Hands of Christ welcomes help in publicizing its mission. Additional volunteers are welcome behind the scenes at Westminster PC, where the program is housed there will be almost daily work each morning preparing for distributions.
No experience necessary we have a crew that helps assess sizes and fit. Volunteers are needed at most distribution locations for a variety of tasks, but mostly (and most rewarding) as “shopping buddies.” Each child who comes to us is assigned a volunteer to be their best friend while leading the child through the distribution site to help him or her pick out two shirts, two pair of pants (or other “Bottoms” two pairs of undies and two pairs of socks. A thousand volunteers a year are the fuel that runs this bus-AND YOU ARE INVITED TO BE A PART OF IT! By 2016, the number of congregations supporting this ministry with volunteer hours and donations (both in-kind and monetary) had reached more than 24 and the number of children assisted topped 47,000. Each summer in the three weeks before school starts, Hands of Christ is on the road, holding distributions at Presbyterian churches from Edisto to McClellanville, from Johns Island to Kingstree-and this year all the way to Orangeburg! Hands of Christ began in 2003 as a partnership between Zion-Olivet and Westminster Presbyterian Churches. These are the types of need Hands of Christ seeks to meet. Clothing growing children can tax any budget, but imagine you must choose between clothing and food. Shopping for clothes and supplies with little children in tow can be stressful, but imagine if you have no transportation. All parents know it is hard enough to send children to school in properly fitting, clean clothes every day, but imagine doing it when you have no in-home laundry facilities, or no home at all. Nope, no “school lunch” for clothing and supplies. DID YOU KNOW-There are no public programs to assist families by providing school clothes and supplies.
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