Save the Date – October General Meeting
Please join us Tuesday, October 3rd from 6-8 pm at PepperLou Gifts. We will hold a brief meeting before our members can shop using a 20% off discount (excluding art, furniture & some lighting.)
Juniorettes and Work Crew kicking off 2023-24!
REMIND – Download the REMIND app (Moms and kids!) and send a text to join:
- Work Crew Text 81010 with this message @wc232
- Juniorettes Text 81010 with this message @fjwc23
Follow us on Instagram @fjwc.htx @fjwc.juniorettes @workcrew.fjwc
Volunteer Opportunities:
MDUMC: It’s FALL Y’ALL! Pumpkin unloading begins THIS weekend, Saturday September 30th at 10am. Just show up and help, no sign-up or sign-in.
SBISD FINAL REMINDER: Please register for all schools with SBISD HERE. FJWC volunteers at multiple schools in the district, please make sure you “check” all the schools in our area.
Fair Haven Food Pantry: Click HERE to volunteer.
Buffalo Creek Elementary: If you are looking for the ultimate in flexibility there are several opportunities that are not date or time specfic. (I had to pick a date for the sign up genius I put them on Sept 1st.) You can pick the day and time you want to help!
There is also opportunities to support their Back to School night on Sept 29th.
Click HERE to volunteer! Please reach out to Nicole Phillips if you have any questions!
MAM: Please click HERE to serve at MAM during the Fall of 2023. We help Memorial Assistance Ministries provide needed services to the families in our local community by volunteering our time in their store. Be sure to carefully read the information provided by MAM, as they have a dress code for volunteers.
AYAM: Please consider signing up to volunteer for 2nd Grade Field Trips to AYAM. Click on the sign up genius HERE.
Houston Symphony: Looking for a ticket to introduce fine arts to children, see a concert, and get your 10,000 steps in? Don’t go off key and miss your chance to sign up to volunteer for student concerts hosted by the Houston Symphony. Click HERE and see you at the shows!
CanCare: Sign Up HERE for CanCare’s golf tournament and ParTee and Silent Auction. They have scheduled both events on one day this year. The date is Monday, October 9, 2023 and they would like to have all volunteers signed up by September 22nd for their planning purposes. Thank you!
Family Point Resources: Any parent or kid that hasn’t been through FPR training must do so before they can volunteer.
1) Fill out a volunteer application on our website
2) Receive/complete background check via email (under 18 years old, then a parent can sign HERE. )
3) Sign up for in-person training at the center HERE.
4) Sign up to volunteer after school HERE or at the FPR Luncheon HERE.
Spring Branch Blessings in a Backpack: Help pack bags Thursday Nights at 6:30. We will meet at Christ Community Church. This is a great hands on opportunity to serve. Volunteer HERE!
Friday Morning Deliveries: This year we will be serving TWO schools, Sherwood Elementary AND Thornwood Elementary. The process is still the same as in previous years. We will meet at Christ Community Church at 8:00 am, load up the bags, and drive them to the schools. Deliveries start 10/5 (a Thursday) due to a student holiday 10/6. This is a great way to serve if you have time in Friday mornings. Grab a friend, clean out your back seat, and come see what its all about! Sign-Up HERE!
Bayou City Blessings in a Backpack: BCBB delivers and distributes weekend food to over 600 students at Spring Shadows Elementary (almost) every Friday of the school year. We need drivers and ‘boots on the ground’. It’s so fun and the best way to start your weekend! Click HERE to volunteer.
Blessings in a Backpack: Below is information and signups for volunteer opportunities in September, October and November:
1. Friday morning deliveries of weekend food bags to local SBISD elementary schools – food bags will be loaded into the back of your car under the portecache on the Tallowood Drive side of the Holy Spirit parking lot. You will deliver the food bags to one of the following schools: Meadow Wood, Nottingham, Hollibrook, Treasure Forest, Bunker Hill and Hunters Creek Elementary (once a month). Easy peasy way to get service hours! Click below:
Feel free to email me at juliewbryant@gmail.com or text/call at 281-804-4143 with questions. Thanks for all you do to serve children in food insecure situations
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