Event
… The sale is made possible with the help of hundreds of volunteers who contribute their time and resources. The …
Landing page
… God’s love and compassion through hands-on work, SOOP volunteers walk alongside local partners as they seek to meet …
East Coast
Story
… Every year, through the support of countless volunteers, MCC ships thousands of comforters to people who … Coast Material Resources Center in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Volunteers carefully folded the comforters and baled them so …
Disaster response
Ukraine, Uganda, Syria
Story
… food into the region. A.J. Miller, one of the first MCC volunteers, describes the scene that greeted him at the … of countries around the world. In a typical year, 30,000 volunteers in 34 locations in the U.S. and Canada chop, fill, …
Peace, Food, Water, Health, Disaster response
Syria, Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos), Guatemala, Zambia
Story
… of food for 6,000 families throughout Syria. The local volunteers and relief committees who distribute supplies and … religious groups. This creates relationships between the volunteers while also showing the wider community that …
Indigenous Neighbors
Indiana, Great Lakes
Story
… throughout the Goshen community about this trail, volunteers began to offer their services to document the … way to memorialize the Indigenous peoples. Nine of these volunteers founded the Potawatomi and Miami Trail Marker …
Alberta
Story
… belonging to the MCC Thrift shop in Lethbridge where she volunteered. Her niece Vivian Allert remembers her as someone …
Zambia, Ukraine, Saskatchewan
Story
Relief kits have been distributed to families in Zambia who desperately need them In the northwest corner of Zambia, the Meheba Refugee Settlement Camp is home to over 34,000 refugees fleeing violence, unrest and famine in their home countries. Soaring …
Poverty Reduction, Food
Ontario
Story
… a good deal on vegetables. And Rachael’s Circle of Friends volunteers continue to support her, both virtually and in … would like to put your compassion into action, consider volunteering with the Walking with People in Poverty program. …
Disaster response
Puerto Rico
Story
… meal gathered under tents to stay dry along with church volunteers and the canning crew. Everyone exchanged stories. … U.S. and Canada. Canning locations are always looking for volunteers to help with the entire process as they fill, …
United States
Story
… On the last retreat I co-led with MCC’s international volunteers, we spent some time walking through a part of the …