Alternatives Pregnancy Center

MAY & JUNE OUTREACH

Alternatives Pregnancy Center offers hopeful alternatives to women facing unplanned pregnancies. We are coming alongside this amazing organization to support their efforts.

Where: Sacramento and the surrounding area

How can you help? Grab a baby bottle from the Information Kiosk to fill with cash, a check or change.

On-Campus Donation Drop-off Schedule:
Last Sunday of the month

Join us by giving to our ongoing collection of boxed and canned foods, clothing, and essentials (list linked below). These collections assist the Sunrise Food Closet, Bags of Hope Ministries, and Lifting Spirits Higher, organizations that are committed to helping with dignity and love.

How to get involved: Contact Sam Morrow at outreach@heightsconnect.com.

Bags of Hope

Spread God’s love, along with our love for the community, by reaching out to those less fortunate through this ongoing opportunity that provides one gallon, zip-lock bags filled with essential living items like a toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, bottled water, snacks, socks, and hand wipes.

Opportunities to Serve:

• Donate funds or items to be put into the individual bags.
• Donate time at home to put bags together.
• Take bags to put in your car so you have them ready if you see someone in need.

Where: Citrus Heights
How to get involved: Contact Kathy Baldwin at bagsofhope@heightsconnect.com.

Serving the Homeless Community

Join with a group of local people from different churches, community groups, and organizations to help, encourage, feed, and bring hope to people who are in need by letting them know about the life-changing power of Jesus. Hot meals are being served downtown at the corner of 13th & C Street every Saturday.

Where: Citrus Heights and the surrounding area
How to get involved: Contact Kathy Baldwin at bagsofhope@heightsconnect.com.

Sunrise Christian Food Ministry

This ministry is aimed directly at people in our city who do not have the resources to provide adequate food for themselves or their family. The ministry operates out of the Advent Lutheran Church in Citrus Heights. People can get involved in a variety of ways by donating food, working at the warehouse and doing food pick-ups.

Opportunities to Serve:

• Work in the Food Closet sorting, stocking, cleaning, checking in clients and filling bags for clients.
• Do food pick-ups at a variety of locations throughout the area.
• Donate food to be taken to the Food Closet on a quarterly basis.

Where: Advent Lutheran Church, 5901 San Juan Avenue, Citrus Heights.

City Life – Sayonara Center

Join us and help children after school at the Sayonara Community Center located in a low-income neighborhood of Citrus Heights. This City Life after school outreach creates a safe, academically enriched environment where children in the neighborhood can come for homework assistance and positive personal attention while building community.

Opportunities to Serve:

• Mentor Kids
• Assist with homework.
• Play education-building games.
• Help with the snacks.

When: Monday through Thursday 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Where: Sayonara Community Center. 7836 Sayonara Drive, Citrus Heights, CA 95610
How to get involved:  Email Julie Habeeb, Sayonara Community Center at Julie@sayonaracenter.org or call (916) 390-1117.

Backpack Outreach

Heights Church provides backpacks and school supplies to students in the local community from kindergarten through high school. We know students succeed when they are equipped with the right tools to excel in their classes. Thank you for partnering with us!

Opportunities to Serve:

• Take a list and buy all the supplies for one or more students.
• Donate funds for our shoppers to go buy the supplies.
• Buy individual supplies to be loaded into a backpack.

Angel Tree Christmas

The Angel Tree ministry is focused on children with one or more parents who are incarcerated. During this time of year, the church strives to impact these children through the giving of Christmas gifts!

Where: Heights Church
How to get involved: Contact our Outreach Director, Sam Morrow, at samm@heightsconnect.com.

Partnering with Citrus Heights Police Department, we collect peanut butter, spaghetti sauce, children’s socks, and underwear for under-resourced families in the local area.

Laundry Love Citrus Heights

We financially support this outreach in Citrus Heights that covers the cost of laundry for people who are struggling financially.  For those living in poverty, washing clothes presents both a logistical problem and a financial hardship.  LLCH washes laundry on the second Saturday of each month from 8am to 11am at Paradise Coin Wash on Greenback Lane. Guests, on average, save over $20 per visit.  They can apply their savings toward food, fuel, medicines and other essentials instead.  Refer those you know that could benefit from this ministry to this local outreach.