We are in the midst of unprecedented times. COVID-19 and the potential impact on our city, state, country, and the world is rising in awareness as well as the importance social distancing and other efforts to flatten the curve.

ENP is continually monitoring the situation and wanted to let you know how we can love our neighbors and especially those on the margins.

Word of Warning: Take the precations you feel you need to take. We are not medical professionals, but rather trying to give you options and ways to show Jesus like compassion during these times.

What can you do?

Let your neighbors know you are there for them! You can download and print this PDF and share it with them. If you want an editable version or want ENP to help you create one email gabrielle@everyneighborhood.org.

Thanks, Neighborhood Church for sharing your design.

Neighbor-COVID19

What can the church do in this season?

• Be Good Neighbors.
  • Encourage their people to own their neighborhoods. Get everyone’s phone number. Check-in on everyone. When one person goes grocery shopping do it for others (see above)
• Food.
  • Host food distributions with Central California Food Bank
  • Volunteer at Central California Food Bank
  • Cook pick up meals for others using your commercial kitchen
• Boredom Busters
  • Toy & Board Game Drive for kids/families (give to families or donate to ENP)
  • Donate books for kids & Little Free Libraries (give to families or donate to ENP)
• Elderly.
  • Phonebank to check-in and call seniors in their community or other neighborhoods 
• Childcare.
  • Host babysitting co-ops for single working mothers or local business employees

Pray for Fresno & Clovis

• Join Fresno Clovis Prays
• Use the Vision 22 Prayer Guide

Serve Fresno Website 

This is an ongoing site where you can look over a variety of service projects going on all over town throughout the week.  We’ll do our best to keep this updated as some may need to cancel due to the nature of the population that is served. See the options here. Two options worth highlighting!

• Deliver Groceries to Elderly/Sick – https://srvfsno.cc/2QgerkE
• Coordinate Groceries to Elderly/Sick – https://srvfsno.cc/38THPDE

Habitat for Humanity

This partner organization has a link to their service opportunities. Volunteer Hub (www.habitatfresno.volunteerhub.com) or contact them at volunteers@habitatfresno.org or 559-237-4102 ext. 115.

Syrian Literacy Program

Reading with kids from 3-6pm on Mon/Tue/Wed. It’s near Fresno State in the El Dorado Park neighborhood. They can’t use too many volunteers so first come, first served. Email  1christinebarker@gmail.com or jacalynholmes@gmail.com

Wise Old Owl Reading Program

Reading to kids from 3-4:30pm on Monday and Wednesdays. Email Esther@lowellcdc.org. Esther can also use some helpers with filing, collating, data entry for her Community Development Corporation as well.

SW Fresno Community Garden

• Dates Available: Prefer Tuesday and/or Thursday. Open to Monday, Wednesday, Friday if needed.
• Times: 9am-12am (at least a 2 hour commitment).
• Project: The Yosemite Village Permaculture Garden and Urban Farm (YoVille) is an educational garden and small farm training site located in South West Fresno. The goal of the garden is to develop a model for a community-based food system by encouraging community members to grow their own food, increasing access to fresh fruits and vegetables, and improving community skills. (see brochure)
• Tasks they would be doing: Preparing community garden planting areas (weeding, mulching, connecting drip irrigation), planting plants and leading volunteers during large volunteer days (I have attached some pictures on what that would look like)

Contact Chris DeLeon the coordinator  chris@fresnometmin.org

Community Centers in SW Fresno

• Every Thursday: 9:30am – 1:00pm Assisting with a variety of tasks with the food give-away – data entry; delivery of boxes of food to neighboring elderly home (up the street) for seniors that are immobile. About 3 volunteers.
• Cleaning/organizing at both Maxie L. Parks Community Center & MEB
• Thursdays and other days: helping with planting in the community garden at MEB. Also signing up families who participate in food give aways on Thursdays, to adopt garden boxes in the community garden. Four or more volunteers.
• Summer youth program curriculum development (eg., Music, Gardening, Cooking, Math, Science, promotional flyer) at Maxie L. Parks Community Center. 1-2 volunteers

 Contact Janice Mathurin jmathurinwfhcc@yahoo.com for more information.

Be safe and love well.

– ENP Team