Looking for an opportunity to serve our city and community? Scroll down to read more about:

• Family Promise Returns, July 25-August 1
• “Big Shot Day” at Warehouse w/Presbyterian Hospital, Sept. 18
• Shop at Target, and Change a Student’s Life
• Harris Teeter’s link to Bishop Spaugh
• Keep Saving Box Tops for Bishop Spaugh

Family Promise / July 25-August 1

After a brief break, Warehouse’s partnership with Family Promise resumes this summer. Warehouse participates in this city-wide collaboration because Family Promise moves families from homelessness to reliable housing and independence. In the year since Warehouse first started hosting families with Family Promise, the eight families who have stayed with us have since graduated, and are no longer homeless. Some of you have even helped these families move into their new place to live.

The families have commented how much they enjoy staying at Warehouse because it is so welcoming and laid back. Our volunteers have cherished the opportunities to build relationships with these families that last beyond the week they stay here on site. To see the Breakfield’s story of serving, click here. Now is your opportunity to dive in.

To volunteer, e-mail room@warehouse242.org

“Big Shot Day” at Warehouse, September 18

The Presbyterian Hospital Community Care Cruiser will host a “Big Shot Day” on Saturday, September 18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Warehouse. In partnership with our neighborhood schools, Warehouse is serving as a host site so that no Camp Greene Kindergartner or 6th Grade Student gets suspended because they lack their state-mandated shots.

The event is made possible by Presbyterian Hospital, whose Community Care Cruiser offers required immunizations for the upcoming school year to uninsured and underinsured students. The big orange and green Cruiser truck will be out on the Warehouse 242 front lawn, and there will be food and games for families as they wait.

To help us plan and execute this important event, email service@warehouse242.org.

Shopping (yes, shopping) at Target to Help Our Neighborhood School

Warehouse has combined two of your favorite words for a great cause: “shopping” and “Target.”

Our neighborhood middle school, Bishop Spaugh Community Academy, is making great strides to improve their academic performance. Their inspiring Principal, administration and staff have specifically asked Warehouse to support the school through Target’s Take Charge of Education program. Every time we shop at Target, Bishop Spaugh can be the recipient of 1% of our shopping total. Each year, Bishop Spaugh will get a check from Target to spend on whatever needs are most pressing. Over the last year, Warehouse contributed to a 400% increase in donations the school received from Target; simply because we paid for the items in our shopping carts with our Red Cards.

We’re not asking you to add another Credit Card to your wallet. Instead, sign up for the Target Red Check Card, because every time you use it at Target, the money comes directly out of your checking account, just like your debit card. We exist so that our neighbors will rejoice by our presence in the neighborhood. Practically serving them doesn’t get much easier (or more fun) than this!

Take Charge of Education steps:

1. Bring a blank check to Target
2. Go to any register or to Customer Service
3. Ask to signup for a Red Check Card
4. Your Red Card will arrive in a week
5. Go online and select Bishop Spaugh (I.D. 80486)

Questions? service@warehouse242.org

“What about Harris Teeter?”

Sure enough, every time you use your VIC card, Bishop Spaugh can benefit as well. When you designate “Bishop Spaugh Community Academy” (the official school name) to be the recipient of donations from the Harris Teeter corporation through their Together in Education program, you’ll see their name at the bottom of every receipt you get at Harris Teeter. Enter your VIC info and link your VIC Card to Bishop Spaugh’s School Code: 1516

To take this quick and easy step, click here:

Keep Saving Box Tops for Bishop Spaugh

School may be out for the summer, but we are still collecting Box Tops to raise money for Bishop Spaugh Community Academy—our Camp Greene neighborhood middle school located less than one mile away from Warehouse. By the simple act of cutting out those easily identifiable Box Tops and bringing them to church, we have raised almost $200 for the school in less than one year. That’s $200 the school didn’t have otherwise, which they can spend on whatever they need most—from Bunsen Burners to Basketballs.

So keep brining your Box Tops to the Serve/Engage Kiosk or the Kidz Check-in table. We will collect them year-round as an ongoing part of our practical service to our neighbors.

For a complete list of products that carry the Box Tops logo, click here or pick up a flyer at the Serve/Engage Kiosk.