Highlights:
- Spring cleaning at church on Saturday, April 28
- Plant sale to benefit church missions on Saturday, May 26,
- Yard sale to fundraise for church building care and overall operations on Saturday, May 26,
- Train in April to volunteer with Starting Point to resist and respond to domestic violence
- Help Habitat for Humanity on Saturday, May 12 (Mother’s Day Weekend)
Spring Volunteer Days
Spring Cleaning & Work Day — Saturday, April 28
9am-Noon
Come prepared to work inside or outside, depending on your preference. We’re organizing closets, cleaning windows and hard-to-reach areas, touching up spots inside and outside the church, changing lightbulbs, and sprucing up the church grounds. Wear old clothes, sensible shoes, and bring work gloves. We’ll add more info about any tools or equipment you should bring from home, such as buckets or rakes or brooms.
Plant Sale — Saturday, May 26
Jackson Grammar School
- Setup on Friday, May 25
- Sale on Satrurday, 9am-Noon
Donate seedlings or plants. Also help set up and staff the table during the sale. Proceeds support church missions.
Estate Sale — Saturday, May 26
Location to be confirmed.
- Setup on Friday, May 25 (some moving of larger donated items with pickups may be included)
- Sale on Saturday, 8am-2pm
Volunteers needed to help with estate sale of donated items from several households that are being moved or downsized. Proceeds support care and maintenance of Jackson Community Church’s historic building and overall operations.
WOMEN BUILDSaturday
May 12, 2018
5 Burgdorf Drive, Madison, NH,
Please RSVP for this event to [email protected], Cheryle O’Neill, MWV Habitat for Humanity Family Support Committee Member and Women Build 2018 Coordinator
No construction skills or knowledge are necessary; just your presence and enthusiasm.
(Training for Women Build)
Wed, April 18
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Lowe’s
32 Mountain Valley Blvd, Conway, NH
Attending the clinic is not mandatory, but it is recommended and a lot of fun!
This year’s clinic includes the following stations – Power tools:
- Nail gun & compressor and cordless nail gun
- Miter saw
- Skill saw
- Framing (cutting and nailing)
- Wall
- Door
- Window
- Sheathing
Lowe’s will distribute aprons, hammers, tape measures, safety googles, ear plugs, water, and snacks at the clinic.
Crisis Hotline & Other Positions:
Volunteer Training
- Thurs, April 12: 6-8pm
- Sat, April 14: Noon-6pm
- Tues, April 17: 6-9pm
- Thurs, April 19: 6-9pm
- Sat, April 21: Noon-6pm
Volunteers commit to all 5 trainings; if they miss one, it can be made up at another time. Volunteers complete 30 hours of training. 20 hours in the classroom; 10 hours can be related reading, videos, etc. online on their own time.
Our need for volunteers is great at this time. They do not have to commit to a minimum amount of hours per month, and they do not have to commit to a regular schedule.
One of the benefits of being on the crisis line as a volunteer is that it can be done from anywhere that you have phone reception. So volunteers can just go about their normal day as long as they can be interrupted by calls when needed. There are 2 layers of backup behind them as well. We staff members do a week of call at a time as backup, and then our executive director is always on as the foundational layer of backup.
Lauren Orsini
Direct Service and Outreach Coordinator
Starting Point: Services for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence
(603) 447-2494
[email protected]