Join our committee
- Humble Design
- Painting party organizer - get painting supplies, set up family room, give instructions, have people sign photo release forms, lay out plaques for drying, cleanup and close up.
- Trials for Hope
- Volunteer organizer - get OK on food packing dates (every other Monday and Thursday the next week), make bulletin announcements, keep track of people going
- We need drivers and a carpool coordinator.
- Make a flier for church for food packing.
- Make bulletin announcements for bag cutting dates and bag cutting/mat making.
- Tell us how you would like to get involved.
Did you hear God whispering to you but did not understand what He was saying? Would you like to use your skills and talents for the good of others? By joining God’s Grace, you will be able to make a tangible difference in the lives of others. Join the God’s Grace team and help organize events like painting parties, food packing and meal prep and serving.
Please email godsgrace@stritaparish.com or call Laura Stewart at 216-832-5352 if you would like to join our committee or help with a project or event.
TRIALS FOR HOPE
Helping people who are under the bridges and fall through the cracks
Trials for Hope was named by the founder Jonathan Gray who was in a soup kitchen and given a bag of trial size personal items to give out. He gave them out and they gave him more. Those were the first trials for hope. They feed people in camps & under bridges and provide food, hygiene supplies, tents, clothes, showers, toilets and dignity. They give food to the homebound having not enough money for food/medicine/heat. Trials for Hope picks up food from grocery stores & the Food Bank providing free fresh produce. They also provide coats, underwear and socks to the homeless. Community meals are also served.
What we do:
- Make & deliver sleeping mats
- Pack food and toiletries for the homeless/home bound
- Prep/serve a community meal the 2nd Tuesday or 4th Monday of the month 3:30-6 PM
- Sponsor a fundraiser
- Donate items on the Amazon wish list
How to help:
Help make and deliver sleeping mats for the homeless:
- Flatten, cut, sort the bags
- Loop the bags together
- Weave the bags
- Sew a pillow- 3 straight lines
Go to Trials for Hope with a St. Rita group to give out sleeping mats when Trials 4 Hope gives them food.
Go to Trials for Hope with a St. Rita group Monday or Thursday morning 10-12 to pack bags
Donate money, new socks and underwear
Help with a fundraiser
HUMBLE DESIGN
Imagine going from nothing to having a furnished home! Humble Design furnishes houses top to bottom for homeless in shelters going into housing and veterans. They provide everything to make a house a home from donations! Less than 1% return to homelessness. They give all children a plaque with their name on it in their own room to give them a sense of belonging.
What we do
Work in their warehouse to check, clean and put away donated goods. Paint plaques for kids so that all children may have a plaque with their name on it. It is theirs alone. Do a home deco, going into a new space decorating it for them with Humble Designs goods.
How to help
- Volunteer for 2 hours of warehouse work - sorting, cleaning, inspecting, putting away donations
- Do a home deco - Go to a deco site with them, decorate a house top to bottom, arranging cabinets, the dining table, pictures, dresser tops, the kitchen bath & bedroom
- Paint kids name plaques
- Help trace pictures on plaques
- Donate gently used, clean, no stains or tears household goods. No personal items.
