One for Ellis County
Sunday, September 05, 2010

Opportunities and Events

Seven Student Ministries Toy Drive // Wednesday, December 16 at 7 pm // The Oaks Fellowship's North Auditorium 777 S I-35E, Red Oak 75154
The Oaks Fellowship's student ministries, in partnership with North Ellis County Outreach, are doing a toy drive to help provide a memorable Christmas for teenagers from underprivileged families. For more information, call 214.376.8208

Daniel’s Den
Daniel’s Den is a ministry that provides a live-in program for people struggling with life addictions. They need mops and freezer food items like ground meat, chicken strips, sausage, shredded cheese, etc. Please contact Ms. Joy Ranton 972.938.0103 or daniels_den@sbcglobal.net.

Carter BloodCare

Help save lives by donating blood to make transfusion possible. Click here to sign up or find out more about a neighborhood mobile blood drive near you. Click here to find a Carter BloodCare Donor Center throughout the Northeast Texas region.


Meals-on-Wheels of Johnson & Ellis Counties

Here is a wonderful opportunity to help those in our community.  Meals-on-Wheels is in need of volunteers available to deliver noontime meals on Mondays and Tuesdays.  Contact Lisa Hicks at 972-351-9943 or go to www.servingthechildrenofyesterday.org for more information.


Angel Food Outreach
Volunteer to help sort and distribute food for families in our community. Or help feed a family and sponsor a box of high-quality, reduced-priced groceries. To volunteer or sponsor a food box for a family, contact Kim Bell-Hutson at 214.376.8208 or kbellhut@theoaksonline.org.


American Red Cross

The American Red Cross is in need of local volunteers to assist families after house fires, flooding, or storms. Contact Shelly Campbell at scampbell@redcrossdallas.com or 903-874-4551/214-678-4800 for further details.


North Ellis County Outreach
To help families in need with food relief this Christmas, donate basic pantry items (flour, sugar, etc.) and other food items for NECO's holiday food boxes. To donate or for more information contact NECO at neco@mytocn.com or 972.617.7261.


Therapeutic Riding of Texas 
TROT
a program of therapeutic horsemanship to both children and adults with mental, physical, emotional and learning challenges needs volunteer trainers.  Training thru will be provided. To volunteer or for more information, please contact Patricia Hogue at 972.293.3388 or info@trottx.org.