Edgelea Feed the Kids provides food for students in need each weekend during the school year by picking up and delivering tote bags with food. The staff at Edgelea Elementary recommends families for this program and we fulfill their needs. Funding for this program is provided by the generosity of our congregation and through monthly food donations. This ministry also helps to bring awareness to our congregation the needs many families in our community face. Many times it is our next door neighbor.
Twice a month a team of volunteers delivers food items to LTHC (Lafayette Transitional Housing) that is used for the Saturday lunches served to their guests. We are able to provide around 150 lunches to those facing homelessness in our community each month.
The Food Pantry serves clients who need a bag of groceries to help see them through the month. Volunteers are needed 5 times a year, typically serving 2-3 hours, 1 or 2 days during the months of January, March, April, June, and October. Volunteers fill a grocery bag or bags according to the size of the family.
In December, Christ UMC partners with LUM (Lafayette Urban Ministry) to host Jubilee Christmas. We host 20 families and 50-60 children each year so they can enjoy a Christmas they otherwise would not have. The children receive clothing, toys, stocking stuffers, and a Bible. The families also get food baskets, personal hygiene items, cookies, homemade bread, and a beautiful homemade quilt. We need lots of volunteers each year to make this amazing event happen and we’d love to have you join us.
The Kids Kloset provides free children’s clothing to anyone in the community. Volunteers are needed to sort and hang clothing when donations are brought in. We also need volunteers to be available to assist people on Tuesdays from 12:30pm – 3:00 pm when the Kids Kloset is open. You can make a difference in a child’s life.