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nonprofit organization dedicated to helping those in need.
community to continue to provide to those in need.
Click the Make a Donation button to donate online.
It's almost time for St. Columba's annual school
supplies program that assists children in need in our
community. We collect school supplies throughout the
summer to provide at the beginning of the school year.
Please help us help the kids get a great start to the
school year. Some of the items we need include:
graph paper, calculators, pocket folders with
prongs, binders, rulers, scissors,composition
books, highlighters, index cards, colored pencils,
erasers, compasses, protractors, red pens, markers,
paper, black pens, and spiral notebooks.
We already have crayons, glue, pencils and blue pens.
We also need Volunteers to help distribute school
supplies Tuesday - Thursday, September 2 - 4.
Please call 627-6748 to sign up.
St. Columba has continued to have extremely high numbers of food
referrals each month, sometimes over 130! We usually have 80 referrals
each month. As such, we continuously need to restock many of the staples
we give out in food requests and need your help! Please help us restock
with things like cereal, tuna, macaroni and cheese, soups, canned fruit
and vegetables, canned meats, pasta, dried potatoes, rice, pasta,
spaghetti sauce, ravioli, beans, jello, peanut butter and jelly!
Donations can be dropped off at St. Columba during normal business
hours (Monday - Friday, 8 am to 4 pm). Thank you for your support as we
eliminate hunger in our community!
St. Columba's Board of Directors has openings for members. The Board of
Directors provides oversight for fulfilling the mission of St. Columba. If
you are interested in learning more about this opportunity to help others in
God's name, please contact Alicia at 627-6748 for more information.
To operate an ecumenical ministry in
response to the Biblical Mandate to
minister to persons in need, whether
these needs are economic, social or
spiritual. The ministry is a direct,
hands on ministry recognizing the
integrity of individuals and working
with them where they are. The
ministry is indirect, working with
churches and other organizations to
establish activities that address
people’s needs.
With a Presbyterian heritage, in 1975 St. Columba Ministries began a
social justice ministries to the low/poverty level income residents of Robin
Hood Apartment complex. In 1986, St. Columba Ecumenical Ministries
became an ecumenical corporation reaching out the to poor and
dispossessed in Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
