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The Action Committee oversees existing
projects, develops new opportunities for parish involvement and coordinates
volunteer participation.
Contact Person:: (Cheryl Young)
Existing Projects:
Transition House, Community
Kitchen, Giving Tree, Faulding
Hotel, Outreach Table, New
Projects.
Transition House: phone: 966-9668
email: tranhouses@aol.com
Trinity has had a special relationship with Transition House since
it helped start the shelter with other parishes fifteen years ago.
Transition House is a Santa Barbara shelter for the temporarily homeless
that strives to help motivated families by providing effective services
in addition to addressing immediate needs. Trinity provides the evening
meal at Transition House once a month, every fourth Saturday. The
time involved is about four hours, 4:00 - 8:00 pm. Please call Sibyl
Holder (687-2949) if you would like to help.
If you are interested in Transition House and cannot help out with
the meal, there are many other volunteer opportunities including working
with children, working one-on-one with clients, and helping with job
training and art programs. There is a critical need for Spanish speakers.
Please contact Tori Gleason (966-9668) torigleason@usa.net if you
are interested.
Click here
to see photos of how Trinity prepares meals on the third Saturday
of each month for Transition House. For more information on Transition,
visit their web site at http://www.transitionhouse.com
Community Kitchen:
Another ministry to the homeless with its beginnings at Trinity is
the Community Kitchen. The Community Kitchen was started by a group
of parishioners who began making soup with leftover produce from local
grocery stores and serving it to the homeless out of the back door
of Trinity's kitchen. Like Transition House, the Community Kitchen
expanded and became independent, but a group from Trinity still assists
with and serves the noon meal every second and fourth Wednesday (and
a fifth when there is one) of the month. The time involved is about
four hours, 10:00 am until 1:00 pm. Please call Margaret Vang (682-0876)
or Sarah Dobbs (682-7904) if you would like to take part in this ministry.
Giving Tree:
Each Advent season, the Action Committee sponsors the Giving Tree.
The Giving Tree is a wonderful way to share the joys of the Christmas
season with those who are less fortunate in our community. The tree
is located in the sanctuary and contains paper ornaments that indicate
a gift to buy for a guest at the Community Kitchen. A gift can be
donated by simply choosing an ornament, getting what is needed, wrapping
it and returning it to the Giving Tree. The gifts are given to the
Community Kitchen guests by Trinity volunteers during a Christmas
meal.
Faulding Hotel: (Faulding
News)
The Faulding Hotel Ministries is a program of mutual outreach with
the residents of the Faulding Hotel in downtown Santa Barbara. Trinity
volunteers offer a variety of workshops on subjects ranging from the
arts-music, arts and crafts, writing, and dance/exercise--to pragmatic
sessions on cooking, legal questions, and yoga, two Saturdays a month,
usually from 1-3 p.m. Lunch is also served. The true nature of this
work and its significance for all of us lies in sharing our gifts
with one another in an atmosphere of spiritual friendship, fellowship,
and camaraderie. We welcome volunteers-for a little time or a lot.
Contact Dianne Armstrong (568-0575),
Isabelle Walker-Klein, Debbie
McQuade or Shirley Limoli.
for information. Click
here for Faulding Pictures.
END OF EXISTING PROJECTS
Outreach Table:
In an effort to keep the parish informed and involved, the Justice
and Outreach Council has set up an Outreach table that will be available
during the coffee hours of both services. There will be information
on upcoming events, volunteer opportunities, news articles, as well
as information on the council. If you are involved in an organization
in town and would like to have it represented at the Outreach table,
please feel free to submit your materials at the table during any
coffee hour.
Developing New Projects: If you have a project
that you would like the Action Committee of the Justice and Outreach
Council to consider, please email Cheryl Young cheryl@biopac.com.
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