Support your local food pantries by sharing donations from your cupboard. Donate and volunteer at food pantries such as St. Vincent De Paul Pratt-Quigley Food Center (see parish schedule), The Third Phase in Noblesville, Gleaners Food Bank and more locations.
Assist in special program to make a difference in the lives of many youth who are neglected or simply deserve mentoring. Go to one of three Shepherd Community sites with a friend and get started. Contact Regina Hoffman at reginah@shepherdcommunity.org or 375-0203. For details on the three locations, click here.
Help with street ministry for the homeless. Adult chaperone recommended. This is a powerful experience of helping. Contact Brian Walls 457-8974 one week in advance. TDWM.org.
Participate in various projects from Keep Indianapolis Beautiful ranging from adopting a block for cleanup or helping to plant trees or other arenas. Organize a group of friends and tackle these projects together. Click details here.
Anytime this Fall
Horizon House
Assist in the tutoring of computer skills to homeless clients for gainful employment. More than eight have gotten jobs. Should be 17 or 18. Help award jump drives from grant. Adult chaperones are at computer lab. Email Mrs. Halstead with your interest.
Adopt a resident from Westminister Village North as a special person to be loved and know. For details, click here. Contact Barb Meiers at bmeiers@WestministerVillage.com
Anytime
63rd and Sunnyside Dr 46236
First Baptist Thailand and Miramar Refugee Needs
100 Miramar and Thai refugee families have been given sanctuary through the First Baptist Church. They were forced to abandon their homes due to religious persecution. Student tutors are needed to help with homework to aid the positive education and language adjustment. Contact Cort Gillett 570-4398 or email jcgindy46250@yahoo.com. Flyer.
Weekly Mon or Tues 6-7 PM
First Baptist Church 86th and College
Children of Divorce program (New Day)
Help children of divorce learn to cope with divorce. Six CHS students participate as facilitators in this program and love this outreach. Check with Centerpoint Counseling for next training program.
Each Saturday you may help with Special Sports Programs hosted by the Carmel Dad's Club. See detail listing of events, times and locations on Saturday mornings. Sports vary from soccer, T-Ball, bowling, tennis, bb, and others.
Every Saturday
Location varies
Art With a Heart
Assist with dynamic art programs at area schools. See Listing. Phone 823-9555 for Kaitlin Mariutto (ask to speak with Art With A Heart) or email her at ops@koart.org
Assist in the support of food donations. Help prepare and re-pack bulk foods on Wed nights; assist client choice shopping and intake of clients. Check your parish schedule and send donations and work with them to support this vital food pantry. This food pantry is serving 3,100 families per week. Also assist at the distribution ctr on 1201 E. Maryland 46202.www.stvincentdepaul.org
For Cathedral students on the southside, join this outreach program at the Benedict Inn to assist the youth in after-school programs from 4:30-6:30 or assist with several programs on Thursdays from 5:45-8:15 PM. www.lifebridge-community.org. Contact Pastor Mike at mike@lifebridge-community.org.
M-Th 4:30-6:30 or Thursdays 5:45-8:15 PM
Benedict Inn 1402 Southern Ave Beechgrove 46106
Habitat for Humanity
Work in the Resale Store any Saturday. The Habitat chapter will be there on the fourth Saturday each month. Must be 16 or older on a home build.Contact Jessica at 921 2121 x 114. Volunteer form. Contact Jr. Conner Ashby regarding the Habitat Saturday.
Once a month Junior Class Service Projecton Saturdays. Cooking, serving lunch and chatting with up to 100 homeless clients. Juniors are needed to help kick off this outreach for this year. Our guests love Cathedral students.
Assist with conference by volunteering in a four hour shift. Oontact Deborah Cummins dcumming@warren.k12.in.us to sign up.
Nov 18-22
Indianapolis Convention Center
Catholic Charities Christmas Store
Help stuff 2000 stockings at the Catholic Charities Christmas Store. Bus transport from Cathedral. See flyer for details.
Thurs, Nov 19 11:45-4 PM
Xavier Building 3rd Fl. 1435 N. Illinois 46203
Catholic Charities Christmas Store
Help prepare family gifts and letters at Cathedral in the Student Life Center after school on Friday. See flyer for details.
