OUTREACH COMMISSION
The Outreach Commission of the Parish is helping us learn about CCMI Soup KItchen, Habitat for Humanity, ECHO, Brightest Horizons, the Soup Kitchen, Quality Life Center, ministries in Honduras, and more.
Speak with any ECW member (ask at the Ark or at Church) and Outreach Commission Chair Dick Jacker for more information.
Saint Michael's Outreach Ministries
Noah's Ark Thrift Shop provides funding for miraculous outreach ministries administered by the Episcopal Churchwomen (ECW).
The Community Cooperative Ministries, Inc, (CCMI) Soup Kitchen is located on Martin Luther King Blvd.in Fort Myers. It sustains those in need with a hot meal, and also operates Meals on Wheels to bring a hot meal to shut-ins. The Soup Kitchen feeds about 200 people daily, many of whom are out of work and need help.
Since 1991 parishioners have been providing a helping hand by working in the kitchen, or donating food and supplies on a regular basis. Our Outreach Commission donated $4,500 last year to help CCMI.
How can you help? You can contribute food. You can help deliver the food to the Soup Kitchen. You can go to the Soup Kitchen and help prepare and serve meals. You can help deliver hot meals to shut-ins.
Saint Michael’s is assigned the last Thursday of every month when parishioners can help prep and serve food. If you would like to help, sign up on the Outreach Bulletin Board in the Parish Hall.
FOOD PANTRIES - CCMI Soup Kitchen is now feeding over 200 guests’ daily and giving groceries to 25 families. They are looking for non-perishable foods as well as bug spray and toiletries.
Can you help? Drop food off in the Parish Hall or send a check earmarked “FOOD PANTRY” to the Church Office.
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South Fort Myers Food Pantry
Grand Opening
The new food pantry in South Fort Myers, located at 8260 Cypress Lake Drive (between Summerlin and Winkler Road) right behind Cypress Lake Presbyterian Church, had its grand opening on Monday, July 14th at 10 a.m. They will be open every Monday (except federal holidays) from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and again from 6-8 p.m. Their service area extends from Colonial Blvd. south to the beaches and from Cleveland Ave (US 41) to the Caloosahatchee River. Anyone who needs food will be given enough for 3 to 5 days depending on the size of their family. Participants will need to bring identification with their current address.
Food will be given to each family on a two week schedule. At this time they will only have canned goods and dry food. Fresh fruit, vegetables, refrigerated and frozen food will NOT be available. This is a joint venture of 10 churches in the area including Saint Michael’s that hope to help those who are less fortunate than ourselves. They also welcome any volunteers who wish to help in this program.
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We finished our second Habitat for Humanity House in May 2005!
QUALITY LIFE SUMMER CAMP – Outreach has donated $$$ for Quality Life summer camp programs for underprivileged children of Fort Myers.
BRIGHTEST HORIZONS – We have voted to make Brightest Horizons child care center near the