Missions

Meet & Eat – now located at First Presbyterian Church at 310 5th St SE in CR
Help is needed to prepare and serve a hot noon meal daily M-F for the young adults from all over the country who are here doing flood relief work through the VISTA and AmeriCorp programs. The 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. shift helps prepare and serve the meal; the 10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. shift helps serve and clean up. FFI contact Deb Sedlacek at 365-1668 or Joan Force at 270-7662.

Marion Cares – a Christian-based organization serving the needs of low-income children.
Help is needed with programs such as TxtTime, an after school Sunday school program; FLY program serving meals when school is not in session, etc. FFI contact Jim Sommerville at 363-1150 or Roger Flink at 981-3300.

Bickford of Marion – assisted living and memory care facility at 1100 Linden Drive, Marion.
Volunteers are needed a couple of hours per week for visiting, reading, painting nails, going for a walk, or other activity that you would enjoy by “adopting” one of their residents. They would also like help with a new project creating Reminiscing Boxes for patients in their memory care facility. FFI contact Kayla Paulson at 551-6931, or Kristina Harrington at 373-7000.

Olivet Neighborhood Mission – located at 230 10th St. NW in CR
The Mission is in the area most heavily damaged by the flood of 2008. They continue to need donations of clothing and small household items — bedding, towels, dishes, cookware, storage containers, children’s items, etc. The clothes closet and food pantry are open Tues – Fri from 8:30-11:30 a.m, and Sat from 9:00-11:30 a.m. (Closed Mondays). FFI call 364-7946