Project Catalog

As a part of 40 Days of Community, everyone should identify and support a service project within the Bethany community or the greater Seacoast area. The following is a list of special projects that have been identified in the local area.

New Opportunities:

1. There is an elderly member of Bethany in immediate need of help to fix some basic safety issues in her home.  If you have some basic carpentry skills and are interested in helping with this project, please contact Martha Kiper.
2. The Laverty Small Group has made arrangements with BlueOcean Society to do beach clean-up on Foss Beach in Rye on Saturday, March 29th, from 10:30AM until about 12:30 PM as an outreach project.  Their numbers are small so are opening this opportunity up to other groups who might like to join them at the beach that day.  If this sounds like something you or your group would like to do please send an email to Billl Laverty at callie_bill@comcast.net or call 436-7314.
   

For more information on an individual project, please contact Martha Kiper at mkiper@bethanychurch.com or 431-3646 x38.

Organization	Project
Crossroads House	Babysitting for families during February vacation
Families First	Mailings – stuffing envelopes Sorting and hanging clothes Family Fun Night- child care for a date night Meals for Family Fun Night – food cooked off-site Creating crafts for Family Fun Night – bring materials and facilitate Widen stairway to 3rd floor in shop Child Care for Appointments
New Generation	Better lighting on 3rd floor Better lighting in parking area New awning Partially enclosed entrance 3 new windows New carpet on 2nd floor Rolling coins from fundraiser
Options for Women	Build a large wooden work surface in upstairs office Weed/mulch garden in the spring 4×4 painted sign with logo (est $800 built & installed)
Salvation Army	Build shelves in basement for food storage Paint soup kitchen dining area Attend soup kitchen evening meal to chat/network with the clients
Rockingham City Community Action	Helping seniors with home projects Distribution of tax help literature to the needy
Operation Blessing	Receiving and stacking food Front desk reception House building project for Sparkowich’s Sorting clothes
IMEC	Loading pallets with medical equipment Preparing shipments for hospitals
Mark Wentworth Home	Help moving back into the facility after renovations are complete
Webster at Rye	Reading to and visiting the residents
Seacoast Youth Services	Replacement of 17 windows in the facility
Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation	Beach clean up at Jenness Beach in Rye Individual clean ups at Rye Harbor State Park
Greater Seacoast Habitat for Humanity	Treasurer – GSHFH seeks a volunteer who is familiar with basic bookkeeping and is able to use QuickBooks software. Transactions primarily include recording donations, routine operating expenditures and during a build those expenses attributed to materials and contract costs. The affiliate meets monthly in Exeter. The Habitat for Humanity affiliate is in the process of positioning itself to select a partner family and evaluate land opportunities Public Relations – GSHFH seeks a volunteer who is able to assemble, format and mail a quarterly newsletter along with submitting articles to local newspapers about the Habitat for Humanity affiliate’s activities. Church Relations – GSHFH seeks a volunteer who is able to contact local churches with the intent of eliciting their support and involvement in the Habitat for Humanity affiliate’s activities. Our goal is to get churches on board with us to sponsor and assist in a building project, as well as those activities leading up to such an event.
Great Works Regional Land Trust	Prepare contents of old sign lettering shop for sale on Ebay. Catalog & photograph a garage full of letters (e.g. Aa Bb Cc) Bag or package letters into lots for sale. Volunteers duties: Describe letters (size, color, material) Photograph against a ruler Count and Package Label and store for shipping Remove cardboard for recycling (We’ll provide the truck & transport to transfer station)