Community Impact is an opportunity to serve the elderly, homeless, children and people with special needs in our community as we show God’s love to them through intentional acts of kindness.  As part of Community Impact, we partner with local benevolent organizations in Broward County to provide volunteers to meet their needs.  Many of our volunteer opportunities are  family-friendly, where you can serve with your young children.  Community Impact events at Community are for anyone, regardless of whether they are a member or regularly attend Community.  Invite your friends to make a difference by joining us.  It's a great way for them to see Christ at work through the lives of those who love and serve Him.

Our next Community Impact event is scheduled for Saturday, May 31st from 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM.  Be at the church at 8:00 AM to check-in and fill out necessary paperwork.  Serving teams will gather together at 8:25 AM and then head out to their serving location at 8:35 AM.  Refreshments will be provided at the church from 8:00 - 8:25 AM. Register online to participate in our Community Impact

For more information about Community Impact events, email Outreach Director Nancy May.

Watch the video recap of our March Community Impact event below.



Following are the volunteer opportunities for our May 31st Community Impact:

Click here for a list of items needed for Operation Lunch Tote, Kids in Distress, and our Soldier Care Packages.

Helping the Elderly
Active Senior Living, Tamarac Family Serve Opportunity	This senior center is close to the church. They have 35 rooms and 70 residents. They would love to have visitors! Join in their Saturday activities. There will be several seniors that desire a visitor, especially if accompanied by children. They love cookies, candy, and homemade cards. We will play BINGO with them! Small friendly pets with proof of shots are welcome.
Covenant Village, Plantation www.covenantretirement.com Family Serve Opportunity	Our brothers and sisters in Christ live in this retirement community where they have two activity rooms for socialization with guests.  Let us brighten their day!  They love to be entertained with music, dancing and games.  Maybe a stroll outside, or reading the Bible or a newspaper to them.
Springtree Rehab & Health Care, Sunrise Family Serve Opportunity	This senior center is in need of visitors. They have 110 beds. Join in their Saturday activities. There will be several rooms that desire a visitor, especially if accompanied by children.
Tamarac Rehab & Health Center, Tamarac Family Serve Opportunity	This is a 120 bed facility where most of the patients are long-term patients. They have an activities center and an outdoor patio area for visiting friends and friendly pets. Smiles, laughter, and joy. Join in their Saturday activities. There will be several rooms that desire a visitor, especially if accompanied by children. Several residents are cat lovers.
The Colony Club, Sunrise Family Serve Opportunity	This Senior Center is close to the church. They have 90 residents that love to have visitors! They are a very social group that loves to play board games. Music is always a great time too; their large activity room has a piano for entertaining. Small friendly pets with proof of shots are welcome.
Seniors living in the Tamarac, Sunrise, & Plantation areas Family Serve Opportunity	If you have the heart for elderly we will match you up to someone that will appreciate you very much! Socialize with them, read to them, listen to them, and/or play games with them! Sometimes they simply need someone to listen to them so they do not feel forgotten.
Plantation Nursing Home Rehab, Plantation Family Serve Opportunity	This Senior Center would love to have company, smiles, laughter, and joy. Join in their Saturday activities. Well mannered dogs with current shots also welcome. They love to have visitors to know they are not forgotten.
Margate Health Care Center, Margate Family Serve Opportunity	This senior care nursing home facility has 170 beds and is located near Northwest Regional Hospital. The residents enjoy socializing with visitors. Board games including trivia games are very good for them. The center will provide an arts & craft project, we will assist them with the project. Small friendly pets with proof of shots are welcome.
Park Summit Assisted Living, Coral Springs Family Serve Opportunity	This senior center would love to have visitors! Join in their Saturday activities and brighten their day!
Sunrise Health and Rehabilitation, Sunrise Family Serve Opportunity	Entertain and socialize with residents in their activity room. They also have a piano for their dining hall. The residents love music, singing and dancing. Be prepared to have a sing-a-long! Small friendly pets with proof of shots are welcome.
Westchester Assisted Living, Sunrise Family Serve Opportunity	This senior assisted living retirement home has 135 residents that would love to have visitors! Join in their Saturday activites and brighten their day! Bring your favorite board game and teach the resident how to play. Small friendly pets with proof of shots are welcome. They also have a piano.
Helping the Homeless
Operation Lunch Tote Family Serve Opportunity	This service project (at the church) is a project to serve the homeless in Broward County. We would like to put together 1,000 lunches to be distributed to the homeless. The lunches will be made and delivered on May 31st to the Cooperative Feeding Program, Broward Outreach Center-Pompano, and the Broward Outreach Center-Hollywood. These facilities prepare food for the homeless every morning; however, no one feeds them in the evening. These agencies have agreed to distribute our "lunch totes" to the homeless so that they can take a meal with them to eat that evening. Each lunch will contain a sandwich, a granola bar, a bag of chips and a water bottle along with a note of encouragement. Lunch item donations needed: bread, granola bars, bag of chips, peanut butter, jelly, water bottles or lunch size drinks.