Fri Nov 20 2:30-5:30 PM
Cathedral Student Life Center
Kids Against Hunger
Help package meals which are shipped worldwide to malnourished areas. Join in the packaging shift with other Cathedral students at 1 -3 PM shift at the Noblesville Red Cross site. Meet outside Kelly Hall Flagpole for ride.
Turn in DVDs and movie snacks to the school cafeteria during lunch for the USO Camp Atterbury soldiers getting ready for deployment. Join the class of Mr. Schroeder and Mrs. Wheeler to accomplish this drive. Flyer.
Nov 16-20 During Lunch
Cathedral Cafeteria
USO Video Message
Go to Camp Atterbury with Liz Subrin, USO Rep Mrs. Schneider and Mrs. Halstead on Saturday night by bus to record video messages for their families during the holiday season. Flyer. Parent permission form required. Meet by Kelly Hall flagpole.
Nov 21 6-10:30
Camp Atterbury USO Bldg
Mozel Sanders
Assist at the preparation and food serving of thousands of Thanksgiving meals at Atherton Hall at Butler on Wed, Thursday and Fridays in two hour shifts. See flyer for Details.
Wed Nov 25 4-8 PM Th Nov 26 4 AM-5 PM and Fri Nov 27 8 AM-12
Butler University 4600 Sunset Blvd 46208
Wheeler Mission
Serve lunch at Lighthouse Mission. A group of 10 will suffice. Junior leader needed to lead the group along with adult chaperone. Flyer
Sat Dec 5 11:30-1
520 E Market 46202
Catholic Charities Christmas Store
Assist at the Christmas Store to help disadvantaged famlies shop. Details in flyer.
Saturday Dec 5
Xavier Bldg 1435 N Illinois 3rd Fl 46202
Catholic Charities Christmas Store
Assist at the Christmas Store to help disadvantaged famlies shop. Details in flyer.
Saturday Dec 12
Xavier Bldg 1435 N Illinois 3rd Fl 46202
Gleaners Food Bank
Assist in the packaging of food boxes, senior boxes and weekend kids backsacks. Gleaners provides food to over 400 Indiana agencies.
Multiple locations to assist with client information and line control at Visiting Nurse Services as they administer flu shots. Flyer. Contact Emily Gage at 722 8299 x 1293.
Saturdays
Various locations
Hispanic Community Opportunities
Anna's House
Help continue the ministry of Lucious Newsom to pass out food to disadvantaged families. Sophomore Class Project. Your contact is Mrs. Julie Molloy. There is a strong Hispanic population here.
Assist in translation or story hour. Requires a commitment of approx. 30 volunteer hours over a period of time. You will need to have strong language skills or team up with another student to improve your skills. Questions, contact Barbara Hittle, 819 0772 or barbara@trinityfreeclinic.org.
Sat 8-12 Medical Clinic Sat 9-11 Story Hour 1&3rd Th. eve Eye Clinic
14598 Oakridge Rd Carmel 46032
Please continue to turn to the most compelling areas of need to perform your service stewardship. Thank you for supporting your class service projects with enthusiasm and compassion. Should you desire to pursue an outreach project with an agency not listed, you may also consult the list of service agencies available by clicking here. By working with diligence and interest on your service, you should find yourself achieving about four hours of service each month. The balance of 2009 provides rich opportunities to direct helpful hands and hearts to aid our community needs.
Service Reflection They say it takes a minute to serve a special person, An hour to appreciate them, A day to love them, But then an entire life to forget them.
May your Cathedral service personally enrich you and your spirituality, as we seek to address challenges faced by our brothers and sisters in our immediate community and world-wide.
Students may submit hours for the 2009-2010 year for service completed after April 25, 2009. Twenty five service hours are due for freshmen, sophomore, and juniors on a current basis as they are performed with a final deadline of April 24, 2010. Our students' historic hours are being transferred to Power School and will be visible as current service hour documentation is turned in and processed. Seniors have 10 service hours due on November 1, 2009 and 15 service or leadership hours due on March 2010. Click herefor the 2009-10 Service Documentation form and hereto print the 2008-09 Service Documentation Form. Click here for the Service Hour Criteria.
More detailed Information on Service Opportunities ...
Help serve dinner to families living in transitional housing for sixty to ninety days at Dayspring Center with Cathedral Alumni. This takes place on the third Tuesday of each month from 5:30-7 PM. These families have lost their homes due to job loss, financial difficulties or other problems. Be the smiling face of Jesus while you help them during these difficult times in the family life. For more details about Dayspring and this opportunity, click here. The next date is Wed Nov 17 from 5:30 -7 PM. Email Marilyn at Dayspring to let her know your interest.
Aid Gleaners Food Bank in the packing and sorting of food for senior boxes, backsack preparation and re-distribution of foods to over 400 food distribution agencies. Click here for more information. This is important support for food pantries during these troubling economic times!
The Junior class is cooking and serving a meal for the clients of the Cathedral Soup Kitchen once a month on Saturday. This project creates the first serving of Saturday lunches at the Cathedral Soup Kitchen. The next date is Saturday, Nov 14 from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM. The nine monthly events from October to October have been a wonderful experience for all, the clients and the chefs/servers(@that's us, the juniors).
Help Marcos Puente and Rob Whitman in his invaluable computer training classes from 12:30-2:30 each Saturday. Clients of Horizon House who have gone through job training are now working on computer skills to improve their job skill set. You must be Juniors or Seniors and we always travel in groups. Substantial adult supervision is now in place. More than eight clients have had success with employment due to this assistance since September this year. Dale has just been awarded a United Way grant for jump drives for the homeless in these computer classes and the Power of Children award from the Indianapolis Children's Museum. It is wonderful to mention this class to the individuals served at the Wheeler mission meals and the Cathedral Soup Kitchen lunches. Email Mrs. Halstead of your interest.
If you are interested in art, or working with elementary school children, check out this great opportunity to help expand the creative side of disadvantaged children through the Art With A Heart program. This takes place each day of the week at various schools in Indianapolis from 3:30- 5 PM and during the summer. These sessions are usually one or two hours long. Click here for the link for the listing of the Art With A Heart opportunities by date and by location. volunteer application. All questions can be directed to Kaitlin Mariutto or Mrs. Conrad at ops@koart.org or junior Allison Loew. Questions may also be phoned to 823-9555 (Ask for Art With a Heart).
In addition, you are invited to help collect/donate soccer equipment for a Cathedral alum in the Peace Corp in Tanzania. You may contact her mother C. Myers at cemyers@gmail.com about donated shoes, balls or uniforms. Here is the link to contact Mrs. Marcie Boyer at the NorthSide Soccer office for more information regarding soccer opportunities.
To help Habitat for Humanity of Greater Indianapolis, click here (Habitat for Humanity. Habitat is inviting you to work in their Resale Store. The address is 1011 E. 22nd Street Indianapolis 46202 W-F 10-6 Sat 9 9-2. Click here for the volunteer release form. You do not have to be 16 years or older to work at the home store. Contact Jessica at 921 2121 x 114 with your volunteer interest. (It is located at the intersection of Dr. Andrew J. Brown and 22nd Street by the Monon Trail.). Push the button to enter the gated area if secured.
To assist with a special Brookside Community Youth Program at 1035 Olney St., Monday thru Thursday, Regina Hoffman invites Cathedral students to come and assist once a week or more often, as you desire, at the youth center. It needs Cathedral students who want to make a difference in the lives of many youth who are neglected or simply deserve mentoring. Contact Regina Hoffman with questions at 375 0203 or email her at reginh@shepherdcommunity.org.
To assist at Jewel Christian Academy with after school tutoring and summer program mentoring, contact Mr. Lars Rascoe with your interest at 591-7200 x164. Click here to obtain the application. This is limited to seniors only. Contact Mrs. Halstead if you would like to lead a group once a week.
If you would like to help at the Cathedral Soup Kitchen on Sundays, click here (7a) for more information about the two Sunday shifts of cooking and serving.
Every Saturday you may go to Anna's House at 303 Elder Street 46222 to help continue the ministries of Lucious Newsome, THAT ENDLESSLY SERVING GENTLEMAN WHO TAUGHT US SO WELL ABOUT HELPING OUR HUNGRY NEIGHBORS. Food passout takes place for disadvantaged families from 8:30-11:30 AM. This is the sophomore class service project; all are welcome!
