SERVE worksites will include, but are not limited to:

• House of Blessing: HOB provides food and clothing and other resources to those in need. They regularly require help sorting food, sorting clothing, and general maintenance of their building. There is also potential for some light construction.
• Habitat for Humanity: building affordable homes.
• Community Living: This organization owns and operates several group homes within the community. These are often homes for people with special needs who are unable to live on their own. They have a regular need for general maintenance and also meaningful interaction with their tenants.
• The Local: Food bank which also cooks for the patrons and teaches them useful life skills.
• Stratford Women’s Shelter: General maintenance
• Ontario Christian Gleaners: This organization brings in waste produce, chops it, dehydrates it, and turns it into a soup mix which is distributed globally. They ALWAYS need produce choppers.
• Larshe Group Homes: This organization is likely to be starting a demo/construction project during SERVE and will have a pile of work for us.
• St. Pauls Church: This church makes a meal for the homeless several times a week. They always appreciate assistance in cooking, serving, and cleaning. They also greatly emphasize the importance of sitting down with those who are there and building community with them.
• Community Carnival: On Thursday night, the Stratford CRC will throw a carnival for the community. There are a lot of families in the surrounding area and also low income housing. At the beginning of the week, the SERVE team will distribute literature. On Thursday the community as well as the SCRC congregation will come out to this BBQ and family fun night.