Volunteering
A new and exciting program, “Community Action Cares” designed to encourage community involvement and foster a circle of giving amongst donors and recipients. “Community Action Cares” provides community members with a wide variety of volunteer opportunities.

Donations of Goods and Services
“Community Action Cares” also seeks to fill the unmet, urgent, needs of our clients through a variety of means. Workers provide assistance, referrals, and emotional support to participants as they eliminate the immediate crisis and set goals to help guide them toward future self-reliance.

Basic Necessities
The Family Center takes part in Children’s Winter Coat Drives, Food Drives, Community Education Projects, Health/Safety Projects, Fundraising, and a variety of other services to help provide the basic necessities of low-income and moderate-income families in Jefferson County.

Christmas Clearinghouse
Family Center staff and community volunteers collaborate with numerous organizations to provide nearly two thousand children in Jefferson County with presents each Christmas. First names of children in need of a gift are placed on the Angel Tree at the local mall, where shoppers are able to select a name and purchase a gift for the child of their choice. Gifts are then sorted and redistributed to participating organizations. Area volunteers staff the Angel Tree booth during mall business hours. Families in need of Christmas assistance may contact the Family Center for a list of application sites.

If you wish to make a special contribution of gifts, time, or money to this worthwhile cause,
please contact us at extension 271.