Project ECHO
Help us prepare or coordinate meals for approximately 40 Project ECHO residents once each month.
Project ECHO is a non-profit shelter that houses men, women and children for up to 90-days. Project ECHO is completely free and offers many supplemental programs that enable residents to become healthier, happier, more self-sufficient people. The aim is to create a living area where the residents can take time out from surviving and focus on getting their lives in order in a safe, drug and alcohol free environment so they can move on to being productive and happy members of society. HUMC is a long-standing Project ECHO partner,
Safe Nights
HUMC hosts one week during the winter months.
December 8 -15, 2024
Huntingtown United Methodist Church (HUMC) and New Life of Calvert, will be hosting a program that provides shelter, warm food, and a place to sleep from 7pm to 7am weekly during the cold winter months to persons experiencing homelessness of Calvert County at HUMC. This program is a non-profit program that is driven by hundreds of volunteers and gracious donations of their time, services, funds, and supplies. For more information about Safe Nights go to: safenightsofcalvert.com
Quick Facts about Safe Nights 2024:
- -Need food donations for lunch (bread, lunch meat, cheese, chips, crackers, food tupperware, etc)
- -7 small groups/families to provide dinner at 7pm
- -7 small groups/families to provide breakfast at 6am
- -Overnight monitors: 1 must be a HUMC member, one female and one male
- -Help with set up Sunday afternoon December 8, 2024.
- -Break down Sunday morning December 15, 2024.
Click on the Safe Nights link below for more details and to signup on Signup Genius for all help needed.
Operation Heart F.E.L.T.™ (Feeding Empty Little Tummies)
Every week: many service dates opportunities
HUMC partners with Heart F.E.L.T., a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide nutritious meals to students and their siblings on weekends, holidays and extended school break periods. We believe that every child deserves the advantage good nutrition provides to physical, emotional and intellectual development.
Pickleball
Pickleball is a fast growing sport and we love the community it creates. Pickleball is a fun sport for all ages and skill levels combining elements of tennis, badminton, and ping-pong. The rules easy to learn, so join in for fellowship and fun.
Look for sessions scheduled using the TeamReach app, with Group Code: HUMC
2nd Annual MARATHON FUNraiser, January 2025
24-hours of pickleball action to benefit the Hungry and Homeless
Christmas in April
The mission of Christmas in April is to preserve and revitalize homes to assure that low- income homeowners can remain living independently in warm and safe homes. Christmas in April Calvert County, Inc. helps disabled and elderly homeowners, and families with children, who live in and own their house and cannot afford to pay for home repairs.