Electronics Recycling Drive on May 18

Clean out your closets and drawers! The electronics recycling drive is scheduled for May 18 and is open to the community.
More info about can be recycled can be found here: https://newlifetechgroup.com/faqs/

Blood Drive Poll

The DFUMC Engage Team is hoping to host an American Red Cross Blood Drive this Spring/Summer. In order to reserve a date with the Red Cross, we must first determine if we have adequate donor interest- we are hoping to reach 100! A donation takes just a few minutes, and we will hold the Blood Drive in our Fellowship Hall. Please let us know if you are potentially interested in donating blood by giving us your name and contact information here. Once the date for the Blood Drive is determined, we will reach out to all those interested. 

Welcome Home Supplies for Refugees

Decatur First's Engage Team and Men's Ministry are teaming up with New American Pathways to provide cleaning supplies for refugees resettling in our community. Donations can be placed in the sanctuary each Sunday in April. Most needed items are lysol, windex, trash bags, bleach, wipes, dish soap, and laundry detergent.

Can’t get to the store? No problem. Shop online and have your donation delivered to the church- https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/RXBRX8G9CA9G

“Welcome Home” Baskets for Wellroot

Decatur First is collecting "Welcome Home" baskets for folks at Wellroot moving into transitional housing. If you'd like to sign up to provide a basket, please click here .You'll be provided a list of what should go into the baskets once you sign up.

Hagar’s House

As part of Decatur Cooperative Ministry (DCM), Hagar’s House offers emergency night shelter and assessment to homeless families with children. The 5-room 30-bed shelter provides safe, comfortable accommodations for up to 90 days. While enrolled, families have access to daily showers, a tech center, laundry facilities, and two meals a day.

DFUMC commits several weeks a year to providing dinner meal delivery to the residents of Hagar's House.

Participating is easy: signup for a date and call the Hagar's House hotline in the morning for the current resident count. You can prepare the meal yourself or use a local restaurant that offers delivery. Plan to have the food & drinks dropped off by 5:30pm and Hagar's House takes care of the rest!

Wellroot

What do the children, young adults, and foster families need? Friends.

Joining Wellroot's Family Friends is a way you can volunteer with Wellroot Family Services to provide wrap-around support services and resources to children, youth, and families in our programs.

HOW DO FAMILY FRIENDS HELP?

  • Collect needed items for new moms and their babies

  • Make an apartment a home for young adults transitioning from foster care to independent living

  • Provide a family new linens and kitchen supplies for their apartment

  • Deliver meals when new mothers are sleep-deprived, when a foster family gets a new placement, or when children are reunified with their parents

  • Volunteer in our Resource Rooms, help families select clothes and essential items

  • Learn more about being a Wellroot Family Friend.

Contact Sharon Brewer at sbrewer@wellroot.org or 404-327-5832 for more information or click here to apply as a Family Friend volunteer!

DCM

The Decatur Cooperative Ministry is looking for new volunteers and has lots of different ways you can get involved! Fill out the application below to getting started.

Afghan Support

The American-Afghan Alliance of Georgia continues to support Afghan families arriving in Atlanta after being airlifted out of Afghanistan. Please contact Jill Jordan at Jilldpj@gmail.com if you can donate any of these needed household items: 

Older sewing machines (they don’t have to be in working order)

Rugs, any size 

Pressure cookers, new or used (these do need to be in working order)

To learn more about what this organization does, please visit their website. They are looking for volunteers! 

Sunday Morning Bus Drivers Needed!

Decatur First is ready to bring back the Sunday morning bus ministry that was lost during the pandemic. Four or five volunteers are needed to serve one Sunday a month, to help folks in assisted living facilities that need transportation to and from church. It’s a remarkably easy way to make a huge difference in someone’s life, and you do not need a special CDL license to do it. Contact Daniel Kasbohm for more information- dkasbohm@decaturfirst.org.

DEAM

Decatur-Area Emergency Assistance Ministry (DEAM) is Looking for volunteers during the week! Folks are needed to:

  • Work in the pantry

  • Work in office (minimal computer skills, answering phones, etc.)

  • Guide people as they go thorough the pantry

  • Help restock on Wednesdays

Most Jobs are 8:30-11:30am on Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri, with Wednesday as a re-stock day.

Call Linda Nalley 404-786-5643 for more info, or sign up to be a volunteer at
https://www.deamdecatur.org/volunteers