Outreach Ministry

. . . Helping People in Our Community

Habitat for Humanity

Unity of Phoenix is proud to be partnering with QWEST Communi-cations to build a single-family home in Glendale, Arizona for a local family.

Habitat for Humanity is an international, non-profit agency that strives to eliminate poverty housing, and has built over 200,000 homes in 100 countries. Homes are built based on a partnership between a family and the community. A qualifying family pays for their home through sweat equity hours and special financing arrangements. Unity of Phoenix volunteers will work alongside the family to provide labor during most phases of the home's construction.

THERE IS A JOB FOR EVERYONE!!!! AND NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. See Dates Below!

Beci Hoskins will serve as our Ambassador for this event. We are blessed to have Beci on board; she has a history of working with Habitat, and her experience around this is a great gift for us.

For more information, drop by the Volunteer Ministry Table or
contact Marilyn Smith at Volunteer@unityphx.org or 602.978.3200, Ext. 231!

Don’t miss the HABITAT FOR HUMANITY build!

Location: 6831 W.. Glenn. Dr. Glendale
Please join in the joyful project of building a home for a family in need.

Build Day #1:
Saturday, January 19
7:30 a.m. Start Time
10:30 a.m. Groundbreaking
Build Day #2:
Saturday, January 26
Time to be determined
Build Day #3:
Saturday, February 2
Time to be determined
Build Day #4:
Saturday, February 9
Time to be determined
Build Day #5:
Saturday, February 16
Time to be determined

Blood Drives

Did you know that someone needs blood every three seconds? And that over 700 blood donors are needed each day to meet the needs in Arizona alone?

United Blood Services provides 92% of the blood needs in the Valley, and Unity of Phoenix is honored to play a part in meeting those needs. We hold blood drives on our campus three times a year. Volunteers to inform and encourage sign ups before the event are always needed, as well as volunteers to help coordinate, support and sign in donors on the day of the event. Won’t you be a hero today? Volunteer to guarantee ongoing successful blood drives!

Cecilia Castillas, whom we lovingly refer to as our “resident vampire” and Blood Drive Ambassador, has supported blood drives on our campus for three years.

Saturday OutReach

Helping at food banks and crisis nurseries and serving meals to the underprivileged: these type of events have served as Unity’s key outreach for several years. Small but mighty groups of Unity volunteers gather on campus Saturday mornings to connect and carpool to a wide variety of non-profit organizations to lend a helping hand. From chopping onions to stocking diapers, these faithful servants provide the volunteer force that helps to keep these Valley organizations effective.

Chris Finney, who has lovingly supported and organized these events for the past several years, will continue to serve as our Ambassador for these outreach opportunities.

Interfaith Cooperative Ministries

Interfaith Cooperative Ministries (ICM) is an organization made up of over 30 ministries in the greater Phoenix area which serve the working poor. The ministries provide services to more than 60,000 clients each year, 40% of whom are children.

Unity has been involved with ICM for a number of years, facilitating drives to collect everything from clothing and household items to a successful tuna, peanut butter, diaper and toiletries drive this past July. ICM provides an immediate response to basic human needs, and your donations help to make that possible. But those 600 cans of tuna we collected can’t swim on their own! In addition to facilitating donations, we also need volunteers to get the word out about drives in the courtyard, as well as to coordinate collection points and sorting. Overall cheerleaders are also always needed for this volunteer-driven project.

Cathee Tankersley, a model of our Unity life, and her daughter Jaime Grenier will serve as our Ambassadors for this community support effort. Don’t miss the gift of giving!

Spring OutReach-
Palomino Literacy Festival

The Palomino Literacy Festival is an annual event, but this is the first time it will be held offsite the Palomino campus. Instead, Unity of Phoenix will be the venue for all of the festivities! On one fine, spring day, our Unity campus will be transformed into a flurry of fun, games and entertainment, all aimed at increasing literacy in our community.

The goal of the Festival is to send every child home with a revitalized interest in reading and wonder in the fact that learning really can be fun. A secondary goal of the event is to also give adults who struggle with reading a chance to connect with the resources to improve their lives through the power of literacy. This event can be truly transformational for its participants.

Volunteer opporotunities will range from giving out ride and game tickets, to reading to children, answering questions and serving food.

Christine Springer has stepped up to help coordinate the Festival, and we are looking for at least one more Ambassador as we move through the planning stages of this new and adventurous outreach event.