Caring and Sharing Center
Many volunteers are required to help with welcoming our guests and sorting items at the Center, which receives and shares household items and seasonal clothing with the needy in Orange and surrounding counties. Call or email Marie Clark at 919.942.9222 or Marilyn Kearns at 919.967.8277.

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Catholic Charities
Counseling is offered for needy individuals, couples and families. Family Life programs and financial assistance are available. Support is provided for the poor from both the Spanish- and English-speaking communities. If you are interested in volunteering, please call or email Barbara Stickford at 919.932.3544. If you are seeking financial assistance for rent or utilities, please call the Parish Office at 919.942.1040 or Catholic Charities in Durham at 919.286.1964.

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Community Involvement Committee
Members meet monthly to plan parish outreach programs (Blood Drive, Crop Walk, etc.) to promote Catholic social teaching and to support the work of all the Outreach ministries. Call or email Tish Galu at 919.225.2986.

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Habitat for Humanity
Provides adequate and affordable housing for the working poor. Volunteers work rotating schedules at a home site. Other volunteers prepare and supply lunch for workers. Call or email Linda Heffernan at 942-6862 or Susan Doyle at 919.933.3291.

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Homebound Ministry
Members visit and bring the Eucharist to parishioners who are homebound. Call or email Mary Ellen McGuire at 919.942.6230.

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Hospital Ministry
Members visit and bring the Eucharist to Catholics who are in UNC and Duke Hospitals and wish to receive the Holy Eucharist. Call or email Mary Ellen McGuire at 919.942.6230.

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IFC Community Kitchen
An Inter-Faith Council (IFC) for Social Services program that serves the poor and needy. Cooking groups plan, prepare and serve meals. Regular volunteers work twice a month 6:00-7:45 a.m., twice a month 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., and once a month 4:00-6:30 p.m. All help is welcomed, even if it is on a one-time basis. Call or email Laurie Tucker at 919.493.8690.

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IFC Crisis Intervention
Members from local churches provide leadership and staff to address the issues and problems of the needy in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Volunteers interview and assist IFC clients. Call or email Kristin Lavergne at 919.929.6380 or Barbara Stickford at 919.932.3544.

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IFC Shelters for Men and Women
Assists the IFC by providing trained volunteers to serve as receptionists and staff assistants at the Community House Men’s Shelter and the HomeStart Women and Children's Shelter in Chapel Hill. Call or email Laurie Tucker at 919.493.8690 or Kathy Kearns at 919.932.9705 or Jane Hathaway at 919.405.2111.

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Latino Health Fair
An annual event providing free health screening and information to the area’s Spanish speaking population. Volunteers are needed to coordinate agencies, publicity, food and entertainment and meets twice a month for the three months preceding the Spring event. Translators, set-up and clean-up volunteers are needed the day of the Fair. Contact Kathy Roundtree.

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Meals on Wheels
Volunteers pick up meals prepared by a food service organization and deliver them to clients in their homes. Drivers, substitute drivers and baked goods are always needed. Call or email Stacey Yusko at 919.942.2948.

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Migrant Worker Outreach
Assembles care kits for migrant workers during the summer using parishioner donations. Volunteers are needed in June, July and August only. Ministry leader position is available. Call or email Tish Galu at 919.225.2986.

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Pregnancy Support Services
An inter-denominational Christian group that provides support and service to young women in crisis-pregnancy situations. Services are free, confidential and available to anyone in need. Volunteer opportunities as counselors, receptionists or clothing closet organizers are available. Call Mimi Every, Director, PSS Chapel Hill, 919.942.7318 or PSS Durham, 919.490.0203.

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Project HomeStart
Provide dinner for women and children who are homeless and temporarily living in the shelter. Volunteers work in teams to provide 12-14 dinners each month. Teams can prepare meals at home and deliver them, or prepare meals at the shelter. It’s a good way to involve children. Call or email Vanessa Tinsley at 919.929.5217.

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Respect Life Committee
Serves our parish by sharing educational activities regarding life issues. Call or email Maureen Earnhardt at 919.967.3253.

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Nursing Home Ministry 
Members visit and bring the Eucharist to Catholics who are Assisted Living Center or Nursing Home residents. Call or email Joanne Caye at 919.933.9883 or Chantal Shafroth at 919.929.5428.

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Social Justice
Working with the Orange County Organizing Committee, volunteers help guide and encourage parish involvement in social justice issues to work for a more just and peaceful society. Call or email Tish Galu at 919.225.2986.

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Stars of Hope Quilters
Stars of Hope Quilters come together to make quilts for our wounded troops. The quilts are called Quilts of Valor, named after the national, non-profit organization “Quilts of Valor Foundation”, with who we are affiliated. The quilts are hand delivered several times a year to the troops that process through the Wounded Warrior Batallion at Ft. Bragg in Fayetteville, NC. To help with this ministry or for more information, please call or email Sue Wolf at 919.942.5425 or Anneke Jakes at 919.542.1548.

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