9:00-11:00am
Resurrection Leawood
Building A, Circle Drive

Church of the Resurrection's Hunger Stoppers Team continues to make deliveries and send funding to our partner pantries during this time. Donations from this drive will go to our local partners. We will also be collecting sanitizing products for use in classrooms at our Partner Schools. Please no glass containers or expired product.

Desirable donations include:

• Lunch meat
• Bread
  
• Cheese
• Cereal
• Shelf stable milk products
  
• Pasta & pasta sauce (no glass jars)
• Boxed meals (Hamburger Helper, mac 'n' cheese, etc)
• Pancake Mix (add water only) & Syrup
• Peanut butter & Jelly (no glass jars)
• Canned meat (tuna,chicken or Vienna sausages)
• Chunky soup/stews with pop-tops
• Canned Vegetables with pop tops (tomatoes, peas, mixed vegetables, carrots, potatoes)
• Canned Fruit with pop-tops
• Diapers (Especially sizes 5-6 and adult)

Partner School Donations (please bag separate from food):

• Hand sanitizer
• Sanitizing wipes
• Disinfecting spray

Please note we are asking you to participate only IF you are already going to the store, placing an online order or have items to share. We are not encouraging you to go out and make a special grocery store trip!

Donations can be dropped-off at Church of the Resurrection Leawood on Friday, June 12 from 9am-11:00am. To donate, drive up to the truck in the circle drive at Building A and a volunteer will take your donations out of your car.

To help protect our volunteers and donation recipients, please donate non-expired, un-opened food products and use proper hand-washing and sanitation techniques before you drop them off.

9:00-10:30 am
Resurrection Blue Springs

Donations will benefit Community Services League.

Food Needs
Canned food (meat, stew, vegetables, etc.)
Canned soup
Crackers
Cereal / Oatmeal packages
Ramen
Peanut Butter
Jelly
Bread
Boxes of macaroni and cheese
Pasta (any kind) & Pasta sauce
Hamburger Helper & Tuna Helper
Pancake mix
Syrup
Bags of apples or oranges
Granola Bars
Chips (individual single-serve packages are best)

(no glass please)

Household Needs
Liquid hand soap
Toilet paper
Paper towels
Laundry soap
Spray disinfecting cleaners

Please note we are asking you to participate only IF you are already going to the store, placing an online order or have items to share. We are not encouraging you to go out and make a special grocery store trip!

Items can be dropped-off at Church of the Resurrection Blue Springs on Saturday, June 13 from 9am-10:30am. To donate, drive up and a volunteer will take your donations out of your car.

To help protect our volunteers and CSL benefactors, please donate non-expired, un-opened food products and use proper hand-washing and sanitation techniques before you drop them off.

Church of the Resurrection's Clothing and More Ministries support 22 local pantries and ministry partners in the Kansas City area! Through your generous donations we are able to help clothe those in poverty and facing homelessness.

This drive is for men's clothing only.

In addition to gently used clothing, we will be accepting donations of NEW men's socks and underwear.

Clothing should be in good condition, in current style and ready to wear.

Items can be dropped-off at Church of the Resurrection Leawood on Monday, June 15 from 9am-11am. To donate, drive up to the truck in the circle drive at Building A and a volunteer will take your donations out of your car.

To help protect our volunteers and donation recipients, please use proper hand-washing and sanitation techniques before you drop items off.

Upcoming Leawood Clothing Drives:

• Monday, June 29 - Children's Clothing

As the only agency in Kansas City that provides private apartments and supportive services to mothers in recovery and their children, Amethyst Place empowers families by helping them build healthy relationships, secure permanent housing, improve their educational outcomes, and gain economic stability.

Amethyst Place is in need of spaghetti sauce, snacks and activities for kids, and basic cleaning items. Donate items from their Amazon wishlist.

Avenue of Life's mission is to mobilize our community to equip and empower low-income individuals and families to be self-sustained and independent.

Avenue of Life will be distributing essentials kits to families. Donations are needed of non-perishable pantry staples, items for sack lunches, toiletries and cleaning supplies for homes, masks, gloves and disinfecting wipes.

An anonymous donor has stepped up with a COVID-19 Match Challenge, pledging to match all donations up to $50,000. Please consider doubling the impact of your generosity by partnering with Avenue of Life in reaching homeless families, children, and youth in the urban core of Kansas City.

Cross-Lines was established in 1963 as “a place of hope” for those struggling with the hardships of poverty. They provide direct assistance to at-risk families, the elderly, and single individuals struggling to make ends meet.

Cross-Lines has temporarily stopped serving hot meals cafeteria style, and has started distributing sack meals for breakfasts and lunches. Funding is needed to purchase items for distribution. Donate to Cross-Lines.

Safety-net programs such as SNAP (food stamps) and WIC (women infants children) do not cover diapers. This is a huge expense for low-income families costing an estimated $80-100 per month. 1 in 3 American families struggle to provide enough diapers to keep their babies happy, healthy and dry.

Happy Bottoms has put a hold on accepting diaper donations from the public, but can turn your donations into diapers for families in need.

