Trinity Outreach Hub

Monday nights at the Hub are lively and full of joy! While adults attend English classes, kids are having a ball with our children’s volunteers – in the nursery, on the playground, in the garden, on the soccer field, and in the fellowship hall. 💚⚽

Pictured here are just a few of the many wonderful people who keep our kids safe and happy during ESOL – we are grateful for every one of them!

“So much is accomplished with many hands!” This volunteer feedback perfectly characterizes our Wednesday morning Hub Store setup team – a faithful group that works with care to get everything ready for the following day’s shopping appointments.

As another Hub volunteer said, “I love every moment I spend at the Hub, not only for the service, but because all the other volunteers are amazing. I’m so fortunate to be able to be a part of this program.” 🩷 We are thankful for this great team!

This month we’re gathering school supplies to help our guest families select what they will need for a successful start to the school year. If you’d like to contribute, these are the items most needed by students in our community!

✏ Backpacks (large middle/high school sizes)
✏ Clear backpacks of all sizes
✏ Wired adjustable headphones or earbuds with straight jack
✏ Calculators (basic four-function and TI-30XIIS)
✏ Wide-rule and college-rule composition notebooks
✏ Wide-rule and college-rule loose-leaf paper
✏ Graph paper
✏ Index cards
✏ Pens and highlighters
✏ Colored pencil packs
✏ Glue sticks
✏ Small scissors
✏ Handheld pencil sharpeners with shavings containers
✏ Dry-erase markers
✏ Hand sanitizer for classrooms
✏ Facial tissues
✏ Disinfecting wipes

Donations can be dropped off Monday through Thursday by 2 p.m. If you would like to shop our Amazon wish list (https://tinyurl.com/Hub-Wish-List), items can be shipped directly to the Outreach Hub. Thank you so much for supporting our neighbors!

When a generous family offered to share “all you can pick” from their large garden – and some sweet teenagers volunteered to do it – the Outreach Hub was the lucky recipient of a bounty of fresh summer vegetables. 🌽 We’re so grateful!

If you are a parent who would like to take your kids (high school or middle school age) on a “field trip” to pick vegetables for the Hub, let us know!

The ARMS Mobile Health Unit will be at the Outreach Hub next Thursday, July 9, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with prescriptions delivered at 12:30. No appointment is needed.

Thank you, , for providing accessible primary medical care for our community!

News alert! 🗞 Check your email inbox for the Outreach Hub’s monthly e-newsletter, arriving today.

Our July issue includes upcoming Hub opportunities and other great info – including our volunteers’ thoughts on our programs, impact, and more. We hope you open it to see!

Don’t receive our newsletter yet? Click here to subscribe: https://tinyurl.com/Hub-Newsletter.

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Are you a new volunteer? An experienced volunteer? Someone who just wants to learn more?

Join us two weeks from today for our next Volunteer Training Lunch & Learn! Some updated procedures will be included in this session. Lunch is provided! Register here: https://tinyurl.com/Hub-Lunch-and-Learn.

Date: Sunday, July 12
Time: 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Location: Fellowship Hall
Trinity West Homewood Outreach Hub

🇺🇸 The Outreach Hub is closed next week! 🇺🇸

We will not have programming June 29 through July 4, including ESOL, Food Share, or Market/Store appointments. We would like to ask that you hold donation dropoffs during this time, too.

We’ll resume our regular schedule on Monday, July 6. Have a safe and happy Independence Day! ❤️🤍💙

On Wednesday mornings we have grocery shopping by appointment, and these are some of the welcoming, wonderful folks who come to help each week!

Some of our Hub volunteers have shared their comments about why they love volunteering with our guests. One said it means so much “to help clients supplement their food needs – I can’t imagine kids and the elderly going hungry.” Another said, “Feeding people who are clearly trying to take care of themselves and their circle of love feels like sharing hope.”

We are so very thankful for our Wednesday Market team and all they do!

Trinity’s Oasis Sunday school class hosted a delicious dinner for our ESOL families yesterday at the Hub. Oasis, we are so thankful for you and your gracious hospitality! 🍽️

Providing a Monday night meal at the Outreach Hub is a fun, hands-on way for a class or other group to do good together. Gather your group and find a date in July or August to experience this special way to serve! Check out the signup here: https://tinyurl.com/ESOL-Meals.