Church Clean Up Day

Compassion Cupboard

Family Fun Day for Christ

Habitat for Humanity

Lebanon-Clary Quilters

Making Apple Butter

Response

Route 11 Crawl

Shenandoah Alliance for Shelter

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

Volunteer Farm

Outreach and Volunteer Opportunities

God Can Use You! Each of us is called to use our resources of time and talent to make a difference in the world. We invite you to join us in making a difference in our community.

Church Clean Up Day
Join us for grounds cleanup, garden planting and special grounds maintenance. Green thumbs welcome! Clean up dates to be announced.

Compassion Cupboard
A local food pantry that provides food to those in need on the third Tuesday of each month at 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Please call 465-9476 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

Family Fun Day for Christ
Activities include special music, games, food, fun, and fellowship for all ages. Sponsored by area churches, the event is held at the Shenandoah County Fairgrounds, Woodstock, Virginia.

Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity is an ecumenical Christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing from the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Linda and Millard Fuller founded Habitat for Humanity in 1976. For more information, please visit Winchester-Frederick Co, Habitat for Humanity.

Lebanon-Clary Quilters
The Lebanon Quilters began as a group sponsored by the LCW in 1979. That year 14 women met monthly and made 7 quilts and 35 lap robes. Among these early women we recall the names of Margie Brill, Clara Campbell, Mozelle Hockman, and Lucky Hockman. Later on we recall others joining the group - Mary Miller, Cindy Henry, Ruth Ann Hockman, and Nina Chappell. When ladies from surrounding communities began joining them, they became the Lebanon-Clary Community Quilters. They made queen size, regular and small quilts, lap robes, bibs and stuffed animals. At a glance their sessions took on a look of a manufacturing plant as the various groups went into action-cutters, designers, stitchers (using sewing machines), pressers, and finally the knotters. Mozelle Hockman donated several quilt tops. Others donated material and other supplies. Finished products were donated to the elderly, Lutheran War Relief, local nursing homes, the Shenandoah County Farm, fire victims and the Children's Ward at Shenandoah Memorial Hospital. The girls from Floe Wilderness School in Warren County made a visit to learn the craft.
The Quilters continue to stitch beautiful quilts and lap robes for persons in nursing homes and hospitals each year. The season always ends with a covered dish meal at noon with games, Bingo and lots of fellowship. They continue to be active and expect to continue for many years. Their slogan is "QUILTERS KEEP YOU IN STITCHES." For more information, contact Dorothy Heishman at 465-8698.

Making Apple Butter
This annual event takes place in October.

We gather on Friday afternoon to snit apples (peel & cut them in pieces). On Saturday, we begin early and stir the kettles all day. We always have lots of good food and stories to pass the time.

Response
Response is Shenandoah County's support system for victims of domestic and sexual assault. Services provided by Response include a hotline, a shelter for women and children, providing court advocates and accompanying rape victims to hospitals. Response also works in our area schools to educate and prevent violence in dating teens. If you are interested in donating your time and or resources please contact them at 540-459-5161

Route 11 Crawl
A huge community yard sale from Strasburg to New Market. We provide a rest station and free bottled water to the community throughout the day. We also provide space for members to sell their used items.

Shenandoah Alliance for Shelter
Shenandoah Alliance for Shelter was created as a result of several meetings in 1989 attended by about 25 to 30 representatives of the community including concerned citizens, ministers, DSS caseworkers, Salvation Army, Sheriff's Department, church outreach groups, Habitat for Humanity, and Blue Ridge Legal Services. The concern was that there was no mechanism in this County to assist homeless families while keeping the family together as a unit.

Since January 1990, hundreds of families have been served by the Prevention Program. The Transitional Housing Program has also served many County residents, providing thousands of nights of shelter since its inception.

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
A community meal featuring pancakes, sausage, applesauce, juice, coffee, and special surprises. You are invited to give a free-will offering that will benefit local families in need, fire & rescue services, and other community needs.

Volunteer Farm
The number of residents seeking help from food banks is growing, but donations are steadily dropping according to officials with the Volunteer Farm of Woodstock. "It appears from some indicators that the number of hungry people may be in the process of increasing by about 25 percent," said Bob Blair, chairman and CEO of the World Foundation for Children and sponsor for Volunteer Farm. Blair said. "The big increase [in people seeking help] in large part is caused by the economy. There seems to be a large number of people in the housing industry that have been put out of work." About one in eight people in Virginia are considered "food insecure," with nearly 40 percent of them being children, Blair said. The 65-acre Volunteer Farm in Woodstock donates fresh vegetables to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network, which serves 25 counties and nine cities in the state, including Winchester and the counties of Shenandoah, Warren, Frederick and Clarke.