Habitat for Humanity Re-Store, Ft. Lauderdale Minimum Age: 18	The mission of the Habitat Re-Store is simple: to eliminate poverty housing in Broward County; to provide quality products at discount prices; to keep valuable items out of our landfills; and, to recycle usable building and home improvement merchandise. All donations benefit Habitat for Humanity of Broward. Unload furniture off trucks, help load heavy items into cars, restock shelves, cleaning--everything is physical labor. Age 14-17 permitted with supervising parent, and parent signature on waiver.
Broward Outreach Center, Hollywood www.miamirescuemission.com Minimum Age: 12	This shelter provides opportunities to help restart the lives of 120 men and women. They provide a "home", including meals, day care for their children and assisting in job placement. We desire to encourage their ministry. Volunteers will host a "Home Cooked" Pot Luck style lunch. Prepare the food at home; deliver & serve to 120 residents.
Broward Outreach Center, Pompano www.miamirescuemission.com Minimum Age: 14	This shelter provides opportunities to help restart the lives of 200 men and women. They provide a "home", including lunch day-care for their children adn assisting in job placement. Volunteer opportunities include serving lunch; sorting donations; and, organizing the Boutique. Volunteers will need to wear pants and sneakers, no shorts or skirts!
Broward Partnership for the Homeless www.bphi.org Minimum Age: 16	This shelter cares for 200 men, women and children every day! It provides a "home", including meals, daycare on site for children, clothing, health and social services. These residents are taking their first steps away from homelessness. Volunteer opportunities include preparing and serving lunch; painting covered entry way; Hair Stylist/Barber. Need to wear pants and sneakers. No shorts or skirts! Volunteers must fill out BPHI Volunteer Form prior to serving. Leave valuables such as jewelry at home.
Cooperative Feeding Program www.feedingbroward.org Minimum Age: 10	This food pantry feels the homeless, the poor and the hungry. We support their efforts and acts of love. Volunteer opportunities include cleaning the kitchen, stocking the pantry, and sorting food from the postal workers food drive. Children allowed only in pantry area.
Shepherds Way, Wilton Manors www.theshepherdsway.org Minimum Age: 8	This facility provides 11 single-family units (studios & 1-bedroom). These are "homes" for families that otherwise would be living on the streets or in their cars. As many as 7 family members have shared a one-bedroom unit. Volunteer opportunities include organizing the pantry; ground maintenance for a family unit; assisting with renovations at their new property (medium physical labor).
Helping Those with Special Needs
Ann Storck Center www.annstorckcenter.org Family Serve Opportunity	The Ann Storck Center is an organization serving the needs of children and adults in South Florida who present sever and multiple developmental disabilities including Epilepsy, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, and Mental Retardation. Due to privacy regulations we are not permitted to work inside, however we can help them out by doing some light yard maintenance and washing the ground level windows.
ARC Broward www.arcbroward.com Family Serve Opportunity	This organization enriches the lives of over 1,200 people with disabilities, ranging from preschoolers - adults. Their disabilities include Autism, Mental Retardation, Down's Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy. They teach life skills, academics, job skills and search for jobs within the community for their clients. They staff several group homes where the adults live independently. Volunteer opportunities include landscaping around three group homes, with the opportunity to interact with the residents - sharing smiles and words of encouragement. If you have a small hand held shovel to plant flowers please bring it along.
Broward Children's Center www.bcckids.org Minimum Age: 15	This center has two group homes serving infants, children and young adults with medical and/or development disabilities. The two group homes are staff 24-hours a day depending on clients needs, including certified nursing assistants supervised by licensed nurses. Join in their Saturday activities. Play games, read stories, sing songs, and socialize.
Helpers of St. Herman, Ft. Lauderdale Minimum Age: 12 years old serving with parent	St. Herman's Shelter consists of group homes to house 12 mentally challenged young men. They are very active during the day attending programs like ARC, Goodwill and Special Olympics. These young men are encouraged to be as independent as they can be. They enjoy socializing on the weekends. Volunteer opportunities exist at two of their group homes. The first group home needs to have sod put down, along with sprucing up the outside: possibly mulching, planting flowers and cleaning the outside windows. The second group home is close by and needs to be painted both inside and outside. If it rains, the residents could use help cleaning the inside of both homes.
Woodhouse 1, Dania Beach Family Serve Opportunity	This is a "home" for 14 adults with Cerebral Palsy. It provides the highest quality of life for each resident, with as much independence as possible. They work off-site each day and love visitors on the weekends, especially those with friendly dogs. We will play games, music (the have a piano) (guitar anyone, or other instrument?) singing, and socializing. Well mannered dogs with current shots also welcome.
Woodhouse 2, Pompano Beach Family Serve Opportunity	This is a "home" for 24 developmentally disabled adults. Only eight of these residents have any family contact. On weekdays, the residents go off site to a training center, where they work on life skills. Hoyt collects business cards so be sure to bring a few to bring him great delight! Small acts of kindness will make huge difference in their lives. They just want to be seen, touched and acknowledge. They love music. Maybe a game of balloon volleyball.
