additional Info:  Breakfast is provided for the event (which of course includes coffee to keep us up on the winter morning!).  Training will be provided to volunteers on the day of the count, so no previous experience is necessary.      

Contact: Email Kyle Beaulieu, Manchester Continuum of Care Coordinator, at vista@mcocnh.org and please copy Lisa Mazur at peace@manchesterchristian.com.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES for Manchester’s Project Homeless Connect

WHEN:         Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Volunteers:  8:00 am to 3:00 pm (or any time w/in that period)

Event:         10:00 am to 1:00 pm

WHERE:       St. Joseph Cathedral, Church Hall
                   145 Lowell Street

Project Homeless Connect is an opportunity for homeless people in our community to access services/benefits to help them move forward into housing and self-sufficiency.

The Project was created as a point of entry for those in need of support and also to bring attention to the impact of homelessness in our community. 

Project Homeless Connect will provide “one stop” access to services such as: medical/health care screenings and referrals, employment services and opportunities, shelter and housing resources, mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment, domestic violence counseling, and meals, as well as resources for other individually identified needs.

Volunteers are greatly needed to help connect homeless consumers to agencies present, serve lunch, pick up donated items, set up and clean up after the event.  If you are unable to volunteer for the full even then even a portion of your time would be greatly appreciated.

To volunteer, please email Lisa Mazur (MCC) at lmazur@manchesterchristian.com or Shane Fisher (SNHS) at sfisher@snhs.org.  Look forward to seeing you there!

Looking for a way to help local families in transition?

Volunteer to be part of our ‘Making A Connection’ gatherings, in partnership with The Way Home, to support families in transition living at The Way Home. Our goal is to help these families maintain normalcy in their life.

You’re invited to an info session on Sun, Sept. 26, 2010 from 11:00 to 11:30am in MCC Conference Room (#201). Natalie Martin, from The Way Home, will be available to provide a program overview and answer questions. If the description below sounds like you, we want to meet you!

• You are at ease starting conversations with new people 
• You enjoy playing games and other activities with children 
• You have a creative side and can help plan arts & crafts and other activities for group meetings 
• You can commit to making monthly meetings at The Way Home 

Please RSVP to MCC member Linda Hamel at linda.hamel@yum.com.

Looking for a way to help local families in transition?

Volunteer to be part of our ‘Making A Connection’ gatherings, in partnership with The Way Home, to support families in transition living at The Way Home. Our goal is to help these families maintain normalcy in their life.

You’re invited to an info session on Sun, 8/15 from 11:30 am to 12:15 pm in MCC Conference Room (#201). Natalie Martin, from The Way Home, will be available to provide a program overview and answer questions.

If the description below sounds like you, we want to meet you!

• You are at ease starting conversations with new people
• You enjoy playing games and other activities with children
• You have a creative side and can help plan arts & crafts and other activities for group meetings
• You can commit to making monthly meetings at The Way Home

Please RSVP to MCC member Linda Hamel at linda.hamel@yum.com.

Manchester Christian Church is partnering with The Way Home, a non-profit dedicated to helping low-income households obtain and succeed in safe, affordable housing, to provide 300 backpacks for under-resourced students in our community! Don’t forget to bring your filled backpack to MCC this Sunday, Aug 1 or Sunday, Aug 8!!

Backpacks are needed for the following age groups:

Elementary school (K-5) boys & girls
Middle school (6-8) boys & girls
High school (9-12) boys & girls 

Check out the supply list below!

• Brand new backpack (age/sex listed at top of form)
• 1 - package of #2 Pencils 
• 1 - Pencil Sharpener 
• 1 - package of Ballpoint Pens 
• 1 - Yellow Highlighter 
• 1 - package of Markers
• 1 - 12” Ruler
• 1 - Glue Stick
• 1 - One-Subject Spiral Notebook

Please include this supply list in your filled backpack.

Email Linda Hamel at arhamel5@msn.com with questions!