There are always something going on in our Christian Service Department!

You can be involved in one of following ways:

1. Lap Blankets for our neighbors at Manor of Novi at Christmas (We will collect hand made lap blankets for our annual "Christmas in July" party on July 31, 2022 at 2 pm in the Family Center. 
2. Weekly Food collection: All food donated needs to be nonperishable and with reasonable expiration dates. Our biggest needs are canned meat (not Tuna), Delux Mac & Cheese, Chunky or Progresso ready to serve soups. Monetary donations can be made to Holy Family with Food in the memo. 
3. Gently used casual clothing (no tears or stains) and small house hold items in very good condition can be donated most Mondays 9am-12pm and 5pm-7pm. We are closed for donations from 12pm to 5pm.
4. Greeting Card Outreach: To provide parishioners, neighbors and friends an opportunity to receive love in the form of a greeting card... Participants of this program may include people in our parish who are homebound or living in a senior community, those who receive the Eucharist from our Homebound Ministry team, and anyone who would enjoy being a recipient. If you want to be a sender or know someone who would like to be a receipant e-amil [email protected] 
5. Sewing Ministry: Do you quilt? We have a sewing ministry that gathers monthly on the second and 4th Tuesday at 6pm in Rooma A, B and C. 

Call 248-349-8553
or email: [email protected]
For more information

WE ARE TAKING GENTLY USED "fall & Winter" Clothing 
We accept the following items:

• Clothing, cassual shoes, purses and assessories for all ages
• Like new children’s books and small toys (no loose pieces)
• Linens such as sheets, blankets, towels, current style curtains (no stains or wear and tear)
• Sets of dishes, cutlery, pots and pans (no scratches or wear marks) and other kitchen items
• Small electronic appliances such as coffeepots, toasters, irons, etc. (must be in working order)
• Small knick-knacks, table lamps, smaller wall decor, candles, phone cases, games, puzzles, and new personal care items 

We do not accept:

• Hangers
• Clothing that are stained, torn, out of season, or outdated
• No Men's or women's suits, button down shirts, or dresses (we do not have the room for these items)
• Adult books, or text books
• Larger items such as floor lamps, furniture of any type or large appliances. We recommend the Furniture Bank of SE MI 248-365-4090. We provide vouchers here for many of our clients. 
• Any Baby items other than small toys and clothes (We reccomend donating other baby items to Another Way Pregnancy Center 31700 W 12 Mile Rd #102 Farmington, MI 48334 248-471-5858)
• Call 248-349-8553 if you have additional questions.

Donation Drop off Times:

Mondays ONLY(exceptions for holidays): 9am-12pm & 5pm-7pm WE ARE CLOSED 12pm-5pm 
 (Please be patient with our Closet workers, they are volunteers)
Please drop off at the designated times and do not leave items outside the door or in the Church. Any items left at our door may be thorwn away.

If you would like to volunteer with the cloths closet
please contact Roxanne Hundsrucker at [email protected] or 248-349-8553

Did you know that we  host an “Emergency Food Pantry” here at Holy Family. 

What this means is that if a family or an individual comes to our Christian Service office needing food we fill a bag of food (1-2 days) for  them and then refer them to their local pantry such as  St. James, Novi Emergency Food Program which is hosted at Faith Community Presbyterian, or the closest to their home that can help them long term.
 
We do not stock perishable items, large items  or what you may consider “Family Sized.” There just is not enough space here to stock these items.
 
What we mostly keep on hand are ready to eat non-perishable items such as canned soup especially the Chunky type, canned stew, meats, tuna, meal sides like instant potatoes or pasta sides, canned vegetables, canned fruit, some boxes of cereal, boxed meals like Mac and Cheese that one would just add water to make a meal.
 
It is necessary to  check dates on everything that is donated. We cannot give away items out of date, nor can we donate to another pantry items out of date. We are unable to give away opened items as well. Some people try to give us opened packages of food they do not like thinking we can give them away, this is not possible.
 
We also stock a few 4-packs of toilet paper, tissue, dish soap, and some personal care items.         
 
The majority of food brought to us weekly gets transferred to St. James. There has been a Christian Service partnership between Holy Family & St. James for many years, as they host the Food Pantry and we host the Clothes Closet.

We collect eye glasses, cancelled postage stamps, aluminum can tabs & clean Empty Pill bottles 

Eye glasses
We collect used eye glasses for the local Lions Club, who send them to the Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center for processing. There the glasses are sorted to determine those that are usable or unusable, processed and placed in inventory for distribution to optical missions around the world. Lions help to minimize landfil waste by supporting precious metal reclamation and scrap processing for damaged glasses that are unusable.  

Cancelled postage stamps
We collect cancelled postage stamps for the Sisters of the Holy Cross Ministry. They request a 1/4 inch around the cancelled stamp and the prefered stamps are U.S Commemoratives, foreign, and stamps with a value of $1 or more, most forever stamps have no value. They remove the stamps form envelope corners and sell them to stamp brokers. The proceeds benefit ministries around the world.  

Aluminum can tabs 
We collect aluminum can tabs for local Ronald Mc Donald Houses. It takes approximately 1,128 tabs tp equal a pound and an average of .40 to .50 cents per pound is the pay out. The Pop Tab program helps provide extra revenue for families to stay at the Ronald McDonald House while a sick child says in a nearby hospital. 

Clean Empty Pill Bottles 
Pill bottles must be clean with labels removed and no residue or label left behind. We donate them to Matthew 25: Ministries. We ship them bottles every other month and they send them to where they many be needed for filling perscriptions in areas that may not have bottles for medication dispensing. 

THE ABOVE ITEMS CAN BE PLACED IN THE CHRISTIAN SERVICE BIN IN THE CHURCH VESTIBULE

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