KidzKorner Minimum Age: 15	Kidz Korner is a residential facility for disabled children. Wheel chair or bed bound. Many of these children have no family or friends to visit them. They would love to see you!
United Cerebral Palsy of Broward, Davie www.ucpsouthflorida.org Minimum Age: 14 years old serving with parent	UCP provides supportive living for adults with disabilities. The Residential Homes are located in neighborhoods throughout South Florida. The homes offer a family-like environment and care provided by specially trained staff. The residents are encouraged to pursue their personal goals and dreams at the home and in the community. Their Davie West Group Home is in desperate need of sprucing up. The volunteer opportunity is to paint the outside of this group home so the residents can be proud of where they live. If it rains, the residents could use some help with inside chores.
Helping Children & Families
Family Recovering from Hurricane Wilma Minimum Age: 18	The Basdeo family of Southgate Gardens in Tamarac is in need of help. The Basdeo family was out of their condo for 22 months after Hurrican Wilma. The mother, GiGi, works and supports her 12 year old daughter. A contractor volunteered his time to help tear out ceilings and some of the walls, he also spackled the kitchen walls. She has received some donations and some assistance from the city. She saved and purchased the rest of the furnishings for their home, including the kitchen. She is almost there. She needs assistance to help complete this recovery effort. She needs the following assistance: 1. Painting the rest of the dining/living room, hallway and bathroom 2. Bathroom cabinet needs to be hung up (she has brackets, glue and paste, but no glue gun) 3. Her dishwasher does not drain adn she has been scooping the water out from the bottom 4. The patio door fell down that the last people put up 5. Because of hte thefts in the area she wanted to double screen the patio 6. The ceiling in the living room and closet needs the popcorn replaced
Irma Hunter Child Dev Center, Ft. Lauderdale Reserved for the High Schoolers' Serve	This daycare facility provides daycare for low income families in their neighborhood, primarily single moms. There are 75 kids in this facility, ranging in ages from 6 weeks - 11 years. They provide breakfast, lunch, and snacks for these kids. Volunteer opportunities include cleaning toys, cots, tables, and painting the playground area.
4Kids of South Florida, Ft. Lauderdale www.4kidsofsfl.org Minimum Age: 16	This foster kid organization places children and provides family-style homes for teenage boys, girls and sibling groups. They employ house parents at these "homes". For years, this may be their "home", "Mom" and "Dad", yet each child desires to be adopted into a permanent home. Volunteer opportunities include re-sodding lawns of residential foster homes and "spring cleaning" a maternity home.
Hope Women's Center www.thereishope.org Minimum Age: 10	There are five locations throughout Broward County, where they have been helping women in unplanned pregnancies for more than 20 years. Volunteer opportunities include sorting and organizing donated items.
4 Children's S.A.K.E Reserved for MIddle School Serve (and their parents)	4 Chilren's S.A.K.E serves the foster care children that have been placed with relatives. When relatives take on these children, they do not get the financial or social support that other foster families receive. 4 Children's S.A.K.E tries to fill the social needs for these Foster Families. We will host a Saturday morning Matinee showing the movie "Facing the Giants" upstairs in the youth room. Our Middle Schoolers can be the "host", popping popcorn and making sandwiches for hte kids. We will also offer a Craft time before the movie to allow for social interaction. We will be able to minister to the children and the adults (relatives) that care for them.
Community Christian Church, Tamarac	Make it possible for someone from our church to participate in Community Impact by caring for their children while they serve our community. If you love kids, you'll love our KIDZ! This is your opportunity to serve the servants. Serving from 8:15 AM to 1:15 PM
Kids in Distress, Ft. Lauderdale www.kidsindistress.org Minimum Age: 15	Kids in Distress is a nationally accredited agency dedicated ot the prevention of child abuse, the preservation of the family and the care and treatment of abused and neglected children. This agency would like for us to help them spruce up their kids play area by touching up the pain on the playground.    *Kids in Distress are helping more children than ever and most of their children are in need of new clothing and underwear. Click here for a list of needs
Ronald McDonald House, Ft. Lauderdale Family Serve Opportunity www.rmhcsouthflorida.org	The Ronald McDonald House® (RMH) is a temporary "home-away from home®" for families to find rest, support and time away from realities of the hospital procedures and routines in any Broward County pediatric medical facility. The Ft. Lauderdale House offers guest families: 20 bedrooms with 2 full beds and private bathroom; a shared large kitchen and dining room area, laundry facilities, family room, outdoor garden, and children’s play area. Volunteer opportunities include: deep cleaning the kitchen and pantry area; cleaning the outside exterior walkways (doors, light fixtures, handrails, windows); landscaping (if we can get plants & mulch donated).
Support for Soldiers Family Serve Opportunity	Regardless of the different views on the war, our soldiers need to feel our support. We will be sending out care packages to soldiers deployed overseas. Each care package will have a Bible and hand written note in it. Help purchase items to be packed in the care packages. Write a personal note to be included in the package. Donate $11 for the overseas postage for one care package. See following page for list of donations! Donate $75 for a case of Bibles.