IN PICKENS COUNTY . . . . .

CLEMSON COMMUNITY CARE is always in need of volunteers.  Call 653-653-4460 for more information.  If you would also like to make a donation, please make your check out to:  “Clemson Community Care” and mail to:  PO Box 271, Clemson, SC  29633.  Thank you for your generosity!

SHARE THE WARMTH PROGRAM.  Do you know that you have the power to help your neighbors heat their homes this winter?  You have an opportunity to make a difference this winter thanks to Duke Power’s Share the Warmth Program.  Duke Power will match your donation up to $50 and if you designate your donation to Pickens County, Clemson Community Care will receive your donation and the match from Duke.  100% of Share the Warmth money that CCC receives goes directly to heat assistance in our community.  Please consider making a donation to: Share the Warmth Fund, Duke Energy Foundation, PO Box 35469, Charlotte NC 28254-3429 and remember to allocate your donation for Pickens County.

CLEMSON CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER was established in 1968.  It provides affordable, quality child care and preschool education, and contains a strong parent involvement component. The Center fosters learning and development in environment that appreciates diversity. Emphasis is also given to programs that strengthen the home environment, enabling families to provide the optimal development of their preschool children.  For more information, please call the Center’s Director, Sharon Hwu, at (864) 654-3345.

CLEMSON MEALS ON WHEELS provides meals for Clemson residents who are isolated and incapacitated. 7,351 hot meals were delivered last year, and recipients are screened. Donations may be sent to Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 1415, Clemson SC, 29633-1415. $21.25 feeds one person for a week, $93.50 for a month, $221 feeds a person one day a week for 1 year and $1,122.00 feeds a person for one year.  Donations are tax deductible. 

SAFE HARBOR II.  Many thanks to all who have inquired about making donations of shelter supplies, clothing and household goods to Safe Harbor II. Clemson Community Care has generously agreed to serve as a drop-off location for your donations during their regular operating hours, Monday - Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

These are items particularly needed: paper towels, toilet tissue, facial tissue, feminine hygiene products, diapers, used clothing in good condition for women and children, new undergarments for women and children, household and kitchen items, linens and small appliances. 

As you would expect, cash donations are always acceptable.  Mark your check payable to "Safe Harbor, Inc." (specify "Safer Harbor II" in the memo line) and mail it to:  Safe Harbor, Inc., PO Box 174, Greenville, SC  29602.

Bi-Lo shoppers can have donations to Safe Harbor made, based on the amount of purchase andusing a Bonus Card, at no cost to you.  We have enrollment forms available in the office and in the the foyer.  It is a bar code - with instructions on signing up and is a painless way to help a very worth cause.

Safe Harbor needs volunteers.  The most pressing needs are babysitters to stay with children in the early evening while mothers are in counseling or self-improvement classes and women who could talk to them about Life Skills - basics of cooking and planning meals andhow to handle money - budgeting, how to keep house, cleaning, organizing work, basics of cooking and planning meals and how to handle money - budgeting, how to open a checking and savings accounts, etc.  To be a volunteer you have to fill out an application and take a training course. Call Carol Wiley at 653-4549 or cnnwiley@hotmail.com.

Other Volunteer Opportunities at Safe Harbor II, a shelter for victims of domestic violence, include the following: Crisis Line Advocate, Children’s Advocate, Clerical Support Advocate, Emergency Room Advocate, Legal / Transportation Advocate, and Speakers’ Bureau / Community Outreach Advocate. These opportunities are varied – with volunteers needed weekdays, weeknights, and weekends. To work alone volunteers must be 17 years old. Those under 17 must be supervised by an authorized adult volunteer. Volunteers are screened and must complete Safe Harbor Basic Volunteer Training. For more information, contact Sheila at 654-8152 or hogan_family@bellsouth.net.

BIRTHRIGHT OF CLEMSON is a non-denominational Crisis Pregnancy Center, which has recently become independent from Birthright of Greenville. We are always in need of volunteers to serve at the office or in support of activities such as newsletter preparation, fundraisers or tasks that can be done at home. Birthright also needs a few people to serve on the Board of Directors. The Board meets 9 months a year at this time. We are available to speak to any organization interested in our mission to protect the Sanctity of Life. Please call our office 654-3377 or Joan Ortiz at 944-9318 to make arrangements for a speaker. Our office hours are Monday, and Wednesday 3-6PM and Tuesday and Thursday 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. At this time we also need someone to clean our office once a week as this volunteer can no longer come in. Thank you for your continuing support of our ministry.



IN OCONEE COUNTY . . . . .

OUR DAILY BREAD, the local soup kitchen in Seneca, could use some additional volunteers.  Your commitment can be flexible to fit your schedule.  All it takes is about three hours.  Good cooking skills are not required - only a good heart.  Call Charleah McMillan 653-8995, if you can help.

GOLDEN CORNER FOOD BANK

Ø      At St. Paul’s………. your donations for the Golden Corner Food Bank may be brought in weekly to St. Paul’s in Seneca.  Look for the container around the corner to the left in the Gathering Space.  Many thanks for your generosity in these times of factory closings and job losses.  The food baskets for the Seneca Food Bank are usually hidden around the left corner of the Gathering Space.  This does NOT mean we do not need food; we desperately need food!  We can use cereal, peanut butter and baby food.  There are many young people losing their jobs and they need help. PLEASE bring in food donations with you next weekend.

Ø       At St. Francis ………… the St. Francis Friends of the Food Bank collect a variety of food each month.  They are also collecting for the “Brown Bag Program” sponsored by Golden Corner Food Bank.  $60 will sponsor a needy senior citizen for a year.  Those wishing to donate to this worthwhile cause can make a check out, in any amount, to the Golden Corner Food Bank and put in the basket in front of the altar.  Cash donations will be pooled until the $60 sponsorship is attained.

Ø       Regardless of church …..for $60, we can sponsor an elderly person or couple, for a WHOLE YEAR of groceries!!  This is only possible because of Golden Corners Food Bank’s connection with Golden Harvest.  Think of it:  25 pounds of food is given to this family every month for a year including staples and frozen meats, for a cost of ONLY $60!  Please consider participating in this one-of-a-kind program to help those in our community who are elderly and low income.  Brochures are available in the gathering space, or call Ruth Cushman at 654-1757, x14.

LILA DOYLE, an Assisted Living Facility in Seneca, is always grateful to receive gifts for bingo prizes – jewelry, beads and pins, stuffed animals, dolls and lap robes – always bring a smile to the winner.  Call Margaret Sitterlet at 944-2624 or Maxine Koll at 638-2096 with questions.  And a great big “Thank You” to all those who volunteer their time and energy to help out at Lila Doyle.

HOME BOUND MISSIONS - Home Bound Missions (HBM) is an all volunteer organization whose mission is to feed the home bound elderly and disabled, as well as those who are facing hardship in Pickens/Oconee Counties. We serve those who may otherwise go hungry without our weekend meal delivery. HBM prepares and delivers more than 180 hot meals every Saturday.  If you can share 1 or 2 hours of your time, only once a month to help with this important service, please contact us: Lucius Uldrick, Dir. 885-1824 or Colleen Tate, Co-Director 882-2305. HBM is a non-profit charity funded by donations from local businesses, churches and individuals. Donations may be sent to: Home Bound Missions, PO Box 1365, Seneca, SC, 29676. We operate from the Our Daily Bread facility in downtown Seneca.