The purpose of our participation in the Outreach Program is to fulfill a part of the
church's mission statement: "...service to our church and community."
We acknowledge our oneness with our extended community as we share our gifts through service and action in a spirit of love. To that end the Program Steering Committee has selected these projects as offerings of our service and more will be added as we move forward. Each one provides our church family opportunities to volunteer in ways that make a difference in our church and community.
The Angels Network offers services to the congregation of Unity of Reno in the form of transportation, dinner meals, light house/yard work and respite from stressful situations. Our congregation volunteers commit to perform the tasks requested.
Safe Embrace was organized to focus on the special needs of women who were victims of domestic violence. The shelter accepts women and their children up to the age of 17 years. Our congregation provides donations of toiletries, baby supplies and other needed items to support the work of Safe Embrace.
St. Vincent’s Dining Room serves a nutritious, hot meal daily and everyone in need is welcome. The Food Pantry provides supplemental food supplies to more than 9,000 individuals and families each month. There is a collection barrel for non-perishable food items located in the CommUnity room on the first Sunday of each month.
Our blood donors’ drives are held in conjunction with United Blood Services every 4 months on a Sunday morning.
Our congregation works with the local Habitat for Humanity project to complete 13 homes in the Reno-Sparks area. Volunteers spend half-a-day on the building site assisting in various construction tasks.