Donate to Happy Bottoms

Harvesters Community Food Network remains committed to working with their network of more than 760 agencies to provide food to those in need.

Harvesters is encouraging the community to help by donating money. For every dollar donated you help them ensure they have the food and resources on hand to meet any additional demand. It also helps Harvesters provide means to get the food out more effectively and efficiently.

Volunteers are also needed to process and sort donations.  You must be 18+ and in good health.

Heart to Heart International strengthens communities through improving health access, providing humanitarian development and administering crisis relief worldwide.

Across the U.S., Heart to Heart International is distributing hygiene kits for those in quarantine or unable to leave their homes. Good hygiene is critical in this time of the COVID-19 global pandemic, especially in vulnerable communities.

They have already distributed thousands of kits to local shelters, healthcare facilities, school districts, faith-based programs, food pantries, public safety organizations, and more. But, more kits are needed.

You can sponsor one kit for $10 and it will provide hygiene supplies (including soap, toothpaste, shampoo, handwashing guidelines, and more) that will be delivered to a person in need.

Hope Faith is asking for assistance in sourcing bulk meal supplies to be given out in paper sack care packages.

If you are able to do so safely, please bring the following to Hope Faith or VCP to provide for Kansas City’s homeless population. You can also make a monetary donation online.

Hope Faith: 705 Virginia Ave, Kansas City, MO 64106
VCP: 8900 Troost Ave, Kansas City, MO 64131

Food Items
Fruit cups, pudding, flour tortillas, sliced bread, biscuits, deli meat, sliced cheeses, buns, applesauce, fruit snacks, granola bars, breakfast bars, honey buns, wrapped muffins, smoothies, yogurt, english muffins, individually packaged cereals, peanut butter, jelly, individually packaged chips, cheese sticks, bottled water, juice boxes, and individual milk cartons.

Sanitation & General Items
Spoons/sporks, Nitrile gloves (especially L-XL), disposable gloves, N95 disposable face, masks, disinfectant spray, commercial building/kitchen disinfectant, hand sanitizer (all sizes), sanitizing wipes, bleach, paper towels, trash bags, disposable rags, tissue paper, facial tissue, vitamins, vitamin C, sandwich bags, disposable plates, disposable cups, disposable napkins, brown paper sacks, and plastic sacks.

KVC Health Systemsis a national leader in behavioral healthcare, child welfare, and community health and wellness.

KVC clinical teams and essential frontline staff are working around the clock to care for the safety and mental health of our clients in their homes, in foster homes, and inside their children’s hospitals and residential treatment centers. Your donation helps fund their COVID-19 response.

Metro Lutheran Ministry connects those in need in the Kansas City area with food, housing, health care, education, employment services and other resources.

If you want to stay in but still want to help you could make sack lunches or breakfasts and MLM will pick them up! For more information, please contact Rebecka at rebeckanoel@mlmkc.org.

If you want to donate the food needed for sack breakfasts, order from their Amazon wishlist.

The Micah Ministry is the urban, ecumenical outreach mission of Independence Boulevard Christian Church to the poor and needy in the historic Northeast area of Kansas City, Missouri.

Typically Micah Ministry provides a hot meal to those in need, However, during the coronavirus outbreak, they have switched to a curbside pick-up. Volunteers are needed to prepare and donate sack meals.

Can you commit to making 10 sack dinners to be distributed? Contact Sharon Cantrell with Micah Ministry at sscantrell@yahoo.com to volunteer.

reStart provides housing and supportive services to help homeless men, women, youth and families move toward independence and self-sufficiency with the goal of ending homelessness in our community.

At this time, they are in need of sack lunches to distribute their clients. A few ideas for what to include: peanut butter sandwiches; protein options like tuna or chicken salad kits, vienna sausages or beef jerky; individually packaged chips, fruit cups, granola bars and other snacks.

Once your bags are complete, please coordinate with Ann Klockau(aklockau@restartinc.org) to arrange a time to deliver them to reStart.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, prisons have stopped allowing visitation. To take advantage of this time, the area where children visit their mothers and grandmothers is being updated and we have been asked to assist (by Topeka United Methodist Women) with donations.

To help make the rooms kid and family friendly, please consider donating: small floor rugs (in solid colors - pink, purple, green, or blue), child-sized beanbag chairs, NEW Barbie dolls and accessories, or gift cards to purchase needed items. For more information or to have the items picked up, contact Pat Bayless - pbayless@kc.rr.com and Debbie Hedenkamp - dhedenkamp@gmail.com

Learn about our Ministry to Incarcerated Families: Through the United Methodist Women, the Ministry to Incarcerated Families provides women in the Topeka correctional facility with parenting classes and retreats where they can engage with their kids and grandkids in constructive ways. Learn more...

Shelter KC is in desperate need of hygiene items (soap, body wash, shampoo, toothpaste) and surgical masks to protect employees and guests. Store-bought masks are preferable, but they will take homemade too. Contact Shelter KC to arrange a time to drop off donations: 816-421-7643

Donating funds online will go to work immediately to care for homeless men and women in Kansas City. Donate now.

Synergy Services, Inc. began in 1970 as Synergy House, the only shelter for runaway and homeless youth in western Missouri. Through the years the organization’s reach to include young children and women victimized by abuse.

