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The Salem Mission
Volunteer
The Salem Mission at 56 Margin St in Salem provides food and
shelter to the area's homeless and needy people. On the third
Saturday of each month volunteers from The First Church directly
support this worthy work by preparing and serving dinner to residents
and other visitors at the Mission.
One or two of us do the shopping, and then the rest of the team
meets in the late afternoon in the Mission kitchen and prepares
the dinner. We then serve it through the kitchen window to all
comers. In general we end up serving about 50-75 people each time.
For most volunteers it is a 2-3 hour commitment of time that is
its own reward. We become better acquainted with one another and
with people in our community with whom we might not otherwise
cross paths. The First Church's turnout is usually between 5-10
volunteers.
We serve dinner at The Mission on the fourth Saturday of each
month, and on the second Wednesday of each month, along with volunteers
from our local sister UU churches. See the sign up sheets in the
Barnard Room during Fellowship if you should wish to volunteer,
or contact the church office at 978.744.1551, or email to firstchurch@nii.net.
Future dates to volunteer are below. You can volunteer to shop,
serve dinner - or both!
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Wed |
Sat |
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January
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13 |
23 |
| February |
10 |
27 |
| March |
10 |
27 |
| April |
14 |
24 |
| May |
12 |
22 |
| June |
9 |
26 |
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| July |
14 |
24 |
| August |
11 |
28 |
| September |
8 |
25 |
| October |
13 |
25 |
| November |
10 |
27 |
| December |
8 |
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