ACTIVITY DESCRIPTIONS AND COMMITMENT
Neighbor to
Neighbor Assistance:
* Conduct follow-up
visits with another volunteer when someone contacts the parish with a
request for direct help. Orientation and support is provided.
+ Commitment: Visits average about one time a month.
Rebuilding
Together:
* Work with a crew of
experienced and novice laborers to repair and clean-up a house for a
neighborhood family in need, special skills are not essential. This
is a cooperative project with the Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church.
+ Commitment: 1 Saturday scheduled twice a year.
PTG Halloween
Party:
* Collect canned food at entrance to Farana Center
+ Commitment: 2-3 Hours on the evening of the Halloween Party.
Food Pantry
Maintenance:
* Place canned goods
collected at Sunday masses in the food pantry located in the church
vestibule.
+ Commitment: 30 minutes 1-4 times per month.
Thanksgiving Food
Collection:
* Collect food from donation boxes in the church pantry.
+ Commitment: 1-2 hours setting up before Thanksgiving, and 30 minutes after Sunday mass during November.
Thanksgiving Food
Distribution:
* Sort and assemble holiday grocery boxes for parish families.
Delivery to family homes is optional..
+ Commitment: 2-3 hours on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
Christmas
Giving
Tree:
* Preparation and Set-Up: Prepare gift tags and set-up tree.
+ Commitment: Tags - 2-3 hours when convenient; Tree set-up - 1 hour on last Saturday in November.
* Replenish Gift Tags and Sort Gifts: Maintain tree by hanging additional gift tags as needed, and sort gifts at end of the collection.
+ Commitment: Tree - 10 minutes after Sunday mass in December; Sorting - 1-2 hours in the evening mid-December.
* Gift Delivery: Deliver gifts to Catholic Charities Agencies
+ Commitment: 1-2 hours, 1 morning mid-December.
Sunnyvale Winter
Homeless Shelter:
* Holiday Clothing Collection: Collect clothing from parish donation
boxes and store in the church pantry.
+ Commitment: 1-2 hours set up in early December.
* Holiday Post Office: Set up Christmas Card table at the December shelter dinner. Distribute, collect and mail cards for shelter residents.
+ Commitment: 4-6 hours total, spent on preparing the evening of the December dinner, and mailing cards.
Winter Shelter Dinners: (Sunnyvale Armory)
* Prepare a dish for 10-12 residents and deliver to the shelter; limited needs for servers and clean-up
+ Dinners will be offered 2-4 times during the 4 months (Nov-Mar) that the Winter Shelter is open.
Saturday Food Delivery:
* Collect food items with other SVDP members at a local market, sort and deliver to families/organizations in the local area.
+ Commitment: 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. on a single Saturday, or once a month.
Sunnyvale Community Services Holiday Store:
* Help clients shop for gift items at the holiday store during scheduled times in December.
+ Commitment: 4-6 hours for preparation of holiday store; also 2 hour shifts during scheduled evenings in December.
Sunnyvale Community Services Food Packing:
* Prepare bags of food at Sunnyvale Community Services for distribution to needy families.
+ Commitment: 2 to 3 hours one evening on June.
Bedding and Toiletry Collection:
* Collect bedding, towels and toiletries from donation boxes in the church and store in the church pantry.
+ Commitment: 1-2 hours setting up on a Saturday in January, and 10 minutes after Sunday mass during January.
Bedding and Toiletry Delivery:
* Deliver to Emergency Housing Consortium in San Jose.
+ Commitment: Delivery - 1 hour when convenient at the end of January. If interested, this job can continue throughout the year, with deliveries to EHC once a month.
Easter Bonnets and Baskets Program:
* Assist clients shop for Easter clothing and gift items at the San Jose SVDP store.
+ Commitment: 2 hour shifts on the day of the event usually the weekend before Easter.
Emergency Housing Consortium San Jose America Festival:
* Work a booth with other volunteers at the Festival held July 4 in Downtown San Jose.
+ Commitment: 2-4 hour shifts on the day of the event.
FISH:
* The FISH symbol is the same as that secretly used by early Christians during centuries of persecution to identify themselves to one another. The work of Sunnyvale FISH is supported by over 20 congregations and many individuals, and friends in the community. Food, donated clothing, household utensils, sleeping bags, linens, blankets and layettes are offered to those in need. Most FISH service opportunities require no special talent or money, just an honest interest in helping others. Sunnyvale FISH has as its slogan, "Christians Who Care." You can participate in on going involvement in FISH as a food driver, food shopper, with donations of the above listed supplies, or as an as needed helper. You can also help support this ministry on an annual basis at their major fund raiser. The annual Junque Sale fund raiser is held the first Saturday of each November and needs donated good quality items for resale as well as volunteers to help set up and staff the sale.
+ Commitment:
