Step by Step: A Community Reentry Coalition, a group that helps parolees re-enter the community of Redlands, is starting a program to help children of parolees by providing school supplies to be used at home or at school. The program depends on donations and needs the following supplies:
For elementary school students:
Pencils, erasers, rulers, crayons, markers, colored pencils, pencil sharpeners, glue sticks, scissors, pads of lined paper, pads of unlined paper, tissues, backpacks.
For secondary students:
Lined or graph paper, pencils and extra lead, erasers, pens, notebooks, binders, folders, tab dividers, crayons, colored pencils, calculators, protractors, compasses, rulers, pocket English dictionaries, English-to-other-language dictionaries, tissues, backpacks.
For information or to arrange to have donations picked up, call Peggy Power at (909) 792-9676 and leave a message.
Step by Step also welcomes volunteers.
Materials needed
Joseph’s Storehouse needs donations of:
Boxed meals
Toothbrushes and toothpaste
Stew
Soups
Chili
Baby diapers
Clothes
Contact: (909) 793-5677
Drop off: 457 New York St., across from Jennie Davis Park and the New York Street post office Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday afternoons or Saturday or Sunday mornings. To arrange other times, call (909) 793-5677.
Family Service Association needs donations of:
Tuna
Canned meat
Cream soups
Strollers
Cribs
Contact: Lorie Thomas, 793-2673
Volunteers needed
Redlands Community Hospital needs volunteers for the new three- story surgery and maternity services building as well as in other buildings. The hospital needs patient representatives to visit patients in their hospital rooms to support staff in providing care; information desk assistants to assist patients and visitors with directions to their destinations within the hospital; patient transportersto transport patients via wheelchair throughout the hospital; and emergency department assistants to run errands for the emergency department.
Information: (909) 335-5526
Hospice volunteers: (909) 335-5643
Visit patients on hospice care in their home. Non-clinical support.
Pastoral care volunteers: (909) 335-5552
Spiritually comfort patients in the hospital, evenings in ER, Intensive Care Unit
Parish nurse and health ministry volunteers: (909) 335-5560
Provide health screenings and immunizations at churches and shelters, make sick visits, reach out to the community
Inland Harvest needs volunteers to help pack excess Inland Orange Conservancy oranges and deliver the oranges once they are packed. Contact: (909) 335-7327 or [email protected].
Do not throw away excess food from catered events. Call Inland Harvest (909) 335-7327 to deliver the food to a shelter or feeding program.
The Redlands Police Department is seeking volunteers to assist with youth sports, after-school programs, special events and the Community Center. Volunteers can earn Rec Bucks that are good toward Redlands recreation classes, sports leagues, game room fees and rental fees for recreation facilities.
Those who are interested in volunteering should go to the Redlands Community Center to fill out an application. A placement interview will then be conducted to match volunteers’ skills with the program most suited to them. A Redlands Police Department background check can be obtained Mondays and Wednesdays between 1 and 5 p.m.
Information: (909) 798-7572.
To volunteer for Family Service Association, contact Donna Jones at (909) 793-2673, 612 Lawton St., Redlands.
Volunteers are needed at the Distribution Center from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. the first Saturday of each month. Clothing room support is also needed.
Joseph’s Storehouse needs volunteers with a clean driving record to pick up food donations on Fridays. The vehicle for deliveries is provided. They also need assistance in packaging and distributing food and groceries on Wednesdays. Contact: (909) 793-5677
Help feed the homeless. University United Methodist Church, Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, the Redlands Seventh-day Adventist Church and students from the University of Redlands serve free meals from 3 to 5 p.m. every Saturday at University United Methodist Church, 940 E. Colton Ave., Redlands.
Contact David Center, (909) 793-1651
Organizations interested in participating in this listing may join the Redlands Charitable Resource Commission, a network of groups committed to assisting local families in need through service, advocacy and education.
For more information, call (909) 798-7533
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