Local Partnerships

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Winston Salem Freedom School

With the closing of Cook Literacy Model School, this summer we will partner with Kimberley Park Freedom School, which will welcome many of the Cook students. Freedom School is a free six-week summer program designed to increase literacy and love of learning, and to prevent summer learning loss. This summer, Kimberley Park will host 65 students each week (June 15 - July 23). Please help us support this missional partner through donations of:

  • Individually wrapped snacks (nut free)
  • Crayons
  • Markers
  • Colored paper
  • Pencils
  • Copy paper
  • Kids' paint
  • Bulletin board supplies

There is also an Amazon Wish List full of classroom decorating supplies that you may also order for direct shipment. All in-person donations may be dropped off at the Engage Winston-Salem table in the Fellowship Hall.

LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS

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Amani Children's Foundation

Amani raises funding and awareness for New Life Homes in Kenya. New Life Homes has four homes across the country in Nairobi, Nyeri, Nakuru and Kisumu that take in infants between birth and three months of age. The babies have been found abandoned in the most awful conditions and are lovingly welcomed into a home of the highest standards. By the age of two, nearly all of the children are adopted into a Kenyan family.
Amani Children's Foundation
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Associates in Christian Counseling

Associates’ mission is to offer hope and healing through psychological and counseling services reflecting the love of Jesus and revealing God’s grace and compassion.
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City With Dwellings

The mission of City With Dwellings is to move folks from trauma and instability into healing and housing stability through person-centered street outreach, day services featuring problem-solving, resource navigation, and restorative activities, and peer-based supportive housing services.

 

To view opportunities to serve with City with Dwellings, please visit their website: https://www.citywithdwellings.org or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/citywithdwellings.

City With Dwellings

Crisis Control

Crisis Control assists people in crisis to meet essential life needs and to become self-sufficient. They engage hundreds of volunteers to interview potential clients, serve families shopping in their food pantry, help fill prescriptions in their pharmacy, and more.

Crisis Control Ministry

El Buen Pastor

El Buen Pastor is a Spanish-speaking New Church Development and long-standing partner of First Presbyterian Church. Under the leadership of their pastor Jorge Vasquez, El Buen Pastor seeks to live on mission to show and share Jesus in the Spanish-speaking neighborhoods of Winston-Salem.

Forsyth Jail And Prison Ministries

Forsyth Jail and Prison uses Christ’s love and forgiveness to transform lives and break the cycle of crime and punishment. It has helped thousands of incarcerated men and women discover the true meaning of Christianity, and what it means to live as a Christian.

Forsyth Jail and Prison Ministries

Hawley House

Hawley House is a Women’s Substance Abuse Recovery Facility that houses women for a period of 9-12 months and offers 6 months of aftercare for women ages 18 and older diagnosed with the disease of addiction. They are the only state-licensed residential substance abuse program for women in Forsyth County.

Hawley House

InterVarsity - Kevin and Emily Boyd

Since 1941, InterVarsity has established and advanced student-led, witnessing communities on college campuses across the country. Today, they are equipping students and faculty to follow Jesus with their whole lives — for the rest of their lives.

We are delighted to support Kevin and Emily Boyd who both serve on the National InterVarsity Staff. Kevin serves as the Associate National Director of Scripture Engagement and Emily serves as the Associate National Director of Theological Formation. Click below to learn more about InterVarsity and Kevin & Emily’s work. 

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Love Out Loud

Love Out Loud has built strong relationships to form a collective of Christ-centered churches (over 80), groups & individuals living out Christ’s call to love our neighbor. Together, they partner with other local community organizations (200+ non-profits and scores of market place and civic leaders) for the flourishing of our city.

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Samaritan Ministries

Samaritan Ministries was founded in 1981 in partnership with First Presbyterian Church. They are an interdenominational, volunteer-based Christian ministry that serves Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. Their Soup Kitchen, Samaritan Inn Shelter, and Project Cornerstone are open 365 days and nights a year to serve people in need.

The Soup Kitchen is always in need of volunteers to help prep, serve, and clean up:

Lunch and Dinner Shifts
Monday–Saturday Lunch: 9:00 AM–1:30 PM
Sunday Lunch: 10:00 AM–2:30 PM
Nightly Dinner: 5:00 PM–7:30 PM

Volunteer Information

    • Individuals 13 years of age and older can volunteer during lunchtime with a registered adult. Volunteers must be 18 years or older to assist during dinner.
    • We recommend signing up 1–2 weeks in advance as spots fill quickly.
    • Consider adding your name to our volunteer "on-call" list.
    • Groups wishing to volunteer should contact Arianna Moore directly to reserve a spot and receive a personalized group code.

Click here to sign up on the Samaritan Ministries website.
Questions? Contact Samaritan Ministries' volunteer coordinator, Arianna Moore, by email or phone.
Click here to view a printable flyer from Samaritan Ministries.

Samaritan Ministries

Second Harvest Food Bank

Second Harvest Food Bank serves 18 Northwest North Carolina counties as a vital source of food and support services for 460+ local food assistance programs. Through on-the-ground partners, they distribute nearly 34 million meals for food-insecure families.

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Winston Salem Fellows

The Winston-Salem Fellows want to inspire and equip a rising generation of leaders to embrace the reality of who they are, to live their faith seamlessly in all areas, and to participate in things that are greater than themselves. They accomplish this by providing an intensely practical ten-month experience designed to help young adults successfully bridge the transition from college to career as men and women prepared to live lives of passion and purpose.
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Winston Salem Freedom Schools

Freedom Schools is a free six-week summer program for Grades K-12 designed to increase literacy, self-esteem, socio-emotional skills, love of learning, and civic engagement. The mission of the Winston-Salem Freedom Schools programs is to boost student motivations to read, generate more positive attitudes toward learning, increase self-esteem and connect the needs of children and families to the resources of their communities.
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Winston Salem Street School

Winston Salem Street School is a private alternative high school serving the at-risk youth of the Greater Winston Salem area of North Carolina. It is designed to meet the needs of students who struggled in traditional schools due to academic or behavioral obstacles, many of whom were expelled or dropped out. The WSSS was specifically created to target these students and offers them the chance to earn a diploma recognized by the State of North Carolina.

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World Relief Triad

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to empower the local church to serve the most vulnerable. They aim to tackle the world’s greatest problems with holistic, locally-driven solutions that lead to lasting change — whether in response to disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression or mass displacement and immigration. World Relief’s work in the United States, specifically, focuses on helping refugees and other immigrants in vulnerable situations rebuild their lives in a new country. Click the button below to read how you can support World Relief.
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Young Life & Younglives

Young Life introduces adolescents to Jesus Christ and helps them grow in their faith. It starts, not with a program, but with adults who are concerned enough about kids to go to them, on their turf and in their culture, building bridges of authentic friendship.

Since Young Life began in Forsyth county in 1957, we’ve grown to now offer:
Young Life (high school), WyldLife (middle school), Young Life College (college), Capernaum (special needs) and YoungLives (teen moms).

There are MANY ways to get involved:  volunteer leader or mentor, YL committee, ministry support team, specific roles (driver, childcare worker, provide a meal), planning teams (BQT or Golf), etc. For more information, contact younglifefc@bellsouth.net or 336-725-1750.