Duke Memorial Outreach
MERCI Center Needs
The MERCI center, our Annual Conference’s center for disaster relief work, has been running full throttle in the effort to meet the needs of the Haiti response. They have shipped 73 tons of supplies and have more than that to ship now. There are two desperate needs to be met for the current pace to continue.
- Volunteers who can spend several days working at MERCI in Goldsboro once they become trained and accustomed to the procedures of receiving, sorting, packing, weighing and shipping of the massive amount of material that has been so generously donated.
- MERCI has reached the bottom of the stack of usable cardboard packing boxes to transship the materials. A source of low cost quality boxes is needed.
Contact: Ann Huffman at MERCI 1-888-440-9167
Volunteers Needed
Urban Ministries needs volunteers to help with its food pantry and clothing closet on the second Thursday of each month. Volunteers pack groceries for waiting families or help those families find appropriate clothes. Hours are from 1:30- 3:30 p.m. For those of us blessed with sufficient food to eat and clothes on our back, this opportunity is an ideal way to serve those in need.
For additional information, contact Frances Mock, who also volunteers on the second Thursday of each month.
