Mission Opportunities

Collect and Donate

• Pop tabs for food items for Gardner Memorial UMC Food Pantry Food Pantry
• Monetary donations for Gardner Memorial UMC Food Pantry
• Used eyeglasses for the Lions Club
• Used cell phones for Carelink
• Receiving blankets, infant gowns, T-shirts, booties, PJs, bibs, caps, sheets, blankets and quilts for UAMS
• Non-perishable food items, bathroom and kitchen supplies (including paper supplies and/or personal supplies), coffee for Union Rescue Mission
• for the United Methodist Committee on Relief
• Health Kits
• School Kits
• Sewing Kits
• Bulk materials
• for Church Women United
• Christmas gifts for children at the local elementary school, such as Barbie dolls and basket balls

Volunteer time and involvement by

• Working in the Gardner Memorial UMC Food Pantry
• Working with the Mt. Eagle Christian Center
• Medical Clinic

Sponsored Outreach

• Annual Gardner Memorial UMC Fish Fry (every August) - sponsored by Gardner Memorial United Methodist Church and the Argenta Community Development Corporation

Other Outreach

• Heifer International
• World Hunger
• Boone Park Elementary School
• Layette items for UAMS Nursery
• Youth Home, Inc.
• Our House Shelter
• Aldersgate Camp
• Argenta Community Development Corporation
• Mt. Eagle Christian Center
• United Methodist Committee on Relief
• American Red Cross
• Hurricane Katrina Relief

Church Women United North Central Ecumenical Projects

Our projects include Union Rescue Mission, Our House, UAMS Medical Center and Arkansas Children's Hospital. Listed below are the projects, what they include and the month that is collected for the specific project.

March - Union Rescue Mission Pantry Shelf
Any food items that are canned, dried or packaged (no perishables). These will be taken to the Union Rescue Mission at 615 N. Magnolia, North Little Rock.

June - Our House Shelter
Bathroom and kitchen supplies including paper supplies and/or personal supplies (i.e. shampoo, body soap, bath towels and wash cloths), coffee

September - UAMS Medical Center
Layette items which include receiving blankets, gowns and T-shirts in 3 month sizes, booties, PJs, bibs, caps, sheets, blankets or quilts.

December - Arkansas Children's Hospital
Please contact us for a current list.

Donations for any of these organizations may be brought in any time during the month and placed in the blue-topped plastic storage container in the Fellowship Hall. After the last day of the month, they will be taken to the respective recipients. The Christmas gifts for Children's Hospital usually have to be delivered on or before December 15th, so make certain they are placed in the storage container or give them directly to Nettie Jane Goss, Gardner's UMW Representative, by that time. For more information, please contact us.

Gardner Memorial United Methodist Church
1723 Schaer Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas USA 72114
501-374-9520 | gardnermemorialumc@aristotle.net
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