The Domestic Violence Center, Children's Center and Synergy House remain open and staff continues to provide 24 hour care and housing to children and teens in our community through this crisis.

Donate to their COVID-19 Resource Fund or check out their list of in-kind needs here (you can order through Amazon or Walmart).

Proceeds the Adelante Thrift Store support the operations of Mission Adelante, a multicultural ministry community with Bhutanese refugees and Latino immigrants emphasizing individual transformation and community development.

Volunteers are needed to work behind the scenes, assisting with sorting donations, hanging clothing, and cleaning/pricing items. All volunteers will be required to wear face masks the entire time they are in the store and keep a 6' distance from fellow volunteers, staff and customers.

After the Harvest's staff and volunteers are essential service providers during this crisis, rescuing fruits and vegetables and delivering to those in need.

Produce rescue drivers needed! From now to November, volunteer to pick up leftover produce at farmers markets (Parkville, Brookside, City Market, Overland Park, Lenexa, Unity Village) and other locations and deliver to agencies feeding hungry people.

• Saturday, April 11, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Sign up for virtual produce rescue driver training. Space is limited.
• Saturday, May 16, 1-2:30 p.m.: Sign up for this training which may be on-site at the City Market or virtual. We'll keep you posted.

Gleaners. From May through November, you can sign up to be part of our gleaning program. Volunteers travel in their own vehicles to harvest excess fruits and vegetables in orchards and fields located within 30 to 45 minutes of Greater Kansas City. Help deliver to food pantries, kitchens and other agencies if you can.

Donors. Give to assure that we can continue providing healthy, immunity-building fresh produce via our gleaning and truckload programs. Harvesters--The Community Food Network is our primary truckload distribution partner, delivering thousands of pounds of After the Harvest produce, that might otherwise be destined for landfills, to agencies feeding those in need.

Are you a regular blood donor at Church of the Resurrection? Keep it up!

To ensure they are prepared to support health agencies in our communities and across the country, CBC strongly urges individuals who feel healthy and well to make an appointment at a donor center or blood drive to give blood, platelets and plasma. Appointments are required; walk-ins will not be accepted at this time.

Make your appointment to donate blood or platelets.

Harvesters Mobile Food Pantry is holding distribution events at the Don Bosco Center (580 Campbell) in downtown KC, from 1-4pm on 2nd Fridays.

This is a walk through Mobile Food Distribution. Volunteers will be needed to help distribute and organize the food on the pallets, sign people in, and clean up at the end.

It will be outside, so please dress for the weather with close-toed shoes and bring a mask. Lifting may be required for certain volunteer positions.

Sign up to help unload, sort, and hand out food while people drive through for the distribution.

Flourish Furnishings collects, prepares and distributes donated furnishings and home essentials to offer a “hand up” by meeting the household furnishings needs in Kansas City’s urban and suburban communities.

As they prepare to re-open their warehouse, volunteers are needed to load/unload trucks, sort through donated goods, restock shelves for client shopping and working with clients.

Click here to learn more.

The Global FC Education Program serves English language learners from all over the world, most of whom arrived in Kansas City on refugee status.

The Global FC team is continuing to foster academic growth and community, fighting the isolation and boredom students are facing right now. The connection and support provided through online engagement is vital during this time where everything is new.

Check out what online engagement looks like for Global FC and email Celeste at celeste@branch-global.com to become a tutor!

Proceeds from Hillcrest Thrift Stores support the operations of the Hillcrest Transitional Housing program, offering homeless families, singles and youth housing and a disciplined educational program within a caring, supportive environment.

As the thrift stores in Lenexa and Lee's Summit reopen, volunteers are needed in the following areas -

• Volunteer Cashier
• Volunteer Donation Attendant
• Volunteer Clothing Processor

Learn more about how to volunteer.

Hope Faith Homeless Assistance Campus is working with other local organizations to keep their guests safe, healthy, and fed.

Medical provider volunteers (doctors, nurses, EMTs, CNAs, nursing/medical students, etc.) are needed to staff the Farmers Insurance First Aid Center, providing basic vitals checks for guests. Sign-up to volunteer here.

Metro Lutheran Ministry connects those in need in the Kansas City area with food, housing, health care, education, employment services and other resources.

Metro Lutheran is looking for 3-5 volunteers from 8:15am-11:30am on Tuesday-Friday. Volunteers will be pre-packing food boxes for the next day (no direct contact with clients).

They also need 3-5 volunteers from 1:00pm - 3:00pm on Fridays to help package sack breakfasts.

Please contact Rebecka at rebeckanoel@mlmkc.org for more information or to volunteer.

Volunteer shifts available Monday - Thursday.

Please sign up in advance as we are adhering to social distancing guidelines to help prevent the spread of germs and are limited to fewer than 10 people volunteering at one time. Want to donate food? Drop off donations between 1-3pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

United Way of Greater Kansas City works to provide the farthest-reaching network of support for those in need in our community.  UWGKC has identified volunteer opportunities all throughout the metro area, that will help those who are impacted by this public health crisis.  This list will be continuously updated, so check back.