To pack nutritious food packets with Kids Against Hunger for impoverished third world areas on Saturday, Nov 21, 1-3 PM, click here (9). Plan to go directly to the Hamilton Country Red Cross, 15325 Herriman Blvd, Noblesville 46060 address at 1 PM for the assembly of food packets. You will be home by 3:30 PM. Cathedral has been honored as the High School of the Year by Kids Against Hunger for their service work last year. In 2008-09, we are assembling more than 72,000 meals and over 10,000 meals were assembled on Sep 9, during the Service Festival. Please see Kylie Thorpe, Ashley Mills or Kaitlin Kempf with questions about Kids Against Hunger.
If you would like to volunteer with the Hamilton County Humane Society,click here for training and volunteer opportunities. Check with the Humane Society at the above noted number.
The Sophomore Class prepares and serves monthly Spaghetti dinners all year long on Wednesdays at Anna's house for the second year. Our dinners for the past year have been a great success. The next date is Wed, Nov 11. Students from Mrs. Egan's classes are also reading Spanish stories to the children of hispanic families. E-mail Mrs. Halstead about your interest on this project. Sophomore parents are also invited to help on this project as well. Sophomore class project.
To help re-package bulk foods and help in the client choice food pantry, go to the St. Vincent De Paul Pratt-Quigley food pantry which is close by at 30th and Keystone on Wednesdays from 4:30-7PM. Otherwise, on Thursday from 4:30-7PM, or on Saturday from 9-12 PM. your help is needing assisting customers to shop,stock shelves or provide intake assistance on new clients. President Pat Jerrell suggests we direct donations from our own cupboards to St. Vincent De Paul through our parish work schedule. Also, go to the St. Vincent De Paul warehouse downtown on Saturdays to help with warehouse goods for the disadvantaged. For information about the warehouse, click here (St. Vincent de Paul). You may also work during your parish work day; see the St. VIncent De Paul website for the Parish schedules for both the pantry and for the warehouse. This is a good service opportunity to assist families with start-up problems, employment interruption or financial difficulties. St. Vincent De Paul is an organization with 100% volunteer assistance; there is no paid staff.
To read for WFYI and provide services for sight and disability impaired individuals, you would be providing an invaluable source of information and connectivity. All it requires is your melodic voice. Click here for more details.
If you would like to help children of divorce learn to cope with divorce, you can assist with the New Day Program atSecond Presbyterian 2x per month on Tuesday evenings during the summer. Click here for more details. A training program took place on Sep 19,22 and 23. Six Cathedral students are involved enthusiastically in this program this year and truly recommend it to others. Contact Alex Zaigler, Alex Haire or Gabriel Gonzelez with questions.
If you would like to help outreach programs for the homeless with accompanying adults, this program provides meals, clothing, and hygiene needs in outreach programs twice a week. The ministry, Tear Down the Walls, is located at 1253 East Street, and meets first at the main entrance of the noted address. They will then distribute dinner lunch bags or clothing. On Wednesday, it takes place from 6:30-9:30 PM and on Saturdays from 2:30-5:30 PM. Please contact Brian Walls at 457-8974 one week in advance to schedule your assistance. Their web link is TDWM.org.
Help assist the Catholic Charities Christmas Store on Wednesdays during the fall. Contact Mrs. Irene Snyder ahead of time to confirm your volunteer date. You mail email Irene Snyder [iupt75@yahoo.com] or 374 8640. They are working now to be ready for next year's responsibility to provide Christmas for 600 disadvantaged families. This is a wonderful opportunity to serve with other classmates in the Freshmen Class Service Project.
To assist with the Easter's Seals Friday night Parents' Night Out once a month , contact Anna Maria, 466-2006. The program assists families of special needs children. On the first Friday of each month, it is held on the south side at Indian Creek Christian Church, on the 2nd Friday on the east side at Easter Seals Crossroads, on the 3rd Friday on the north side in Fishers, and on the 4th Friday on the west side at Speedway United Methodist.. Choose the location closest to you and help out once a month from 6-10 PM. Their website is http://www.eastersealscrossroads.org/. This is a good outreach if you are interested in working in special education , learning about special needs or helping special spirited young people.
