Goal: Feed the hungry
On any Saturday just before 5:30 p.m., the lobby of First Presbyterian Church of McMinnville, OR, begins to fill with a wide variety of people. Church members mingle with the homeless, the elderly, the lonely and the poor.
Goal: $75,000
Project is to replace the aging appliances in the 83 year old kitchen. Menucha is a sacred sanctuary held in stewardship as an ecumenical, community-based mission of First Presbyterian Church - Portland, Oregon. Our mission is to offer the finest retreat and conference center experience possible by providing opportunities for reflection, spiritual discovery, renewal, education and enrichment for individuals, families and communities.
There are a number of volunteer opportunities; gift shop host/hostess; gardeners, on-site host/hostess, various other volunteer opportunities which vary seasonally.
Goal: $1,065,000 over 10 Years
Deadlines: Ongoing
BIRDS is a non-profit center that serves and empowers the Dahlits (Untouchable Caste), the poorest of the poor, through microfinance loans to women’s cooperatives, training of village health workers, legal rights advocacy, organic farming and water treatment advocacy, a health care clinic, a training center, and two boarding homes for poor children. BIRDS works in partnership with PCUSA Self-Development of People programs.
